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... dark Gates of Time open to receive the ghost of the Dead Year , and the young and radiant Stranger rushes forth from the clouded chasms of Eternity . On that night , it is said , that there is to the Spirits that we see not a privilege ...
... dark Gates of Time open to receive the ghost of the Dead Year , and the young and radiant Stranger rushes forth from the clouded chasms of Eternity . On that night , it is said , that there is to the Spirits that we see not a privilege ...
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... darkness was under his feet . ” And the stillness on the faces of the Stars became yet more still , and the awfulness was bumbled into awe . Right above their thrones paused the course of the Archangel ; and his wings stretched from ...
... darkness was under his feet . ” And the stillness on the faces of the Stars became yet more still , and the awfulness was bumbled into awe . Right above their thrones paused the course of the Archangel ; and his wings stretched from ...
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... dark at present , but we hope , nevertheless , and say with Walter Scott , the darkest hour of night is nearest to the dawn . Yes , we hopefully and eagerly await the dawn of new intellect , the advent of that Sun of Righteousness which ...
... dark at present , but we hope , nevertheless , and say with Walter Scott , the darkest hour of night is nearest to the dawn . Yes , we hopefully and eagerly await the dawn of new intellect , the advent of that Sun of Righteousness which ...
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... dark cloud passing rapidly over the earth , the thoughts and the dim scheme that had come to him as he gazed . When the sun arose one of his brethren relieved him of his charge over the herd , and he went away , but not to his father's ...
... dark cloud passing rapidly over the earth , the thoughts and the dim scheme that had come to him as he gazed . When the sun arose one of his brethren relieved him of his charge over the herd , and he went away , but not to his father's ...
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... darkness , a little light may possibly be let into it ; and honestly - a no small matter be assured , good reader , for to be honest as this world goes ( especially in what concerns religion ) is to be one man picked out of ten thousand ...
... darkness , a little light may possibly be let into it ; and honestly - a no small matter be assured , good reader , for to be honest as this world goes ( especially in what concerns religion ) is to be one man picked out of ten thousand ...
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Page 36 - In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt, But, being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it, and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?
Page 81 - There is one that passeth all the other, and is the most diligent prelate and preacher in all England. And will ye know who it is? I will tell you: It is the devil.
Page 85 - tis the fall degrades her to a whore ; Let greatness own her, and she's mean no more : Her birth, her beauty, crowds and courts confess, Chaste matrons praise her, and grave bishops bless; In golden chains the willing world she draws, And hers the gospel is, and hers the laws ; Mounts the tribunal, lifts her scarlet head, And sees pale virtue carted in her stead.
Page 46 - How charming is divine Philosophy ! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 31 - And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.
Page 31 - But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut the door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Page 83 - Let me admonish you, first of all, to go alone; to refuse the good models, even those which are sacred in the imagination of men, and dare to love God without mediator or veil. Friends enough you shall find who will hold up to your emulation Wesleys and Oberlins, Saints and Prophets. Thank God for these good men, but say, 'I also am a man.
Page 7 - A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach ; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; 4 One that ruleth well his own house...
Page 91 - twere vain to tell, But gaze on that of the gazelle, It will assist thy fancy well...
Page 91 - Nay, had she been true, If heaven would make me such another world Of one entire and perfect chrysolite, I'd not have sold her for it.