The Complete Works of Hannah More, Volume 5Harper & brothers, 1847 |
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... hear it ? -that " blessed are the poor in spirit , the meek , and the peace - makers . " Will not these , and such like humbling propositions , delivered one day in seven only , in all the sober and beautiful simplicity of our church ...
... hear it ? -that " blessed are the poor in spirit , the meek , and the peace - makers . " Will not these , and such like humbling propositions , delivered one day in seven only , in all the sober and beautiful simplicity of our church ...
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... hears the bursts of applause with which these sallies of resentment these vows of revenge , these determi- nations to destroy or be destroyed , this solemn obtesting the great Judge of hearts to witness the innocence of - perhaps a very ...
... hears the bursts of applause with which these sallies of resentment these vows of revenge , these determi- nations to destroy or be destroyed , this solemn obtesting the great Judge of hearts to witness the innocence of - perhaps a very ...
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... hear many pious people universally confound and reprobate this poet with the common herd of dramatists and nov- elists . To his acute and sagacious mind every varied position of the human heart , every shade of discrimination in the ...
... hear many pious people universally confound and reprobate this poet with the common herd of dramatists and nov- elists . To his acute and sagacious mind every varied position of the human heart , every shade of discrimination in the ...
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... hear me . Man . I did not think to meet thee here , Attilia ; The place so little worthy of the guest . Att . It would , indeed , have ill become Attilia , While still her father was a Roman citizen ; But for the daughter of a slave to ...
... hear me . Man . I did not think to meet thee here , Attilia ; The place so little worthy of the guest . Att . It would , indeed , have ill become Attilia , While still her father was a Roman citizen ; But for the daughter of a slave to ...
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... hear me . Know'st thou the name of Africa's ambassador ? Pub . Hamilcar . Bar . Pub . Son of Hanno ? Yes ! the same . [ Exit . Bar . Ah me ! Hamilcar ! -How shall I support it ! [ aside . Pub . Ah , charming maid ! the blood forsakes ...
... hear me . Know'st thou the name of Africa's ambassador ? Pub . Hamilcar . Bar . Pub . Son of Hanno ? Yes ! the same . [ Exit . Bar . Ah me ! Hamilcar ! -How shall I support it ! [ aside . Pub . Ah , charming maid ! the blood forsakes ...
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Page 238 - A new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another.
Page 120 - To drive the deer with hound and horn Earl Percy took his way ; The child may rue that is unborn The hunting of that day.
Page 247 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? but the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 183 - THOU SHALT NOT COVET; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, THOU SHALT LOVE THY NEIGHBOR AS THYSELF. Love worketh no ill to his neighbor: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 315 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 270 - For this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I might bear witness unto the truth.
Page 264 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God " with all thy heart, and with all thy mind, and with " all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and thy
Page 192 - ... been so begun hath been blessed and prosperous to me; and, on the other side, when I have been negligent of the duties of this day, the rest of the week...
Page 387 - Degraded by the form to which 'tis join'd ? No; they have heads to think, and hearts to feel, And souls to act, with firm though erring zeal ; For they have keen affections, kind desires, Love strong as death, and active patriot fires ; All the rude energy, the fervid flame, Of high-soul'd passion and ingenuous shame : Strong but luxuriant virtues boldly shoot From the wild vigour of a savage root.
Page 379 - Unprompted moral! sudden sense of right! Perception exquisite! fair virtue's seed! Thou quick precursor of the liberal deed ! Thou hasty conscience! reason's blushing morn ! Instinctive kindness ere reflection's born! Prompt sense of equity! to thee belongs The swift redress of unexamined wrongs!