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... better to turn from the bridegroom's door . " O Wedding - Guest ! this soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea : So lonely ' twas , that God himself Scarce seemed there to be . 66 sweeter than the marriage - feast , " Tis sweeter far to ...
... better to turn from the bridegroom's door . " O Wedding - Guest ! this soul hath been Alone on a wide wide sea : So lonely ' twas , that God himself Scarce seemed there to be . 66 sweeter than the marriage - feast , " Tis sweeter far to ...
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... better not open this production , which is only proper for a solitary couch and a midnight taper . Mr Coleridge is the prince of superstitious poets ; and he that does not read Christabel with a strange and harrowing feeling of ...
... better not open this production , which is only proper for a solitary couch and a midnight taper . Mr Coleridge is the prince of superstitious poets ; and he that does not read Christabel with a strange and harrowing feeling of ...
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... better generation . I. The first essential step towards the assimilation of the power and in- fluence of religion , and the character of its ministers , over the population of large towns , to that exercised in coun- try parishes , is a ...
... better generation . I. The first essential step towards the assimilation of the power and in- fluence of religion , and the character of its ministers , over the population of large towns , to that exercised in coun- try parishes , is a ...
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... better part . It is not reason , such a servis I should leave the mi- that even , The individuals with whom these trans- actions are carriestran need to be verified . They live ir rother ; and who can be farbividuals valeuse , than the ...
... better part . It is not reason , such a servis I should leave the mi- that even , The individuals with whom these trans- actions are carriestran need to be verified . They live ir rother ; and who can be farbividuals valeuse , than the ...
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... better part . It is not reason , for such a service , I should leave the mi- nistry of the word and prayer . But , in an unlucky moment , I did so , along , I believe , with a vast majority of my brethren ; and out of the multitude of ...
... better part . It is not reason , for such a service , I should leave the mi- nistry of the word and prayer . But , in an unlucky moment , I did so , along , I believe , with a vast majority of my brethren ; and out of the multitude of ...
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Page 271 - And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment was white and glistering. 30 And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elias: 31 Who appeared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.
Page 354 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe; He was not of an age, but for all time! And all the Muses still were in their prime When like Apollo he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm! Nature herself was proud of his designs, And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines!
Page 2 - Few sorrows hath she of her own, My hope ! my joy ! my Genevieve ! She loves me best whene'er I sing The songs that make her grieve. I played a soft and doleful air, I sang an old and moving story — An old, rude song that suited well That ruin wild and hoary.
Page 57 - I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, The whilst his iron did on the anvil cool, With open mouth swallowing a tailor's news ; Who, with his shears and measure in his hand, Standing on slippers, (which his nimble haste Had falsely thrust upon contrary feet) Told of a many thousand warlike French, That were embattailed and rank'd in Kent.
Page 139 - More graceful than her own. His wandering step Obedient to high thoughts, has visited The awful ruins of the days of old : Athens, and Tyre, and Balbec, and the waste Where stood Jerusalem, the fallen towers Of Babylon, the eternal pyramids, Memphis and Thebes, and whatsoe'er of strange Sculptured on alabaster obelisk, Or jasper tomb, or mutilated sphynx, Dark /Ethiopia in her desert hills Conceals.
Page 179 - Still o'er these scenes my memory wakes, And fondly broods with miser care ; Time but the impression deeper makes, As streams their channels deeper wear.