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... thoughts of the lovers of our national Poet into a new channel , and of inducing them to carry on for themselves the interesting comparison here initiated between England's Bible and England's Poet . The author wishes to state that he ...
... thoughts of the lovers of our national Poet into a new channel , and of inducing them to carry on for themselves the interesting comparison here initiated between England's Bible and England's Poet . The author wishes to state that he ...
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... thought and expression , a pecu- liar and sensible pleasure when we light suddenly and unexpectedly on an oasis of scriptural phraseology . Most of us have doubtless felt this at some time or other , while sitting out a dull and prosy ...
... thought and expression , a pecu- liar and sensible pleasure when we light suddenly and unexpectedly on an oasis of scriptural phraseology . Most of us have doubtless felt this at some time or other , while sitting out a dull and prosy ...
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... thought and diction which I might with equal pro- priety have retained . But , where all could not be noticed , many have been passed over ; not from not from any intrinsic inferiority in themselves , but simply from the necessity which ...
... thought and diction which I might with equal pro- priety have retained . But , where all could not be noticed , many have been passed over ; not from not from any intrinsic inferiority in themselves , but simply from the necessity which ...
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... thought " that with gentle murmur glides " amid the flowery meads of Poetry and of Truth . We can recognise in that vocal stream the sweet music of the celestial spring , and detect the graceful flow and sweetness of the songs of Zion ...
... thought " that with gentle murmur glides " amid the flowery meads of Poetry and of Truth . We can recognise in that vocal stream the sweet music of the celestial spring , and detect the graceful flow and sweetness of the songs of Zion ...
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... thoughts remain below , Words without thoughts never to heaven go . - Hamlet , iii . 3 . When I would pray and think , 1 think and pray To several subjects ; heaven hath my empty words Whilst my invention , hearing not my tongue ...
... thoughts remain below , Words without thoughts never to heaven go . - Hamlet , iii . 3 . When I would pray and think , 1 think and pray To several subjects ; heaven hath my empty words Whilst my invention , hearing not my tongue ...
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Page 63 - Setting endeavour in continual motion ; To which is fixed, as an aim or butt, Obedience : for so work the honey bees ; Creatures, that, by a rule in nature, teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom.
Page 60 - Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea, Which serves it in the office of a wall Or as a moat defensive to a house, Against the envy of less happier lands, — This blessed plot, this earth, this realm, this England, This nurse, this teeming womb of royal kings, Fear'd by their breed, and famous by their birth...
Page 20 - Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark ! what discord follows ; each thing meets In mere oppugnancy : the bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe...
Page 40 - And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour, Found thee a way, out of his wreck, to rise in; A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it.
Page 28 - While thou liest warm at home, secure and safe, And craves no other tribute at thy hands, But love, fair looks, and true obedience; Too little payment for so great a debt. Such duty as the subject owes the prince, Even such, a woman oweth to her husband...
Page 19 - The heavens themselves, the planets, and this centre Observe degree, priority, and place, Insisture, course, proportion, season, form, Office, and custom, in all line of order : And therefore is the glorious planet Sol In noble eminence enthron'd and spher'd Amidst the other ; whose med'cinable eye Corrects the ill aspects of planets evil, And posts, like the commandment of a king, Sans check to good and bad...
Page 85 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Page 14 - Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament, adversity is the blessing of the New, which carrieth the greater benediction and the clearer revelation of God's favour.
Page 14 - Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge, therefore, of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye.
Page 10 - You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are : And yet, for aught I see, they are as sick, that surfeit with too much, as they that starve with nothing...