The Recreations of a Country ParsonTicknor and Fields, 1863 - 444 Seiten |
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... once or twice my man - servant has come to consult me about matters connected with the garden and the stable . My sermon will be the better for all these inter- ruptions . I do not mean to say that it will be absolutely good , though it ...
... once or twice my man - servant has come to consult me about matters connected with the garden and the stable . My sermon will be the better for all these inter- ruptions . I do not mean to say that it will be absolutely good , though it ...
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... once advised his fellow - men in words which run as follows , ' Boast not thyself of to - morrow , for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth . ' And as you sail along in the steamer , and sweep along in the train , you are ...
... once advised his fellow - men in words which run as follows , ' Boast not thyself of to - morrow , for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth . ' And as you sail along in the steamer , and sweep along in the train , you are ...
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... once by accommodating your instructions to the comprehension of the simple souls committed to your care . I confess I have no patience with men who profess to preach sermons carelessly prepared , because they have an uneducated congrega ...
... once by accommodating your instructions to the comprehension of the simple souls committed to your care . I confess I have no patience with men who profess to preach sermons carelessly prepared , because they have an uneducated congrega ...
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... once , they could not tell how . Many clergy- men know how strangely texts and topics of discourse have been suggested to them , while it was impossible to trace any link of association with what had occupied their minds the instant ...
... once , they could not tell how . Many clergy- men know how strangely texts and topics of discourse have been suggested to them , while it was impossible to trace any link of association with what had occupied their minds the instant ...
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... once talking with an Irish Roman Catholic priest about the proposal to endow the Romish Church in Ireland . We would not take the Saxon money , ' said the worthy priest , quite sincerely ; we would not defile our fingers with it . No ...
... once talking with an Irish Roman Catholic priest about the proposal to endow the Romish Church in Ireland . We would not take the Saxon money , ' said the worthy priest , quite sincerely ; we would not defile our fingers with it . No ...
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Seite 172 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud-hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups, That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Seite 292 - Nor less I deem that there are Powers Which of themselves our minds impress; That we can feed this mind of ours In a wise passiveness.
Seite 108 - tis a dull and endless strife: Come, hear the woodland linnet, How sweet his music ! on my life, There's more of wisdom in it. And hark ! how blithe the throstle sings ! He, too, is no mean preacher: Come forth into the light of things, Let Nature be your Teacher.
Seite 117 - See the wretch, that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again : The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Seite 130 - How often have I blest the coming day, When toil remitting lent its turn to play, And all the village train, from labour free, Led up their sports beneath the spreading tree...
Seite 11 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Seite 224 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumor of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more...
Seite 185 - THE harp that once through Tara's halls The soul of music shed, Now hangs as mute on Tara's walls As if that soul were fled. So sleeps the pride of former days, So glory's thrill is o'er, And hearts that once beat high for praise Now feel that pulse no more.
Seite 327 - O that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away and be at rest — Ps.
Seite 120 - And labours hard to store it well With the sweet food she makes. In works of labour or of skill I would be busy too: For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do. In books, or work, or healthful play Let my first years be past, That I may give for every day Some good account at last.