The Recreations of a Country Parson. Second SeriesTicknor and Fields, 1861 - 442 Seiten |
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... wrong or dishonest in trying to put things in the most favourable light for our views and plans . The contrary is the case . It is a noble gift , when a man is able to put great truths or momentous facts before our minds with that ...
... wrong or dishonest in trying to put things in the most favourable light for our views and plans . The contrary is the case . It is a noble gift , when a man is able to put great truths or momentous facts before our minds with that ...
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... with clearness and interest before the simple country folk I preach to . It was not the least like letter - writing . The clever writer's way of putting things was wrong ; and though I acquit him of 3 ART OF PUTTING THINGS . 3333.
... with clearness and interest before the simple country folk I preach to . It was not the least like letter - writing . The clever writer's way of putting things was wrong ; and though I acquit him of 3 ART OF PUTTING THINGS . 3333.
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Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd, Recreations. things was wrong ; and though I acquit him of any crime beyond speaking with authority of a thing which he knew nothing about , I must declare that his repre- sentation was a misrepresentation ...
Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd, Recreations. things was wrong ; and though I acquit him of any crime beyond speaking with authority of a thing which he knew nothing about , I must declare that his repre- sentation was a misrepresentation ...
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... wrong , something to be adroitly concealed , some weak point in regard to which dust is to be thrown into too ob- servant eyes . There is a common impression , not one of unqualified truth , that when all is above board , there is less ...
... wrong , something to be adroitly concealed , some weak point in regard to which dust is to be thrown into too ob- servant eyes . There is a common impression , not one of unqualified truth , that when all is above board , there is less ...
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... wrong , a man either good or bad . There are few questions which can be answered by Yes or No. Almost all actions and events are of mingled character ; and there is something to be said on both sides of almost every subject which can be ...
... wrong , a man either good or bad . There are few questions which can be answered by Yes or No. Almost all actions and events are of mingled character ; and there is something to be said on both sides of almost every subject which can be ...
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Seite 174 - 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 110 - 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 128 - There, at the foot of yonder nodding beech, That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by. Hard by yon wood, now smiling as in scorn, Muttering his wayward fancies, he would rove ; Now drooping, woful, wan, like one forlorn, Or crazed with care, or crossed in hopeless love.
Seite 226 - 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 412 - Twill murmur on a thousand years, And flow as now it flows. "And here, on this delightful day, I cannot choose but think How oft, a vigorous man, I lay Beside this fountain's brink. "My eyes are dim with childish tears, My heart is idly stirred, For the same sound is in my ears Which in those days I heard.
Seite 187 - 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 295 - 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 329 - O that I had wings like a dove, then would I flee away and be at rest — Ps.
Seite 122 - 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.
Seite 305 - From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us, and the waste of seas — Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides : Fair these broad meads, &c.