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A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed ... - Page 284
by William Minto - 1881 - 548 pages
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 526 pages
...upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern...wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descend ug more at every breath of the tempest, than it coi.id recover by the libration and frequent...
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Discourses on Various Subjects, Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - 1816 - 536 pages
...upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motiori made irregular and inconstant, descend .iig more at every breath of the tempest, than it coijld...
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The Christian observer [afterw.] The Christian observer and advocate

1819 - 896 pages
...get to heaven, and climb above the clouds: but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sigbings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular...breath of the tempest than it could recover by the libration and weighing of its wings— till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant, and...
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Sermons

Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 634 pages
...upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the Vibration and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,...
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Sermons

Jeremy Taylor, Reginald Heber - 1822 - 626 pages
...upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and...
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A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in Its Devout Discharge

Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 330 pages
...bed of grass, soars upward, singing as he rises, but the poor bird is beaten back by the sudden blast of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular,...descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than it can recover bv the libration of its wings, till the little creature is forced to sit down, and pant,...
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A Treatise on Prayer: Designed to Assist in Its Devout Discharge

Edward Bickersteth - 1822 - 312 pages
...rises, but the poor bird is beaten back by the sudilen blast of an eastern wind, and his motion nwle irregular, and inconstant, descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than it can recover by the libration of its wings, till the little creature is forced to sit down, and pant,...
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The Belfast Magazine and Literary Journal, Volume 1

1825 - 608 pages
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A course of sermons for all the Sundays of the year, with 12 ..., Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1826 - 632 pages
...upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,...
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A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year: Fitted to the ..., Volume 1

Jeremy Taylor - 1826 - 628 pages
...upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was forced to sit down and...
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