The Christian Parlor Magazine, Volume 6J. H. Pratt & Company, 1850 |
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... turned , impulsively , in haste , to grasp The goblet - ' twas too late - the draught was drunk . " Ay , was it poisoned , Philip ? Nay , the sage Proudly and coldly answered . " Why then seek To take it ? " said the monarch ...
... turned , impulsively , in haste , to grasp The goblet - ' twas too late - the draught was drunk . " Ay , was it poisoned , Philip ? Nay , the sage Proudly and coldly answered . " Why then seek To take it ? " said the monarch ...
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... turned to her gentle image . In later years the effort was resumed , and crowned by the production of a poem which no man of the most ordinary sensibility can read without a swelling heart and a moistened eye . In this ex- quisite lyric ...
... turned to her gentle image . In later years the effort was resumed , and crowned by the production of a poem which no man of the most ordinary sensibility can read without a swelling heart and a moistened eye . In this ex- quisite lyric ...
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... turned away from the refinements and the philosophy of contemporary writers , to dwell with the old balladists of his country . These he has not imitated in style and manner - he has identified his spirit with theirs ; and no other ...
... turned away from the refinements and the philosophy of contemporary writers , to dwell with the old balladists of his country . These he has not imitated in style and manner - he has identified his spirit with theirs ; and no other ...
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... turned his rosy cheek about , and then , ere I could trow , The widdifu ' o ' wickedness took arles o ' my mou ! Syne , when I feigned to be sair fleyed , sae pawkily as he Bann'd the auld mare for missing fit , and thrawin ' him ajee ...
... turned his rosy cheek about , and then , ere I could trow , The widdifu ' o ' wickedness took arles o ' my mou ! Syne , when I feigned to be sair fleyed , sae pawkily as he Bann'd the auld mare for missing fit , and thrawin ' him ajee ...
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... turning to Emily , that her father might be spared the exertion of speaking , he added , " how long has he been con- fined to his room ? " " About three weeks . " George was silent , and gazed with compassion upon the father , and with ...
... turning to Emily , that her father might be spared the exertion of speaking , he added , " how long has he been con- fined to his room ? " " About three weeks . " George was silent , and gazed with compassion upon the father , and with ...
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Page 233 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Page 292 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us cherish and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal silence...
Page 363 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and, as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Page 68 - And the Lord said unto Abram, after that Lot was separated from him, Lift up now thine eyes, and look from the place where thou art, northward, and southward, and eastward, and westward : for all the land which thou seest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed for ever.
Page 154 - For I am the Lord, I change not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.
Page 234 - And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying ; Amen ; Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 186 - The lion would not leave her desolate, But with her went along, as a strong guard Of her chaste person, and a faithful mate Of her sad troubles and misfortunes hard ; Still, when she slept, he kept both watch and ward; And, when she waked, he waited diligent, With humble service to her will prepared : From her fair eyes he took commandement, And ever by her looks conceived her intent.
Page 193 - As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste.
Page 269 - When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Page 29 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him ? But ye have despised the poor.