The Poetical Works of Hannah More: With a Memoir of the AuthorScott, Webster, & Geary, 1839 - 504 páginas |
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... means to save his life : and many a thought Which fondness prompted , prudence has opposed As perilous and rash . With these poor hands I've framed a little ark of slender reeds ; With pitch and slime I have secured the sides . In this ...
... means to save his life : and many a thought Which fondness prompted , prudence has opposed As perilous and rash . With these poor hands I've framed a little ark of slender reeds ; With pitch and slime I have secured the sides . In this ...
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... mean to rest , To taste the pleasant coolness of the breeze ; Perhaps to bathe in this translucent stream . Did not our holy law enjoin th ' ablution Frequent and regular , it still were needful To mitigate the fervours of our clime ...
... mean to rest , To taste the pleasant coolness of the breeze ; Perhaps to bathe in this translucent stream . Did not our holy law enjoin th ' ablution Frequent and regular , it still were needful To mitigate the fervours of our clime ...
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... means And most unlikely instruments , full oft Are great events produced . This rescued child Perhaps may live to serve his upstart race More than an host . Prin . How ill does it beseem Thy tender years and gentle womanhood , To steel ...
... means And most unlikely instruments , full oft Are great events produced . This rescued child Perhaps may live to serve his upstart race More than an host . Prin . How ill does it beseem Thy tender years and gentle womanhood , To steel ...
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... mean to give This precious trust ; the nurse shall be the mother ! Prin . With speed conduct this matron to the palace . Yes , I will raise him up to princely greatness , And he shall be my son ; I'll have him train'd By choicest sages ...
... mean to give This precious trust ; the nurse shall be the mother ! Prin . With speed conduct this matron to the palace . Yes , I will raise him up to princely greatness , And he shall be my son ; I'll have him train'd By choicest sages ...
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... means to rear him as her own . Joch . ( Falls on her knees in rapture . ) To God , the Lord , the glory be ascrib'd ! O magnify'd for ever be THY might , Who mock'st all human forethought ! who o'errul'st The hearts of sinners to ...
... means to rear him as her own . Joch . ( Falls on her knees in rapture . ) To God , the Lord , the glory be ascrib'd ! O magnify'd for ever be THY might , Who mock'st all human forethought ! who o'errul'st The hearts of sinners to ...
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The Poetical Works of Hannah More: With a Memoir of the Author Hannah More Visualização integral - 1836 |
The Poetical Works of Hannah More: With a Memoir of the Author Hannah More Visualização integral - 1836 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
Araspes arms art thou Attilia Babylon Barce beauty behold Belshazzar Bertrand Birtha bless blest bliss bosom breast bright Carthage Chaldea charm Charterhouse Square Daniel dare daughter death deeds delight Derry Doug Douglas dread E'en Elwina Emmelina ev'ry Exit fair faith fame fate father fear feel Florio fond friendship glory grace Guild GUILDFORD Hamilcar hand happy hear heart Heaven hero holy honour hope human Jochebed Julia king Licinius Lictors live lord lov'd maid Manlius mercy mighty mind ne'er never night o'er Orlando passion peace Percy Pharnaces Philistia pleasure pow'r praise Price Publius Raby Regulus Rivers Roman Rome sacred Saul soul spirit sweet tale taste tears tell tender thee thine thou hast thought Tim Jenkins trembling truth Twas twill virtue weep wretched young youth
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Página 397 - Small slights, neglect, unmix'd perhaps with hate, Make up in number what they want in weight. These, and a thousand griefs minute as these, Corrode our comfort and destroy our ease.
Página 433 - My work is yet in bits, But still in every part it fits ; Besides, you reason like a lout ; Why, man, that carpet's inside out." Says John, " Thou sayst the thing I mean, And now I hope to cure thy spleen ; This world, which clouds thy soul with doubt, Is but a carpet inside out. " As, when we view these shreds and ends, We know not what the whole intends ; So, when on earth things look but odd, They're working still some scheme of God.
Página 432 - I'm almost tired of life ; So hard my work, so poor my fare, 'Tis more than mortal man can bear. " How glorious is the rich man's state ! His house so fine ! his wealth so great...
Página 102 - The soul on earth is an immortal guest, Compelled to starve at an unreal feast : A spark, which upward tends by nature's force -. A stream, diverted from its parent source ; A drop, dissevered from the boundless sea ; A moment, parted from eternity ; A pilgrim, panting for the rest to come ; An exile, anxious for his native home.
Página 433 - But when we reach that world of light, And view those works of God aright. Then shall we see the whole design, And own the workman is divine. ' What now seems random strokes, will there All order and design appear ; Then shall we praise what here we spurn'd, For then the carpet shall be turn'd.
Página 386 - ... tastes impart Communion sweet from heart to heart ; You ne'er the cold gradations need Which vulgar souls to union lead; No dry discussion to unfold The meaning caught ere well 'tis told : In taste, in learning, wit or science, Still kindred souls demand alliance : Each in the other joys to find The image answering to his mind.
Página 139 - Honor is the religion of tragedy It is her moral and political law. Her dictates form its institutes. Fear and shame are the capital crimes in her code. Against these, all the eloquence of her most powerful pleaders, against these her penal statutes, pistol, sword, and poison, are in full force. Injured...