Passages from the auto-biography of a 'man of Kent' [R. Cowtan] ed. by Reginald Fitz-Roy Stanley1866 |
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... question whether a man should , or should not , be his own biographer , as that has already been done by far abler pens , and among others by no less a writer than the late John Foster , in his justly celebrated " Essays . " We all ...
... question whether a man should , or should not , be his own biographer , as that has already been done by far abler pens , and among others by no less a writer than the late John Foster , in his justly celebrated " Essays . " We all ...
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... question is at once put to him " Who are you ? " Nevertheless , it is interesting , to those more immedi- ately concerned , to know something of the origin and family of such as we are daily coming in contact with , and therefore I ...
... question is at once put to him " Who are you ? " Nevertheless , it is interesting , to those more immedi- ately concerned , to know something of the origin and family of such as we are daily coming in contact with , and therefore I ...
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... questions of the day . My grandfather's death is duly recorded in the family registry , " aged 72 years , 5 months , and 20 days . ” I have a vivid recollection of my grandmother , who , at the death of her husband , came to reside at ...
... questions of the day . My grandfather's death is duly recorded in the family registry , " aged 72 years , 5 months , and 20 days . ” I have a vivid recollection of my grandmother , who , at the death of her husband , came to reside at ...
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... question , I sus- pect the real origin of the terms to have been to distinguish any man , whose family had long been settled in the county , from time immemorial it may be , from new settlers ; Infancy . 9 the former being genuine " Men of.
... question , I sus- pect the real origin of the terms to have been to distinguish any man , whose family had long been settled in the county , from time immemorial it may be , from new settlers ; Infancy . 9 the former being genuine " Men of.
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... question any further , he will find some particulars in " Notes and Queries , " Vol . v . p . 615 ; and also , in a work by the late Charles Sandys , Esq . , of Canterbury , entitled , " Consuetudines Kantiæ ; " see also a highly ...
... question any further , he will find some particulars in " Notes and Queries , " Vol . v . p . 615 ; and also , in a work by the late Charles Sandys , Esq . , of Canterbury , entitled , " Consuetudines Kantiæ ; " see also a highly ...
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Apostles attended Baptist beautiful believe Ben Ledi Ben Nevis Bible Blair Athole Braemar brethren British Museum brother called Canterbury Castle Cathedral chapel Christ Christian Church of England comfortable congregation Congregationalism delight desire Dissenter Divine Dorking duties early East Rudham enjoyed faith father feel fellow felt gentleman glad glen Glen Tilt glory habit Hampstead happy heart Heaven Hereford Highlands hills interesting Kent labour lady late living Loch Loch Fyne Loch Katrine London look Lord matters miles mind minister moral morning mother nature neighbourhood never night noble Nonconformists once passed pastor pleasure prayer preacher preaching pretty pulpit quiet readers recollect Sabbath sacred scene scenery Scotland Scriptures seen sermons silent soul speak stammering Taymouth Castle things thought tion Tunbridge walk wife words writings young
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Página 347 - But when they believed Philip preaching the things concerning the kingdom of God, and the name of Jesus Christ, they were baptized, both men and women.
Página 115 - Poetry is the record of the best and happiest moments of the happiest and best minds.
Página 181 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Página 90 - Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils : for wherein is he to be accounted of?
Página 122 - God be thanked for books ! They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us heirs of the spiritual life of past ages. Books are the true levellers. They give to all who will faithfully use them, the society, the spiritual presence of the best and greatest of our race.
Página 234 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Página 381 - Would I describe a preacher, such as Paul, ** Were he on earth, would hear, approve, and own, Paul should himself direct me. I would trace His master-strokes, and draw from his design. I would express him simple, grave, sincere; In doctrine uncorrupt; in language plain, ** And plain in manner; decent, solemn, chaste, And natural in gesture ; much impressed Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too; affectionate in look, ** And tender in...
Página 45 - Her feet beneath her petticoat Like little mice stole in and out, As if they feared the light: But, oh ! she dances such a way— No sun upon an Easter day Is half so fine a sight.
Página 335 - And Jacob served seven years for Rachel ; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
Página 3 - My boast is not, that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth ; But higher far my proud pretensions rise — The son of parents passed into the skies.