Jane Taylor: Her Life and LettersThomas Nelson and sons, 1880 - 176 páginas Life and letters of the original lyricist of the song Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 35
Página 16
... - room especially for them ; and while money for an occasional new toy was never grudged , their ingenuity and interest were oftener excited to manufacture them , thus giving opportunity and means , as far as pos- sible 16 CHILDHOOD .
... - room especially for them ; and while money for an occasional new toy was never grudged , their ingenuity and interest were oftener excited to manufacture them , thus giving opportunity and means , as far as pos- sible 16 CHILDHOOD .
Página 17
... never asked , since their active minds were too full of projects to admit of idleness or uncertainty . Two little girls about their own age , Anne and Jane Wilkinson , were their chosen friends . For a few years the four were daily ...
... never asked , since their active minds were too full of projects to admit of idleness or uncertainty . Two little girls about their own age , Anne and Jane Wilkinson , were their chosen friends . For a few years the four were daily ...
Página 18
... never forget , " said Isaac , then a small boy , " the terrible impression made upon my own mind by hearing the news of the death of the French king . It was a dismal winter's afternoon , as I perfectly remember , when a neighbour ...
... never forget , " said Isaac , then a small boy , " the terrible impression made upon my own mind by hearing the news of the death of the French king . It was a dismal winter's afternoon , as I perfectly remember , when a neighbour ...
Página 24
... never lacked an elaborate essay when it was required . He had pupils at home and abroad , delivered fre- quent lectures , and in addition to all this zeal- ously set himself to the education of his own family . Health and system must ...
... never lacked an elaborate essay when it was required . He had pupils at home and abroad , delivered fre- quent lectures , and in addition to all this zeal- ously set himself to the education of his own family . Health and system must ...
Página 34
... never knew , and in the absence of which I invent calamities which the smallest exposure to those real ones would presently put to flight . But these reflections , consolatory as they may be , will not always avail to restore our ...
... never knew , and in the absence of which I invent calamities which the smallest exposure to those real ones would presently put to flight . But these reflections , consolatory as they may be , will not always avail to restore our ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
Palavras e frases frequentes
able advantages affection affectionate anxiety beautiful believe Bible blessing Christ Christian Colchester comfort daughters dear Anne dear brothers dear E dear father dear friends dear John dear Luck delightful desire divine early engaged enjoy excitement expect faint favour fear feel felt garden habit happy hear heard heart hope Hymns Ilfracombe indulge interests Isaac Taylor James Montgomery Jane says JANE TAYLOR Jane's Jesus Josiah Condor kind labours Lavenham letter literary live London look Marazion ment mind morning mother naked soul ness never nine o'clock Ongar ourselves painful Penzance perity pleasant pleasure pray prayer present quiet recollections rejoice religion religious respect retirement Rotherham scene Scriptures sincere sisters society spirits suffer Suffolk sure sweet taste tell thank things thought tion walk winter wish words youth Youth's Magazine
Passagens conhecidas
Página 42 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield: but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Página 109 - ... hope you will think it worth sending three hundred miles to tell you) that associating with strangers, so far from alienating my thoughts and affections from those I have long known and valued, attaches me still more to them. I am surrounded with those who know that I am — Miss Taylor; but know not that I am — "Jane;" and it sometimes makes me sigh for a renewal of intercourse with those who, for that simple reason, have yielded me an unmerited share of their regard. The many follies, infirmities,...
Página 55 - THERE is a calm for those who weep, A rest for weary pilgrims found, They softly lie and sweetly sleep Low in the ground. The...
Página 171 - Jesus, to thy dear faithful hand My naked soul I trust, And my flesh waits for thy command To drop into my dust.
Página 158 - It must have been gratifying to have been thus distinguished by the apostle ; but O, how much more so to be approved by Him., who for our good requires these services from us ; and to hear Him say at last, — " Well done, good and faithful servant !" We should suffer no day to pass without thinking of, and acting for that day' when we shall be "judged according to our works...
Página 140 - Though the strength of the emotion soon abated, the effect in a great degree remained. A fortnight afterwards, I told Isaac what had taken place, and he urged me to be proposed immediately to the church. It was in this state I went to London ; and when I heard what was to me wholly unexpected, I' could not but consider the change in my feelings as a most kind and timely preparation for what, but a few weeks before, would have overwhelmed me with consternation and distress.
Página 170 - Oh, my dear friends, if you knew what thoughts I have now, you would see, as I do, that the whole business of life is preparation for death ! Let it be so with you. If I have ever written or spoken any thing you deem good advice, be assured I would, if I could, repeat it now with tenfold force. Think of this when I am gone. Tell J. I hope he will read Williams's Diary, and study to become such a character, as a man of business, and a christian.
Página 75 - I think I have some idea of what a child's hymn ought to be; and when I commenced the task, it was with the presumptuous determination that nothing should fall short of the standard I had formed in my mind. In order to do this, my method was to shut my eyes, and imagine the presence of some pretty little mortal, and then endeavour to catch, as it were, the very language it would use on the subject before me. If in any instances I have succeeded, to this little imaginary being I should attribute my...
Página 139 - My mother told you of my having joined the church. You may have supposed that I was frightened into it, by my complaint ; but I feel thankful that this was not the case ; for it was not till after I had consulted Mr Clyne, that I felt any alarm about it ; nor had I before any idea of its being of a formidable kind. My mind, all the summer, had been much in the state it has been in for years past : that is. unable to apply the offer of the gospel to myself, and all confusion and perplexity, when 1...
Página 121 - He that believes shall be saved ; he that believes not shall be damned.' This is all I would contend for, and all, I think, that I have contended for, as essential ; and if it is to this you object, I fear not boldly to say you are wrong.