The Remains of Henry Kirke White, of Nottingham, Late of St. John's College, Cambridge: With an Account of His Life, Volume 1Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 402 páginas |
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Página xiv
... become to him . From this time he contracted a habit of employ- ing his mind in study during his walks , which he continued to the end of his life . He now became almost estranged from his family ; even at his meals he would be reading ...
... become to him . From this time he contracted a habit of employ- ing his mind in study during his walks , which he continued to the end of his life . He now became almost estranged from his family ; even at his meals he would be reading ...
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... become more useful to mankind , I therefore have hopes , I say , that I shall find means of support in the University . If I do not , I shall certainly act in pursuance of your recommend- ations ; and shall , without hesitation , avail ...
... become more useful to mankind , I therefore have hopes , I say , that I shall find means of support in the University . If I do not , I shall certainly act in pursuance of your recommend- ations ; and shall , without hesitation , avail ...
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... become a successful candidate for future blessedness . He had supposed that morality of conduct was all the purity required ; but when he ob- served that purity of the very thoughts and intentions of the soul also was requisite , he was ...
... become a successful candidate for future blessedness . He had supposed that morality of conduct was all the purity required ; but when he ob- served that purity of the very thoughts and intentions of the soul also was requisite , he was ...
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... become very valuable to them , as soon as they should think his prospects of getting through the university were such as he might reasonably trust to ; but , till then , they felt themselves bound , for his own sake , to detain him . Mr ...
... become very valuable to them , as soon as they should think his prospects of getting through the university were such as he might reasonably trust to ; but , till then , they felt themselves bound , for his own sake , to detain him . Mr ...
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... become well known . Mr. Deal- try , then one of the mathematical lecturers at Trinity , was This gentleman , whom the love of the abstract sciences had not rendered intolerant of other pursuits more congenial to youthful imaginations ...
... become well known . Mr. Deal- try , then one of the mathematical lecturers at Trinity , was This gentleman , whom the love of the abstract sciences had not rendered intolerant of other pursuits more congenial to youthful imaginations ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
affection affectionate amusement blessed BROTHER NEVILLE calm Cambridge Capel Lofft Catton Christian church Clifton Grove Countess of Derby DEAR NEVILLE DEAR SIR death delight Duchess of Devonshire duty Edwy evil expected eyes faith father fear feel fond genius give God's grace grave Greek H. K. WHITE hand happy Harvest Moon hear heart HENRY KIRKE WHITE Henry's holy honour hope hour Jesus Christ JOHN CHARLESWORTH John's labour learned leave leisure letter live lonely MADDOCK ment mind Monthly Moon morning mother muse nature never night Nottingham o'er peace pleased pleasure poems poets pray prayer present pursuits reason received religion religious scene Scripture sigh Sizar sleep song soon sorrow soul spirit sure sweet tell thee thing thou thought trust truth tutor volume wind Winteringham wish write written youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página xlii - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 'But not the praise...
Página xxxiii - Oh, what is Beauty's power ? It flourishes and dies; Will the cold earth its silence break, To tell how soft — how smooth a cheek Beneath its surface lies ? • Mute, mute is all O'er Beauty's fall ; Her praise resounds no more when mantled in her pall.
Página xxi - Come, thou shalt form my nosegay now, And I will bind thee round my brow ; And as I twine the mournful wreath, I'll weave a melancholy song: And sweet the strain shall be and long, The melody of death.
Página 241 - O put thy trust in God : for I will yet thank him, which is the help of my countenance, and my God.
Página xxxiv - Then since this world is vain, And volatile, and fleet, Why should I lay up earthly joys, Where rust corrupts, and moth destroys, And cares and sorrows eat ? Why fly from ill With anxious skill, When soon this hand will freeze, this throbbing heart be still.
Página xliv - He passed the whole term in preparing himself for this ; reading for college subjects in bed, in his walks, or, as he says, where, when, and how he could ; never having a moment to spare, and often going to his tutor without having read at all.
Página xxxiii - What is this passing scene ? A peevish April day, A little sun — a little rain, And then night sweeps along the plain, And all things fade away: Man, soon discussed, Yields up his trust, And all his hopes and fears lie with him in the dust.
Página xxxii - COME, Disappointment, come ! Not in thy terrors clad; Come in thy meekest, saddest guise ; Thy chastening rod but terrifies The restless and the bad. But I recline Beneath thy shrine, And round my brow resign'd, thy peaceful cypress twine.
Página 253 - In yonder cot, along whose mouldering walls In many a fold the mantling woodbine falls, The village matron kept her little school, Gentle of heart, yet knowing well to rule; Staid was the dame, and modest was her mien; Her garb was coarse, yet whole, and nicely clean; Her neatly...
Página 254 - A little favourite rapidly I grew : And oft she stroked my head with fond delight, Held me a pattern to the dunce's sight; And, as she gave my diligence its praise, Talk'd of the honours of my future days.