The Life of Samuel MorleyHodder and Stoughton, 1887 - 510 páginas |
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... felt it to be beneath his dignity to romp with them , if romping happened to be the mood of the hour . His strongest rôle , however , was that of president of the tea - table , when his conversa- tional powers , which were great ...
... felt it to be beneath his dignity to romp with them , if romping happened to be the mood of the hour . His strongest rôle , however , was that of president of the tea - table , when his conversa- tional powers , which were great ...
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... felt it was good to be brought into contact with such a man - a model of gentlemanly deport- ment , a master of ornate sentences , and a pattern of conventional propriety . At the time that Mr. and Mrs. Morley used to attend his ...
... felt it was good to be brought into contact with such a man - a model of gentlemanly deport- ment , a master of ornate sentences , and a pattern of conventional propriety . At the time that Mr. and Mrs. Morley used to attend his ...
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... felt . He was a prince of talkers , with a fund of sparkling wit and humour that burst forth in the most unexpected ways and places ; and many a time the house in Well Street has rung with laughter as he has related , with exquisite ...
... felt . He was a prince of talkers , with a fund of sparkling wit and humour that burst forth in the most unexpected ways and places ; and many a time the house in Well Street has rung with laughter as he has related , with exquisite ...
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... felt constrained to take his place among those who wholly followed the Lord . ' 6 In writing of the ministrations of the Rev. James Parsons , Mr. Harrison continues : — 1825-1832 . ] A MEMORABLE SUNDAY . 31 Again and 1 [ CHAP . II . 30 ...
... felt constrained to take his place among those who wholly followed the Lord . ' 6 In writing of the ministrations of the Rev. James Parsons , Mr. Harrison continues : — 1825-1832 . ] A MEMORABLE SUNDAY . 31 Again and 1 [ CHAP . II . 30 ...
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... felt when , on opening a ledger , he found that his dear father had , during an hour in which all the clerks chanced to be absent , taken his well - used quill pen and posted up several items from the cash book , in a rough - and ...
... felt when , on opening a ledger , he found that his dear father had , during an hour in which all the clerks chanced to be absent , taken his well - used quill pen and posted up several items from the cash book , in a rough - and ...
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Administrative Reform Association attended believe Bill Bristol called chapel character Christian Church of England classes College Committee Congregational connection Craven Lodge dear Dissenters duty earnest election engaged establishment expressed father favour feel felt friends gave give Gladstone Government Hall Place hand heart held Holyoake Homerton College honour hope House of Commons influence interest J. H. Wilson John Morley Joshua Wilson kind knew labour letter Liberal London Lord John Russell Lord Shaftesbury matter meeting Members ment ministers Morley took Morley's movement never Nonconformist Nottingham occasion opinion Parliament party political preaching present principles question reference regard religious Richard Cobden Samuel Morley schools secular Society speech spirit sympathy Thomas Binney thought tion trade Union views W. E. Gladstone Wales Weigh House Wood Street words wrote young
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Página 234 - ... sometimes it is wrapped in a dress of humorous expression ; sometimes it lurketh under an odd similitude ; sometimes it is lodged in a sly question, in a smart answer, in a quirkish reason, in a shrewd intimation, in cunningly diverting or cleverly retorting an objection ; sometimes it is couched in a bold scheme of speech, in a tart irony, in a lusty hyperbole, in a startling metaphor, in a plausible reconciling of contradictions, or in acute nonsense ; sometimes a scenical representation...
Página 77 - And they called Rebekah, and said unto her, Wilt thou go with this man? And she said, I will go.
Página 21 - AT the corner of Wood Street, when daylight appears, Hangs a Thrush that sings loud, it has sung for three years : Poor Susan has passed by the spot, and has heard In the silence of morning the song of the Bird. 'Tis a note of enchantment ; what ails her ? She sees A mountain ascending, a vision of trees ; Bright volumes of vapour through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside.
Página 21 - ... vapour through Lothbury glide, And a river flows on through the vale of Cheapside. Green pastures she views in the midst of the dale, Down which she so often has tripped with her pail ; And a single small Cottage, a nest like a dove's, The one only dwelling on earth that she loves. She looks, and her heart is in heaven : but they fade, The mist and the river, the hill and the shade : The stream will not flow, and the hill will not rise, And the colours have all passed away from her eyes.
Página 157 - ... a Liberty to Tender Consciences and that no man shall be disquieted or called in question for differences of opinion in matters of religion which do not disturb the peace of the kingdom, and that we shall be ready to consent to such an act of parliament as upon mature deliberation shall be offered to us for the full granting that indulgence.
Página 208 - The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between men, between the feeble and the powerful, the great and the insignificant, is energy — invincible determination, a purpose once fixed, and then, death or victory.
Página 341 - That in the schools provided by the board the Bible shall be read, and there shall be given such explanations and such instruction therefrom in the principles of morality and religion, as are suited to the capacities of children : provided always— 1.
Página 234 - Those five commonly called Sacraments, that is to say, Confirmation, Penance, Orders, Matrimony, and extreme Unction, are not to be counted for sacraments of the Gospel...
Página 313 - On that best portion of a good man's life, — His little, nameless, unremembered acts Of kindness and of love.