The Leisure Hour Improved, Or, Moral Miscellanies in Prose and VerseLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Brown, 1811 - 192 páginas |
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... pass without thoroughly making himself master of the author's meaning . " There are some persons , " says Dr. Watts , " who never arrive at any deep , solid , or valuable knowledge , in any science or business of life , because they are ...
... pass without thoroughly making himself master of the author's meaning . " There are some persons , " says Dr. Watts , " who never arrive at any deep , solid , or valuable knowledge , in any science or business of life , because they are ...
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... passes by them , more perhaps , than he who claims their transient possession . For what is their owner but a passenger ? That consciousness of their evanescence , which strikes the worldly - minded possessor with many a ing source of ...
... passes by them , more perhaps , than he who claims their transient possession . For what is their owner but a passenger ? That consciousness of their evanescence , which strikes the worldly - minded possessor with many a ing source of ...
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... pass upon his actions , and not upon the report of others . Vir- tue were a kind of misery , if fame only were all the garland that crowned her . Glory alone , would be a reward incompetent for the toils of industrious man : this ...
... pass upon his actions , and not upon the report of others . Vir- tue were a kind of misery , if fame only were all the garland that crowned her . Glory alone , would be a reward incompetent for the toils of industrious man : this ...
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... being " ; and without whose blessing none of our undertakings will prosper . Thus , by employing the time given you in the service of virtue , you will pass your days with comfort to yourself , and those around you ; and 29.
... being " ; and without whose blessing none of our undertakings will prosper . Thus , by employing the time given you in the service of virtue , you will pass your days with comfort to yourself , and those around you ; and 29.
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... pass before my face " in the bright walks of nature ; but " I cannot discern his form . " The rich landscape shews him wise , good , and bounteous ; but how bounteous , good , or wise , who can , from the richest landscape , be able to ...
... pass before my face " in the bright walks of nature ; but " I cannot discern his form . " The rich landscape shews him wise , good , and bounteous ; but how bounteous , good , or wise , who can , from the richest landscape , be able to ...
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Página 32 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep falleth on men, fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : it stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof : an image was before mine eyes ; there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Página 77 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Página 156 - So fades a summer cloud away, So sinks the gale when storms are o'er, So gently shuts the eye of day, So dies a wave along the shore.
Página 66 - Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land ; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Página 16 - To give an early preference to honour above gain when they stand in competition to despise every advantage which cannot be attained without dishonest arts to brook no meanness and to stoop to no dissimulation are the indications of a great mind the presages of future eminence and usefulness in life.
Página 27 - O Thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast, With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God ! we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end...
Página 77 - It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord, And to sing praises unto Thy name, O most High : To shew forth Thy lovingkindness in the morning, And Thy faithfulness every night.
Página 143 - Live while you live, the Epicure would say, And seize the pleasures of the present day. Live while you live, the sacred Preacher cries, And give to God each moment as it flies.
Página 171 - WEAK and irresolute is man ; The purpose of to-day, Woven with pains into his plan, To-morrow rends away. The bow well bent, and smart the spring. Vice seems already slain ; But Passion rudely snaps the string, And it revives again.
Página 120 - Thee, self-abased in mortal guise, And wrapt in shades of death for me. 2 On thee my waking raptures dwell, When crimson gleams the east adorn, Thee, victor of the grave and hell, Thee, source of life's eternal morn. 3 When noon her throne in light arrays, To thee my soul triumphant springs ; Thee, throned in glory's endless blaze, Thee, Lord of lords, and King of kings. 4 O'er earth, when shades of evening steal, To death and thee my thoughts I give ; To death, whose power I soon must feel, To thee,...