The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and reader), ed. by H. Pitman, Volums 4-6Henry Pitman |
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Pàgina 50
... increased usefulness of soine hundreds of convents . Bernard formed a high ideal of a Pope . " He is , " says the monk , " the pattern of piety , the defender of the faith , the refuge of the oppressed , the hope of the unhappy , the ...
... increased usefulness of soine hundreds of convents . Bernard formed a high ideal of a Pope . " He is , " says the monk , " the pattern of piety , the defender of the faith , the refuge of the oppressed , the hope of the unhappy , the ...
Pàgina 69
... increased magnitude of the sun and moon on rising and setting , the green colour of strips of sky between strata of red clouds , the seemingly infinite number of the stars , all of which are delusions of the sense of sight . The common ...
... increased magnitude of the sun and moon on rising and setting , the green colour of strips of sky between strata of red clouds , the seemingly infinite number of the stars , all of which are delusions of the sense of sight . The common ...
Pàgina 70
... increased in length , secretly cut a piece off , and was thus detected . An equally ludicrous anecdote is told of a farmer , who detected depredations on his corn - bin , by calling his men together , and making them mix up a quantity ...
... increased in length , secretly cut a piece off , and was thus detected . An equally ludicrous anecdote is told of a farmer , who detected depredations on his corn - bin , by calling his men together , and making them mix up a quantity ...
Pàgina 104
... increased yearly that as the result of his industry and good conduct , he becarne an exceedingly wealthy man , and well deserving the fruits of his labour , for he is generous and charitable in proportion to his wealth , and exceedingly ...
... increased yearly that as the result of his industry and good conduct , he becarne an exceedingly wealthy man , and well deserving the fruits of his labour , for he is generous and charitable in proportion to his wealth , and exceedingly ...
Pàgina 107
... increased in popu- lation - notwithstanding the extraordinary extent of emigration during the last ten years , about 25 per cent . , - France has ( excepting to a very slight extent in some five or six large towns ) decreased . While in ...
... increased in popu- lation - notwithstanding the extraordinary extent of emigration during the last ten years , about 25 per cent . , - France has ( excepting to a very slight extent in some five or six large towns ) decreased . While in ...
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The Popular lecturer [afterw.] Pitman's Popular lecturer (and ..., Volums 1-3 Henry Pitman Visualització completa - 1856 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 310 - Can any mortal mixture of earth's mould Breathe such divine enchanting ravishment? Sure something holy lodges in that breast, And with these raptures moves the vocal air To testify his hidden residence.
Pàgina 309 - BEFORE the starry threshold of Jove's court /My mansion is, where those immortal shapes Of bright aerial spirits live insphered In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth...
Pàgina 219 - 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. That quality will do anything that can be done in this world, and no talents, no circumstances, no opportunities, will make a two-legged creature a man without it.
Pàgina 175 - I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a crowd, A host, of golden daffodils; Beside the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze. Continuous as the stars that shine And twinkle on the Milky Way, They stretched in never-ending line Along the margin of a bay: Ten thousand saw I at a glance, Tossing their heads in sprightly dance. The waves beside them danced; but they Out-did the sparkling waves in glee: A poet could not but...
Pàgina 175 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Pàgina 257 - Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains ; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye and ear, both what they half create*, And what perceive...
Pàgina 176 - Where no misgiving is, rely Upon the genial sense of youth; Glad hearts, without reproach or blot, Who do thy work and know it not: Oh!
Pàgina 309 - The star that bids the shepherd fold Now the top of heaven doth hold ; And the gilded car of day His glowing axle doth allay In the steep Atlantic stream : And the slope sun his upward beam Shoots against the dusky pole, Pacing toward the other goal Of his chamber in the east.
Pàgina 1 - But time did beckon to the flowers, and they By noon most cunningly did steal away, And withered in my hand.
Pàgina 66 - ... for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost...