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... standing his stupendous parts , and learning , and emi- nency of place , he had nothing in him of pride and humour , but was courteous and affable , and of easy access , and would lend a ready ear to the complaints , yea to the ...
... standing his stupendous parts , and learning , and emi- nency of place , he had nothing in him of pride and humour , but was courteous and affable , and of easy access , and would lend a ready ear to the complaints , yea to the ...
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... stands close to the altar and waits upon the sacrifice ; but as the fires die and desires decay , so the mind steals away and walks abroad , to see the little images of beauty and pleasure which it beholds in the falling stars and ...
... stands close to the altar and waits upon the sacrifice ; but as the fires die and desires decay , so the mind steals away and walks abroad , to see the little images of beauty and pleasure which it beholds in the falling stars and ...
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... stand still and arrest thy spirit , that it may without amazement or affright consider that this Hooker's Anger is said to have been like a vial of clear water , which , when shook , beads at the top , but instantly subsides , without ...
... stand still and arrest thy spirit , that it may without amazement or affright consider that this Hooker's Anger is said to have been like a vial of clear water , which , when shook , beads at the top , but instantly subsides , without ...
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... stands till its own weight wearies the foundation , and then declines to death and sad disorder . PLEASURES OF UNDERSTANDING . † Ir is not the eye that sees the beauties of the heaven , nor the ear that hears the sweetness of * Sermon ...
... stands till its own weight wearies the foundation , and then declines to death and sad disorder . PLEASURES OF UNDERSTANDING . † Ir is not the eye that sees the beauties of the heaven , nor the ear that hears the sweetness of * Sermon ...
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... virtue should be tied upon the spirit , and the poor should be relieved , and the oppressed should appeal , and the noise of widows should be heard , and the saints should stand upright , and the cause FROM BISHOP TAYLOR . 59.
... virtue should be tied upon the spirit , and the poor should be relieved , and the oppressed should appeal , and the noise of widows should be heard , and the saints should stand upright , and the cause FROM BISHOP TAYLOR . 59.
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Common terms and phrases
actions affections Anatomy of Melancholy appetite Aristotle beasts beauty behold Bishop Bishop of Lincoln blessing body Caliph caprina charity Christ christian church cloud creatures death delight desire discourse divine doth duty earth Ecclesiastical Polity evil excellent eyes fancy father fear felicity fool friendship glory God's Goodwin sands grace grave hand happy hath hear heart heaven honour innocent Israel judgment king of Burgundy knowledge labour lady Ann Clifford laws learning light live look Lord Bacon love Thee,-when man's marriage memory mercy mind nature ness never noble noise observe passions peace perfect person piety pleasure poor prayers prosperity reason religion satiety says Serm Sermon servant shew sick Skipton sorrow soul spirit tempest thee thereof things thou thoughts tion tongue TROILUS AND CRESSIDA truth unto virtue weary wherein wisdom wise worthy
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Page 333 - Two voices are there; one is of the Sea, One of the Mountains; each a mighty Voice: In both from age to age Thou didst rejoice, They were thy chosen Music, Liberty!
Page 299 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of...
Page 338 - Do not all charms fly At the mere touch of cold philosophy? There was an awful rainbow once in heaven: We know her woof, her texture; she is given In the dull catalogue of common things. Philosophy will clip an Angel's wings, Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, Empty the haunted air, and gnomed mine — Unweave a rainbow, as it erewhile made The tender-person'd Lamia melt into a shade.
Page 286 - Good and evil we know in the field of this world grow up together almost inseparably ; and the knowledge of good is so involved and interwoven with the knowledge of evil...
Page 270 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear • Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it : then, if sickly ears, Deaf 'd with the clamours of their own dear groans.
Page 153 - tis her privilege, Through all the years of this our life, to lead From joy to joy: for she can so inform The mind that is within us, so impress With quietness and beauty, and so feed With lofty thoughts, that neither evil tongues, Rash judgments, nor the sneers of selfish men, Nor greetings where no kindness is, nor all The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith, that all which we behold Is full of blessings.
Page 290 - I trust hereby to make it manifest with what small willingness I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Page 312 - But power to do good is the true and lawful end of aspiring : for good thoughts (though God accept them, yet) towards men are little better than good dreams except they be put in act ; and that cannot be without power and place, as the vantage and commanding ground.
Page 271 - Yet nature is made better by no mean But nature makes that mean : so, over that art Which you say adds to nature, is an art That nature makes. You see, sweet maid, we marry A gentler scion to the wildest stock, And make conceive a bark of baser kind By bud of nobler race : this is an art Which does mend nature, change it rather, but The art itself is nature.
Page 293 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...