Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860 |
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... heaven , the might of the creator , and his counsel , the glory - father of men ! how he of all wonders , the eternal lord , formed the beginning . He first created for the children of men heaven as a roof , the holy creator ! then the ...
... heaven , the might of the creator , and his counsel , the glory - father of men ! how he of all wonders , the eternal lord , formed the beginning . He first created for the children of men heaven as a roof , the holy creator ! then the ...
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... heaven be gathered together into one place ; let the earth bring forth ; let there be lights in the firma- ment of heaven . ' Was this only the intent of Moses , to signify the infinite greatness of God's power by the easiness of His ...
... heaven be gathered together into one place ; let the earth bring forth ; let there be lights in the firma- ment of heaven . ' Was this only the intent of Moses , to signify the infinite greatness of God's power by the easiness of His ...
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... heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care , and the greatest as not exempted from her power . Both angels and men , and creatures of what condition soever , though each in different sort and manner , yet all ...
... heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care , and the greatest as not exempted from her power . Both angels and men , and creatures of what condition soever , though each in different sort and manner , yet all ...
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... heaven ; and so it shall be at the day of judgment , when that world and this , and all that shall be born hereafter , shall pass through the same Red Sea , and be all baptised with the same fire , and be involved in the same cloud , in ...
... heaven ; and so it shall be at the day of judgment , when that world and this , and all that shall be born hereafter , shall pass through the same Red Sea , and be all baptised with the same fire , and be involved in the same cloud , in ...
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... heaven : this is that which hath enfranchised , enlarged , and lifted up our apprehensions degrees above themselves . Ye cannot make us now less capable , less knowing , less eagerly pursuing of the truth , unless ye first make ...
... heaven : this is that which hath enfranchised , enlarged , and lifted up our apprehensions degrees above themselves . Ye cannot make us now less capable , less knowing , less eagerly pursuing of the truth , unless ye first make ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 33 - Dragon's teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man, kills a reasonable creature. God's image ; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself ; killfe the image of God, as it were in the eye.
Página 35 - 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 midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would...
Página 21 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight, is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots and marshalling of affairs, come best from those that are learned.
Página 19 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Página 145 - My hold of the colonies is in the close affection which grows from common names, from kindred blood, from similar privileges, and equal protection. These are ties, which, though light as air, are as strong as links of iron.
Página 220 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Página 21 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested...
Página 33 - I deny not, but that it is of greatest concernment in the Church and Commonwealth, to have a vigilant eye how books demean themselves as well as men; and thereafter to confine, imprison, and do sharpest justice on them as malefactors.
Página 145 - Let the colonies always keep the idea of their civil rights associated with your government ; they will cling and grapple to you ; and no force under heaven will be of power to tear them from their allegiance. But let it...
Página 78 - Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an eternity reserved for him.