A Modern Pyramid: To Commemorate E Septuagint of WorthiesJ. Rickerby, 1839 - 322 strán (strany) |
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Strana ix
... looking through the vista of past ages , and taking note of the goodly company of admirable men who from time to time have done honour to humanity , shall accuse us , as perhaps he may , of an unwise selection , let him be PREFACE/
... looking through the vista of past ages , and taking note of the goodly company of admirable men who from time to time have done honour to humanity , shall accuse us , as perhaps he may , of an unwise selection , let him be PREFACE/
Strana 32
... honour'd sage Whose timely counsel rescued from the grave Egypt's bronze children , and those exiled few Dwelling at Goshen , -Ruler , born to save , How rich a note of welcome were thy due , O man much tried , and never found to fail ...
... honour'd sage Whose timely counsel rescued from the grave Egypt's bronze children , and those exiled few Dwelling at Goshen , -Ruler , born to save , How rich a note of welcome were thy due , O man much tried , and never found to fail ...
Strana 46
... useful than honest , was to appropriate to her own shores every thing in history or fable which should have more rightfully redounded to the honour of her neighbours . HOMER . THOU poor and old , yet ever rich 46 SOLOMON .
... useful than honest , was to appropriate to her own shores every thing in history or fable which should have more rightfully redounded to the honour of her neighbours . HOMER . THOU poor and old , yet ever rich 46 SOLOMON .
Strana 48
... honour of his birth , by way of self- aggrandisement ; but perhaps , if the truth were told , all have equal claims , the fact being that there is no credible evidence on the subject ; for to look ex- ternally , we have nothing but the ...
... honour of his birth , by way of self- aggrandisement ; but perhaps , if the truth were told , all have equal claims , the fact being that there is no credible evidence on the subject ; for to look ex- ternally , we have nothing but the ...
Strana 49
... honours in the very spots where it is likely that he had wandered as a homeless , and some think sightless , bard . For the matter of blindness , however , we have not the same satisfactory record of the fact , as that so beautifully ...
... honours in the very spots where it is likely that he had wandered as a homeless , and some think sightless , bard . For the matter of blindness , however , we have not the same satisfactory record of the fact , as that so beautifully ...
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Strana 196 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Strana 106 - A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Strana 187 - And if any man think that he knoweth any thing, he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know.
Strana 55 - O Lord, be gracious unto us; we have waited for thee: be thou their arm every morning, our salvation also in the time of trouble.
Strana 56 - The burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.
Strana 34 - And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; for the Egyptians sold every man his field, because the famine prevailed over them: so the land became Pharaoh's.
Strana 226 - Thy soul was nerved with more than mortal force, Bold mariner upon a chartless sea, With none to second, none to solace thee. Alone, who daredst keep thy resolute course Through the broad waste of waters drear and dark, 'Mid wrathful skies, and howling winds, and worse, — The prayer, the taunt, the threat, the muttered curse Of all thy brethren in that fragile bark...
Strana 149 - Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses