Chambers's readings in English prose ... 1558 to 1860 |
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... called life's fountain , is like in shape ( to ) other waters , and is subject to corruption ; but the Holy Ghost's might comes ( to ) the corruptible water through ( the ) priests ' blessing , and it may afterwards body and soul wash ...
... called life's fountain , is like in shape ( to ) other waters , and is subject to corruption ; but the Holy Ghost's might comes ( to ) the corruptible water through ( the ) priests ' blessing , and it may afterwards body and soul wash ...
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... called was Prudens , a doughter which that called was Sophie . Upon a day byfel , that for his desport he is went into the feldes him to play . His wif and his doughter eek hath he laft within his hous , of which the dores were fast i ...
... called was Prudens , a doughter which that called was Sophie . Upon a day byfel , that for his desport he is went into the feldes him to play . His wif and his doughter eek hath he laft within his hous , of which the dores were fast i ...
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... called from him , I fall on weeping , because , what soever I do els , but learning , is ful of grief , trouble , feare , and whole misliking unto me : And thus my booke hath bene so moch my pleasure , and bringeth dayly to me more ...
... called from him , I fall on weeping , because , what soever I do els , but learning , is ful of grief , trouble , feare , and whole misliking unto me : And thus my booke hath bene so moch my pleasure , and bringeth dayly to me more ...
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... called vanquishers , though all of them were slain upon the place . Xerxes having lost in this last fight , together with 20,000 other soldiers and captains , two of his own brethren , began to doubt what incon- venience might befall ...
... called vanquishers , though all of them were slain upon the place . Xerxes having lost in this last fight , together with 20,000 other soldiers and captains , two of his own brethren , began to doubt what incon- venience might befall ...
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... called " The English Seneca . ' THE HYPOCRITE . From The Characters of Virtues and Vices . A hypocrite is the worst kind of player , by so much that he acts the better part ; which hath always two faces , ofttimes two hearts : that can ...
... called " The English Seneca . ' THE HYPOCRITE . From The Characters of Virtues and Vices . A hypocrite is the worst kind of player , by so much that he acts the better part ; which hath always two faces , ofttimes two hearts : that can ...
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appeared archdeacon of Aberdeen Areopagitica better bith blessed CÆDMON called Canterbury Tales Christian church Confessio Amantis court cried death discourse Dryden Duke Duke of Bedford earth Edinburgh Review England English eyes fear Florac freedom give greatest hand happy hath heard heart heaven History holy honour hope human Ivanhoe justice kind king labour LAYAMON liberty live look Lord man's manner mind nature neighbours never night noble observed opinion Partridge passed passions person pleasure poet poor Pope praise present prose quoth my uncle reason religion rich shew sholden Sir F Sir Richard Baker Sir Roger soul speech spirit Summe heo Tatler tell thankful thee things thou thought tion told Trim truth uncle Toby unto villein whole wife WILLIAM BLACKSTONE words writer wrote
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.