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... soul , and testify it outwardly by my behaviour ; as , namely , by my ado- ration , in my forbearing to cover my head in that place dedicated to God , and only to his service ; and also , by standing up at profession of the creed ...
... soul , and testify it outwardly by my behaviour ; as , namely , by my ado- ration , in my forbearing to cover my head in that place dedicated to God , and only to his service ; and also , by standing up at profession of the creed ...
Page xciv
... soul's best friend , That man acquainted with himself dost make , And all his Maker's wonders to intend : With thee I here converse at will , And would be glad to do so still , For it is thou alone , that keep'st the soul awake . V. How ...
... soul's best friend , That man acquainted with himself dost make , And all his Maker's wonders to intend : With thee I here converse at will , And would be glad to do so still , For it is thou alone , that keep'st the soul awake . V. How ...
Page 48
... soul cannot be more zealous for your good than I am ; and God , who loves that zeal in me , will not suffer you to doubt it . You would pity me now , if you saw me write , for my pain hath drawn my head so much awry , and holds it so ...
... soul cannot be more zealous for your good than I am ; and God , who loves that zeal in me , will not suffer you to doubt it . You would pity me now , if you saw me write , for my pain hath drawn my head so much awry , and holds it so ...
Page 55
... soul is sense ) cannot admit Absence ; because that doth remove Those things that elemented it . " But we , by a soul so much refined , That our souls know not what it is , Inter - assured of the mind , Care not hands , eyes , or lips ...
... soul is sense ) cannot admit Absence ; because that doth remove Those things that elemented it . " But we , by a soul so much refined , That our souls know not what it is , Inter - assured of the mind , Care not hands , eyes , or lips ...
Page 61
... soul were engaged in the conversion of others , in preach- ing the glad tidings of remission to repenting sin- ners , and peace to each troubled soul . To these he applied himself with all care and diligence . And now such a change was ...
... soul were engaged in the conversion of others , in preach- ing the glad tidings of remission to repenting sin- ners , and peace to each troubled soul . To these he applied himself with all care and diligence . And now such a change was ...
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acquaintance Albertus Morton ambassador angling attend Bishop Bishop of Chichester blessed Bocton body Charles Cotton cheerful Christian church of England commended Complete Angler Dean dear death desire died discourse divers divine Donne's Earl eminent employment father favor forbear friendship gave George Herbert give happy hath holy honor Hooker humble Izaak Walton JOHN DONNE Julius Cæsar king James language late learning leave letter live London Lord majesty memory ment merit mind ness Nicholas Wotton occasion Oxford person piety praise prayer preach present professed queen reader religion republic of Venice Richard Hooker sacred sermons Sir Henry Savile Sir Henry Wotton Sir Robert sorrow soul spirit thenne Thomas Thomas Ken thou thought tion truth unto Venice verse virtuous wife worthy writ write written youth
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Page 79 - WILT thou forgive that sin where I begun, Which was ray sin, though it were done before ? Wilt thou forgive that sin through which I run, And do run still though still I do deplore ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page 79 - When thou hast done, thou has not done, For I have more. Wilt thou forgive that sin which I have won Others to sin, and made my sin their door? Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score? *° When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more.
Page xliii - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page xxxiii - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page xlviii - Leaders of the people by their counsels, and by their knowledge of learning meet for the people, wise and eloquent in their instructions...
Page iv - O could we copy their mild virtues, then What joy to live, what blessedness to die ! Methinks their very names shine still and bright ; Apart, — like glowworms on a summer night ; Or lonely tapers when from far they fling A guiding ray ; or seen, like stars on high, Satellites burning in a lucid ring Around meek Walton's heavenly memory.
Page xciv - How calm and quiet a delight Is it, alone, To read and meditate and write, By none offended, and offending none ! To walk, ride, sit, or sleep at one's own ease ; And, pleasing a man's self, none other to displease.
Page 56 - Our two souls therefore, which are one, Though I must go, endure not yet A breach, but an expansion, Like gold to airy thinness beat. If they be two, they are two so As stiff twin compasses are two; Thy soul, the fix'd foot, makes no show To move, but doth, if th
Page 55 - As virtuous men pass mildly away, And whisper to their souls, to go, Whilst some of their sad friends do say, The breath goes now, and some say, no: So let us melt, and make no noise, No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move, Twere profanation of our joys To tell the laity our love. Moving of th...
Page 155 - An ambassador is an honest man, sent to lie abroad for the good of his country.