Protestant reminiscences; or, The Church of Rome in the nineteenth century, by a layman1827 |
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Page 39 - Sabbath day. 4. Honor thy father and thy mother. 5. Thou shalt not kill. 6. Thou shalt not commit adultery.
Page 145 - O thou that, with surpassing glory crowned, Look'st from thy sole dominion like the god Of this new World — at whose sight all the stars Hide their diminished heads — to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell, how glorious once above thy sphere...
Page 28 - swart colour, hanging look, frowning brows, eyes an inch " within his head, a nose hooked like a buzzard, nostrils like " a horse, ever snuffing into the wind, a sparrow mouth, " great paws like the Devil, talons on his feet like a gripe, " two inches longer than the natural toes, and so tied to 272 " with sinews, that he cannot abide to be touched, nor scarce " suffer them to touch the stones.
Page 145 - Hide their diminished heads ; to thee I call, But with no friendly voice, and add thy name, 0 Sun ! to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state 1 fell — how glorious once above thy sphere — Till pride and worse ambition threw me down, Warring in Heaven against Heaven's matchless King.
Page 145 - ' same idol;" and many others, seem to us not only highly poetical, but eminently adapted to music, and would, we think, if well arranged, prove a valuable acquisition to our stock of popular ballads. As reciters of poetry, we do not pretend to put ourselves in competition with him; but when we came to that passage in which he likens Mr. Canning to the rising sun, we were struck with the following lines, which we thought, as a motto for his pamphlet, would not have been unappropriate :— " Oh thou,...
Page 99 - And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established on the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it.
Page 2 - We have been truly shocked at this most crafty device, by which the very foundations of religion are undermined...
Page 133 - ... and compare them with those which they could look to from any other quarter: they may with confidence rely on the zealous support of all those who retire, and of many who remain in office, when it can be given with a prospect of success. They may be assured that Mr. Pitt will do his utmost to establish their cause in the public favour, and prepare the way for their finally attaining their objects.
Page 18 - Your fixation in matters of religion will not be more necessary for your soul's than your kingdoms' peace, when God shall bring you to them. For I have observed that the devil of rebellion doth commonly turn himself into an angel of reformation, and the old serpent can pretend new lights.
Page 107 - Rome, tending directly or indirectly to overthrow or disturb the protestant government, or the protestant church of Great Britain and Ireland, or the protestant church of Scotland, as by law established...