The Life and Work of the Seventh Earl of Shaftesbury, K.G.Cassell & Company, 1886 - 527 pages |
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... matters by which the first Earl of Shaftesbury has made himself to be remem- bered are his opposition to the Corporation and Uniformity Acts ; his denunciation of the transfer of Dunkirk to the French ; his counsel to Charles II . to ...
... matters by which the first Earl of Shaftesbury has made himself to be remem- bered are his opposition to the Corporation and Uniformity Acts ; his denunciation of the transfer of Dunkirk to the French ; his counsel to Charles II . to ...
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... matters ; his father , on one or two occasions , asked him a question from the Catechism , and the answer would meet with approval or displeasure , accord- ing to the verbal accuracy with which it was given . For the rest , the boy was ...
... matters ; his father , on one or two occasions , asked him a question from the Catechism , and the answer would meet with approval or displeasure , accord- ing to the verbal accuracy with which it was given . For the rest , the boy was ...
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... matter of surprise , however , to others , for he had entered upon his studies with the determination to succeed , and had worked with the vigour and concentration which characterised him in many other efforts in which he was similarly ...
... matter of surprise , however , to others , for he had entered upon his studies with the determination to succeed , and had worked with the vigour and concentration which characterised him in many other efforts in which he was similarly ...
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... matter of policy , because it does not seem that danger any longer exists . This is the result of private reason , uninfluenced by speeches or conversation ; but as so little turns upon me I must and may conceal it ; my father otherwise ...
... matter of policy , because it does not seem that danger any longer exists . This is the result of private reason , uninfluenced by speeches or conversation ; but as so little turns upon me I must and may conceal it ; my father otherwise ...
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... matter of fact , had already taken such a hold that he never completely freed himself from it - of analysing his own motives , principles , and actions ; of indulging in morbid self - depreciation , and of cherishing a nervous dread of ...
... matter of fact , had already taken such a hold that he never completely freed himself from it - of analysing his own motives , principles , and actions ; of indulging in morbid self - depreciation , and of cherishing a nervous dread of ...
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Page 494 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 139 - For all day the wheels are droning, turning; Their wind comes in our faces, Till our hearts turn, our heads with pulses burning, And the walls turn in their places: Turns the sky in the high window, blank and reeling, Turns the long light that...
Page 171 - Hast thou entered into the treasures of the snow? or hast thou seen the treasures of the hail, which I have reserved against the time of trouble, against the day of battle and war?
Page 184 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, This bird of dawning singeth all night long : And then, they say, no spirit dares stir abroad ; The nights are wholesome ; then no planets strike, No fairy takes ', nor witch hath power to charm, So hallow'd and so gracious is the time.
Page 275 - ... them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast: for all is vanity. All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth?
Page 522 - This is the day which the LORD hath made ; Let us rejoice and be glad in it...
Page 380 - ... not an open enemy, that hath done me this dishonour : for then I could have borne it.
Page 85 - That this house will, early in the next session of parliament, take into its most serious consideration the state of the laws affecting his Majesty's Roman Catholic subjects in Great Britain and Ireland ; with a view to such a final -and conciliatory adjustment, "as may be conducive to the peace and strength of the united kingdom ; to the stability of the protestant establishment ; and to the general satisfaction and concord of all classes of his Majesty's subjects.
Page 512 - For GOD speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed; then He openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction, that He may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
Page 172 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.