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... higher and lower ranks . He has free access to the mansion of the noble , and welcome in the cottage of the labourer . And if I understand aright the mission of a minister of the Church of England , his peculiar and sacred call is , to ...
... higher and lower ranks . He has free access to the mansion of the noble , and welcome in the cottage of the labourer . And if I understand aright the mission of a minister of the Church of England , his peculiar and sacred call is , to ...
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... higher classes may turn his attention to them , if he likes ; nothing forces him to do so . It is to him a matter of amuse- ment , a speculation - a theoretical curiosity - not necessarily anything more . The difference of a a penny in ...
... higher classes may turn his attention to them , if he likes ; nothing forces him to do so . It is to him a matter of amuse- ment , a speculation - a theoretical curiosity - not necessarily anything more . The difference of a a penny in ...
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... higher classes have a right to their clubs , and the middle classes to their Athenæums . Let no cowardly suspicion deter from generous sympathy . Give them their rights . Let the future take care of itself . The other suggestion is this ...
... higher classes have a right to their clubs , and the middle classes to their Athenæums . Let no cowardly suspicion deter from generous sympathy . Give them their rights . Let the future take care of itself . The other suggestion is this ...
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... higher do the work God has given them to do , of elevating those below , you have a country work- ing out her own national life securely ; if , on the other hand , those below either tear down wantonly ; or by the selfishness and ...
... higher do the work God has given them to do , of elevating those below , you have a country work- ing out her own national life securely ; if , on the other hand , those below either tear down wantonly ; or by the selfishness and ...
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... higher classes of this country have altogether understood the high desti- nies which they are called on to fulfil . I say not that they all , or any of them , do what they might . To say that would be to say what has been 39.
... higher classes of this country have altogether understood the high desti- nies which they are called on to fulfil . I say not that they all , or any of them , do what they might . To say that would be to say what has been 39.
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Page 236 - Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 149 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 221 - In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired. No thanks he breathed, he proffered no request; Rapt into still communion that transcends The imperfect offices of prayer and praise, His mind was a thanksgiving to the power That made him; it was blessedness and love!
Page 173 - Like Twilight's, too, her dusky hair; But all things else about her drawn From May-time and the cheerful Dawn; A dancing Shape, an Image gay, To haunt, to startle, and way-lay.
Page 6 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 255 - It is not to be thought of that the flood Of British freedom, which, to the open sea Of the world's praise, from dark antiquity Hath flowed, " with pomp of waters, unwithstood...
Page 153 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 168 - Pale Hecate's offerings : and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps, which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my where-about, And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Page 210 - Dreams, books, are each a world; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good: Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 188 - Touch her not scornfully; Think of her mournfully, Gently and humanly; Not of the stains of her; All that remains of her Now is pure womanly.