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... felf , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Give the voice therefore full ftrength and fwell of found ; but always pitch it on your ordinary fpeaking key . Make it a conftant rule never to utter a greater quantity of voice ...
... felf , he is always heard with pain by his audience . Give the voice therefore full ftrength and fwell of found ; but always pitch it on your ordinary fpeaking key . Make it a conftant rule never to utter a greater quantity of voice ...
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... felf able to ftem the whirlpool in which his friend was swallowed , or glide over the rocks on which he was dashed : nor was it often obferved that the fight of a wreck made any man change his courfe ; if he turned afide for a moment ...
... felf able to ftem the whirlpool in which his friend was swallowed , or glide over the rocks on which he was dashed : nor was it often obferved that the fight of a wreck made any man change his courfe ; if he turned afide for a moment ...
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... felf with tracing the course of a gentle ri- ver that rolled among the trees , and wa .. tered a large region with innumerable cir- cumvolutions . In thefe amusements the hours paffed away unaccounted , his devia- tions had perplexed ...
... felf with tracing the course of a gentle ri- ver that rolled among the trees , and wa .. tered a large region with innumerable cir- cumvolutions . In thefe amusements the hours paffed away unaccounted , his devia- tions had perplexed ...
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... felf from any thing he has created , or from any part of that space which he diffused and spread abroad to infinity . In fhort , to fpeak of him in the language of the old philofophers , he is a being whofe centre is every where , and ...
... felf from any thing he has created , or from any part of that space which he diffused and spread abroad to infinity . In fhort , to fpeak of him in the language of the old philofophers , he is a being whofe centre is every where , and ...
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... felf in this deplorable condition ! Why haft thou fet me as a mark against thee , fo that I am become a burden to my- felf ? But , thirdly , how happy is the condition of that intellectual being , who is fenfible of his Maker's prefence ...
... felf in this deplorable condition ! Why haft thou fet me as a mark against thee , fo that I am become a burden to my- felf ? But , thirdly , how happy is the condition of that intellectual being , who is fenfible of his Maker's prefence ...
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Page 279 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 251 - ... .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places., (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come...
Page 266 - PREVENT us, O Lord, in all our doings, with thy most gracious favour, and further us with thy continual help ; that in all our works begun, continued, and ended in thee, we may glorify thy holy Name, and finally by thy mercy obtain everlasting life, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Page 282 - GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 437 - The objection arising from the impossibility of passing the first hour at Alexandria and the next at Rome supposes that, when the play opens, the spectator really imagines himself at Alexandria, and believes that his walk to the theatre has been a voyage to Egypt, and that he lives in the days of Antony and Cleopatra. Surely he that imagines this may imagine more.
Page 434 - Shakespeare engaged in dramatic poetry with the world open before him. The rules of the ancients were yet known to few; the public judgment was unformed; he had no example of such fame as might force him upon imitation, nor critics of such authority as might restrain his extravagance.
Page 282 - GOD, who as at this time didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people by the sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit ; Grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in his holy comfort ; through the merits of Christ Jesus our Saviour, who liveth and reigneth with thee, in the unity of the same Spirit, one God, world without end. Amen.
Page 1 - I drew near with that reverence which is due to a superior nature; and as my heart was entirely subdued by the captivating strains I had heard, I fell down at his feet and wept. The Genius smiled upon me with a look of compassion and...
Page 285 - GRANT, O merciful God, that as thine holy Apostle Saint James, leaving his father and all that he had, without delay was obedient unto the calling of thy Son Jesus Christ, and followed him ; so we, forsaking all worldly and carnal affections, may be evermore ready to follow thy holy commandments, through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 266 - Lord, our heavenly Father, Almighty and everlasting God, who hast safely brought us to the beginning of this day ; defend us in the same with thy mighty power, and grant that this day we fall into no sin, neither run into any kind of danger ; but that all our doings may be ordered by thy governance, to do always that is righteous in thy sight, through Jesus Christ our Lord.