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Trang 27 - When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers ? hath no man condemned thee ? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee : go, and sin no more.
Trang 33 - Truly, shepherd, in respect of itself, it is a good life ; but in respect that it is a shepherd's life, it is naught. In respect that it is solitary, I like it very well ; but in respect that it is private, it is a very vile life. Now, in respect it is in the fields, it pleaseth me well ; but in respect it is not in the court, it is tedious.
Trang 54 - ... way. I was much taken with its sagacity in discerning those that do it kind offices : for, as soon as the good old lady comes in sight who has waited on it for more than thirty years, it hobbles towards its benefactress with awkward alacrity ; but remains inattentive to strangers. Thus not only " the ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib," ' but the most abject reptile and torpid of beings distinguishes 1 Isaiah, i.
Trang 64 - He prayed but for life, for life he would give all he had in the world ; it was but life he asked — life, if it were to be prolonged under tortures and privations ; he asked only breath, though it should be drawn in the damps of the lowest caverns of their hills. It is impossible to describe the scorn, the loathing, and contempt with which the wife of MacGregor regarded this wretched petitioner for the poor boon of existence.
Trang 19 - Such dusky grandeur clothed the height, Where the huge Castle holds its state, And all the steep slope down, Whose ridgy back heaves to the sky, Piled deep and massy, close and high, Mine own romantic town!
Trang 44 - And the mother gave, in tears and pain, The flowers she most did love; She knew she should find them all again In the fields of light above. O, not in cruelty, not in wrath, The Reaper came that day; Twas an angel visited the green earth, And took the flowers away.
Trang 48 - Sweet Day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky, The dews shall weep thy fall to-night ; For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye ; Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet Spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie...
Trang 6 - No advertisement, unnecessary quotation, or narrative can be admitted. At the back of each frame must be written the name and address of the Artist, with a title or description of the picture, and the number (if there be more than one) to which it refers in his list.
Trang 28 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.
Trang 21 - And also to a tree, Whereon a copper bason hung, His fellows shields to see. He struck so hard, the bason broke : When Tarquin heard the sound, He drove a horse before him straight, Whereon a knight lay bound.

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