The Blade and the Ear: a Book for Young MenW. P. Nimmo, 1865 - 224 pagina's |
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Pagina 11
... evil he does is noticed and imitated , so also , to some extent at least , will be the good . No one can look without in- terest on a conscientious young man . See him ride like a bright star across the moral heavens ; now tempted , but ...
... evil he does is noticed and imitated , so also , to some extent at least , will be the good . No one can look without in- terest on a conscientious young man . See him ride like a bright star across the moral heavens ; now tempted , but ...
Pagina 12
... evil now " stand at the door and knock ; " let the one be admitted , and it proves an angel of light ; while the other no sooner crosses the threshold , than , with rebel fierceness , menace , pillage , and bloodshed ensue . The char ...
... evil now " stand at the door and knock ; " let the one be admitted , and it proves an angel of light ; while the other no sooner crosses the threshold , than , with rebel fierceness , menace , pillage , and bloodshed ensue . The char ...
Pagina 13
... evil , come they in what form they may , “ Get thee be- hind me , Satan . " Washington showed himself a man at the age of thirteen . Among the rules he then adopted , we find these , " Labour to keep alive in your breast that little ...
... evil , come they in what form they may , “ Get thee be- hind me , Satan . " Washington showed himself a man at the age of thirteen . Among the rules he then adopted , we find these , " Labour to keep alive in your breast that little ...
Pagina 18
... evil associates and to their degrading vices . Still , it is the basis of much that is highest and noblest in human conduct . It needs only to rest on the Rock of Ages , and it will rise on and on , amid every seduction and snare ...
... evil associates and to their degrading vices . Still , it is the basis of much that is highest and noblest in human conduct . It needs only to rest on the Rock of Ages , and it will rise on and on , amid every seduction and snare ...
Pagina 20
... evil , which will you obey ? " The heart of flesh , " a tender susceptibility to virtue , honour , truth , and religion ; or the " heart of stone , " dead to every noble aspiration , content to herd with the vulgar , profane , sensual ...
... evil , which will you obey ? " The heart of flesh , " a tender susceptibility to virtue , honour , truth , and religion ; or the " heart of stone , " dead to every noble aspiration , content to herd with the vulgar , profane , sensual ...
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Pagina 13 - Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
Pagina 155 - I have regularly and attentively perused these Holy Scriptures, and am of opinion that this volume, independently of its divine origin, contains more true sublimity, more exquisite beauty, more pure morality, more important history, and finer strains of poetry and eloquence, than can be collected from all other books, in whatever age or language they may have been written.
Pagina 145 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.
Pagina 102 - The most trifling actions that affect a man's credit are to be regarded. The sound of your hammer at five in the morning, or nine at night, heard by a creditor, makes him easy six months longer; but, if he sees you at a billiard -table, or hears your voice at a tavern, when you should be at work, he sends for his money the next day ; demands it, before he can receive it, in a lump.
Pagina 9 - This elegant and useful Series of Books has been specially prepared for School and College Prizes : they are, however, equally suitable for General Presentation. In selecting the works for this Series, the aim of the Publisher has been to produce books of a permanent value, interesting in...
Pagina 19 - LIFE IN HEAVEN. THERE, FAITH is CHANGED INTO SIGHT, AND HOPE is PASSED INTO BLISSFUL, FRUITION.
Pagina 130 - Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.
Pagina 100 - 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.
Pagina 155 - And there was the hiding of his power. Before him went the pestilence, And burning coals went forth at his feet. He stood, and measured the earth: He beheld, and drove asunder the nations; And the everlasting mountains were scattered, The perpetual hills did bow: His ways are everlasting.
Pagina 18 - ... describe what heaven Is, as shown by the light of reason and Scripture; and we promise the reader many charming pictures of heavenly bliss, founded upon undeniable authority, and described with the pen of a dramatist, which cannot fail to elevate the soul as well as to delight the imagination. Part Second proves, in a manner as beautiful as it is convincing, the DOCTRINE OF THE RECOGNITION OF FRIENDS IN HEAVEN, — a subject of which the author makes much, introducing many touching scenes of...