The Blade and the Ear: a Book for Young MenW. P. Nimmo, 1865 - 224 pagina's |
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Pagina 16
... give my hand and my heart for this vote . " The power and determination here shown have been seen in not a few young men , in all ages , and all countries . Aurungzebe , the mighty ruler of Hindostan , a man who had thirty - five ...
... give my hand and my heart for this vote . " The power and determination here shown have been seen in not a few young men , in all ages , and all countries . Aurungzebe , the mighty ruler of Hindostan , a man who had thirty - five ...
Pagina 24
... gives the rest necessary to the active operations of judgment and discrimination . It keeps enclosed those well- springs of the heart , whose flow is essential to float on the determinations of the head . The family is a divine ...
... gives the rest necessary to the active operations of judgment and discrimination . It keeps enclosed those well- springs of the heart , whose flow is essential to float on the determinations of the head . The family is a divine ...
Pagina 26
... gives home its great formative and restraining power . Hence it is that the teachings , example , and prayers of the parents exert a deep and ever - abiding influence . Impressions from other sources may fade away , but these remain ...
... gives home its great formative and restraining power . Hence it is that the teachings , example , and prayers of the parents exert a deep and ever - abiding influence . Impressions from other sources may fade away , but these remain ...
Pagina 28
... give me good advice , and inspire me with courage to try again , and to bear whatever disappointments might afterwards come upon me . " Next to the very arm of God , there is no such tower of strength as a good mother's heart . And the ...
... give me good advice , and inspire me with courage to try again , and to bear whatever disappointments might afterwards come upon me . " Next to the very arm of God , there is no such tower of strength as a good mother's heart . And the ...
Pagina 36
... gives one joy to find the good sister regarding , with a generous pleasure , the virtues of a brother . She does not , as is the manner of some , demand in him perfection , knowing well that we may dwell on an ideal excellence , free ...
... gives one joy to find the good sister regarding , with a generous pleasure , the virtues of a brother . She does not , as is the manner of some , demand in him perfection , knowing well that we may dwell on an ideal excellence , free ...
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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...