The Etchingham LettersDodd, Mead & Company, 1898 - 343 strani |
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Stran 253 - They that are whole need not a physician, but they that are sick " ; and therefore Christ said, that " he came not to call the righteous, but sinners, to repentance.
Stran 171 - Poor world, said I, what wilt thou do To entertain this starry stranger ? Is this the best thou canst bestow — A cold and not too cleanly manger ? Contend, the powers of heaven and earth, To fit a bed for this huge birth.
Stran 155 - Now the Rome of slaves hath perish'd, and the Rome of freemen holds her place, I, from out the Northern Island sunder'd once from all the human race, I salute thee, Mantovano, I that loved thee since my day began, Wielder of the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man.
Stran 112 - Mr. Shipley is devoted to his sister, and I am very sorry for him. When you come to London you must hold out the hand of friendship to him. He asks for Tolcarne news frequently. Would you welcome a copy of Willughby's' Birds — "The Ornithology of Francis Willughby of Middleton in the County of Warwick, Esq." — the text in English, London, 1678? Laura met me the other evening on the doorstep with the book under my arm. I saw it lying in a dim, dusty shop to which I repaired in search of something...
Stran 215 - It may not have occurred to every reader, but none will perhaps object to it, when once suggested to his consideration, that — as is the god of any nation, such will be that nation, God, however falsely conceived of by man, even though splintered into fragments by Polytheism, or disfigured by the darkest mythologies, is still the greatest of all objects offered to human contemplation. Man, when thrown upon his own delusions, may have raised...
Stran 323 - The rank of the owner was indicated by the species of bird which he carried. To a king belonged the gerfalcon ; to a prince, the falcon gentle ; to an earl, the peregrine ; to a lady, the merlin ; to a young squire, the hobby ; while a yeoman carried a goshawk ; a priest, a sparrowhawk ; and a knave, or servant, a kestrel.
Stran 152 - So farewell to my thrice dearly beloved wife and children ! — Yours, as God pleaseth, in that which no waters can quench, no time forget, nor distance wear away, but remains for ever,
Stran 240 - And when thou think'st of her eternity, Think not that death against her nature is, Think it a birth; and when thou goest to die, Sing like a swan, as if thou went'st to bliss.
Stran 240 - Heaven waxeth old, and all the spheres above Shall one day faint, and their swift motion stay ; And Time itself in time shall cease to move ; Only the Soul survives, and lives for aye.
Stran 330 - Man was made when Nature was but an apprentice ; but woman when shee was a skilfull Mistress of her Arte." And you are really to be here in a week, and this is, I hope, my last letter to you for ever so long. In witness whereof you will note that I seal this with the seal inscribed, "Say no more.