Leisure hours with London divines, by a journalist1878 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 73 - Not in vain the distance beacons. Forward, forward let us range, Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change.
Página 13 - Come, O thou Traveller unknown Whom still I hold, but cannot see, My company before is gone, And I am left alone with thee, With thee all night I mean to stay, And wrestle till the break of day.
Página 112 - But, when philosophy has once demonstrated the principles of Mechanics, and introduced the practice of the useful Arts, " the wilderness and the solitary place are made glad, and the desert rejoices and blossoms as the rose.
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Página 26 - Of late years he has given much of his time and attention to the study of the Romish Church and its movements in England and on the continent.
Página 51 - At the same time, it is not improbable that there was a larger admixture of worldly prompting in the request than they themselves imagined.