Biography of Reginald Heber, Lord Bishop of Calcutta: Abridged for the Use of Young PersonsLeonard C. Bowles, 1831 - 352 pages |
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... ; his application and quick- ness were such , that at seven years old he had translated Phædrus into English verse . The following year he was placed at the grammar school of Whitchurch under Dr Kent ; and here a 8 LIFE OF.
... ; his application and quick- ness were such , that at seven years old he had translated Phædrus into English verse . The following year he was placed at the grammar school of Whitchurch under Dr Kent ; and here a 8 LIFE OF.
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... English verses , ―the subject , Palestine . I think it on the whole a fine one , as it will admit of much fancy and many sublime ideas . My brother , my tutor , and Mr Walter Scott , whom I have no doubt you know by name , give me ...
... English verses , ―the subject , Palestine . I think it on the whole a fine one , as it will admit of much fancy and many sublime ideas . My brother , my tutor , and Mr Walter Scott , whom I have no doubt you know by name , give me ...
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... English curricle , and not so high ; it is drawn easily by two horses about the size of a Welch poney . The manner in which post horses are procured is as follows ; about four or five hours before you set out , you send on a person ...
... English curricle , and not so high ; it is drawn easily by two horses about the size of a Welch poney . The manner in which post horses are procured is as follows ; about four or five hours before you set out , you send on a person ...
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... faithfully . This in- formation we had from an English servant , married in the country , who said that a relation of his wife told him seriously that he had him- self seen Noëck in harness , quietly drawing a plough 34 LIFE OF.
... faithfully . This in- formation we had from an English servant , married in the country , who said that a relation of his wife told him seriously that he had him- self seen Noëck in harness , quietly drawing a plough 34 LIFE OF.
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... English manner . The governor's son , Captain Von Kraagh , is a great agricultur- ist . We dined with Mr Meirke , and spent the evening with his mother , Lady Lewson , where we met with a large party , and were amused by witnessing ...
... English manner . The governor's son , Captain Von Kraagh , is a great agricultur- ist . We dined with Mr Meirke , and spent the evening with his mother , Lady Lewson , where we met with a large party , and were amused by witnessing ...
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Page 298 - For, oh, if there be an elysium on earth, It is this, it is this ! There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are link'd in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die ; One hour of a passion so sacred is worth Whole ages of heartless and wandering bliss : And oh...
Page 85 - Thou art gone to the grave ! — we no longer behold thee, Nor tread the rough paths of the world by thy side ; But the wide arms of mercy are...
Page 275 - O'er broad Hindostan's sultry meads, O'er bleak Almorah's hill. ' That course, nor Delhi's kingly gates, Nor wild Malwah detain, For sweet the bliss us both awaits By yonder western main. ' Thy towers, Bombay, gleam bright, they say, Across the dark blue sea, But ne'er were hearts so light and gay As then shall meet in thee...
Page 274 - O'er Gunga's mimic sea ! I miss thee at the dawning gray, When, on our deck reclined, In careless ease my limbs I lay, And woo the cooler wind. I miss thee when by Gunga's stream My twilight steps I guide, But most beneath the lamp's pale beam, I miss thee from my side.
Page 340 - ... countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; In weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Beside those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches.
Page 331 - Firm wast thou, humble and wise, Honest, pure, free from disguise ; Father of orphans, the widow's support, Comfort in sorrow of every sort, To the benighted dispenser of light, Doing and pointing to that which is right. Blessing to princes, to people, to me : May I, my father, be worthy of thee. Wishes and prayeth thy Sarabojee.
Page 85 - THOU art gone to the grave ; but we will not deplore thee, Though sorrows and darkness encompass the tomb ; The Saviour has passed through its portals before thee, And the lamp of his love is thy guide through the gloom.