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Side 16
... months . Few preparations for distinction have been more ample . Here he be- came enamored of Mademoiselle Curchod , after- wards the wife of the celebrated Necker . His father , however , objected to this match , and he resigned his ...
... months . Few preparations for distinction have been more ample . Here he be- came enamored of Mademoiselle Curchod , after- wards the wife of the celebrated Necker . His father , however , objected to this match , and he resigned his ...
Side 17
... months . We give again his oft - cited description of the close of his toil . 66 this declaration . Gibbon stayed out the chance of the revolutionary troubles reaching Switzerland ; nor would he have quitted Lausanne , had not his ...
... months . We give again his oft - cited description of the close of his toil . 66 this declaration . Gibbon stayed out the chance of the revolutionary troubles reaching Switzerland ; nor would he have quitted Lausanne , had not his ...
Side 22
... months 40,000 were affected in London alone , of whom 4000 died . Both the king and his chancellor made their wills , and confessed daily , that they might be ready for this terrible visitant . It is worthy of remark that Wolsey and ...
... months 40,000 were affected in London alone , of whom 4000 died . Both the king and his chancellor made their wills , and confessed daily , that they might be ready for this terrible visitant . It is worthy of remark that Wolsey and ...
Side 26
... months , this gentleman expended £ 30,000 on issues of the Scriptures , so great was the demand . From 1560 to 1603 , there were 130 distinct editions of Bibles and Testaments . All this time , the crown did nothing except impose a ...
... months , this gentleman expended £ 30,000 on issues of the Scriptures , so great was the demand . From 1560 to 1603 , there were 130 distinct editions of Bibles and Testaments . All this time , the crown did nothing except impose a ...
Side 27
... months more ; and the sheets were two years " made all the din in the kirk . " But Beaton and in passing through the press . The twelve revisers his party labored in vain that " the New Testa- had 30s . a week each while at work in ...
... months more ; and the sheets were two years " made all the din in the kirk . " But Beaton and in passing through the press . The twelve revisers his party labored in vain that " the New Testa- had 30s . a week each while at work in ...
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Side 17 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Side 17 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Side 254 - ... that by labour and intent study (which I take to be my portion in this life) joined with the strong propensity of nature, I might perhaps leave something so written to aftertimes, as they should not willingly let it die.
Side 199 - Look thou upon me, and be merciful unto me, as thou usest to do -unto those that love thy name. 133 Order my steps in thy word : and let not any iniquity have dominion over me.
Side 66 - I am lord of the fowl and the brute. 0 Solitude ! where are the charms That sages have seen in thy face ? Better dwell in the midst of alarms Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see ; They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.
Side 268 - Upon the whole, I have always considered him, both in his lifetime and since his death, as approaching as nearly to the idea of a perfectly wise and virtuous man as perhaps the nature of human frailty will permit.
Side 181 - OH, to be in England Now that April's there, And whoever wakes in England Sees, some morning, unaware, That the lowest boughs and the brushwood sheaf Round the elm-tree bole are in tiny leaf, While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England - now...
Side 257 - The square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides ; as, 5033 402+302.
Side 177 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Side 196 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.