The attaché; or, Sam Slick in England, by the author of 'The clockmaker'. 2nd and last serBaudry, 1845 - 329 עמודים |
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עמוד 52 - Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us. And the bramble said unto the trees, If in truth ye anoint me king over you, then come and put your trust in my shadow : and if not, let fire come out of the bramble, and devour the cedars of Lebanon.
עמוד 58 - I to myself, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind horse.
עמוד 173 - Eternal Hope ! when yonder spheres sublime Pealed their first notes to sound the march of Time, Thy joyous youth began — but not to fade. — When all the sister planets have decayed ; When...
עמוד 70 - And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and the south ; and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.
עמוד 291 - Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood, Th...
עמוד 291 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre...
עמוד 51 - The trees went forth on a time to anoint a king over them ; and they said unto the olive tree, Reign thou over us. But the olive tree said unto them, Should I leave my fatness, wherewith by me they honour God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees? And the trees said to the fig tree, Come thou, and reign over us.
עמוד 52 - And the vine said unto them, Should I leave my wine, which cheereth God and man, and go to be promoted over the trees ? Then said all the trees unto the bramble, Come thou, and reign over us.
עמוד 177 - Be not the first by whom the new is tried, nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
עמוד 56 - Almighty GOD, Whose kingdom is everlasting and power infinite, have mercy upon the whole Church...