Evenings by Eden-side, Or, Essays and Poemsauthor, 1832 - 137 Seiten |
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Evenings by Eden-Side: Or Essays and Poems (Classic Reprint) George Pearson Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2017 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Absalom admit adultery amidst bear beautiful behold benevolence blessing bloom bosom BRANTHWAITE character Childhood's Home Christian Church Church of England classes Clergy clouds criminal DALEMAIN dear death destitute dition divine Duelling duellist duty dwell earth Eden-side Faith farewell fatal feelings flowers forget forward in thy glory Go forward hand happiness heart heaven heavenly hills honour hope influence intel land life's light look Lord Mercy mind Missionary Moorland moral mountains neighbour neighbourhood never night o'er objects parents peace persons philanthropy pious poor prayer preaching-house punishment pure religion religious rich round sabbath sabbath-day sacred scene Scripture shady grove sigh slave slavery smile soul spirit spring stand storm stream sweet Tact Talent tears Teesdale Temperance Societies thine things thou hast thought thy Master's name tion tomb trembling truth unto village virtue wand'rer's Westmorland wretch
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 66 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion; he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Seite 54 - It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine; nor for princes strong drink; lest they drink and forget the law and pervert the judgment of any of the afflicted.
Seite 58 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends, do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me ? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Seite 96 - O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Seite 90 - Majesty's' subjects ; every person wandering abroad and lodging in any barn or outhouse, or in any deserted or unoccupied building, or in the open air, or under a tent, or in any cart or waggon, not having any visible means of subsistence, and not giving a good account of himself or herself...
Seite 23 - Oh, my son, Absalom, my son, my son Absalom ! Would God I had died for thee ; Oh, Absalom, my son, my son...
Seite 49 - Life. IN youth we seem to be climbing a hill on whose top eternal sunshine appears to rest. How eagerly we pant to attain its summit ; but when we have gained it, how different is the prospect on the other side. We sigh as we contemplate the dreary waste before us, and look back with a wistful eye upon the flowery path we have passed, but may never more retrace.
Seite 70 - Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies' land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.
Seite 99 - O come, all ye that fear the Lord, and I will tell you what He has done for my soul...