Memoirs of Arthur Hamilton, B. A. of Trinity College, Cambridge: Extracted from His Letters and Diaries, with Reminiscences of His Conversation by His Friend Christopher Carr of the Same CollegeM. Kennerley, 1907 - 186 Seiten |
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Seite 99 - For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the transgressors : for the things concerning me have an end. And they said, Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said unto them, It is enough.
Seite 116 - What then ? Like winged wayfarers the height they scale (By Him that offers them they shall prevail), — The prayers of men. But where is found a prayer for me ; How should I pray ? My heart is sick, and full of strife. I heard one whisper with departing breath, ' Suffer us not, for any pains of death, To fall from Thee.
Seite 19 - ... of Sparta, when they are truly chivalrous and absolutely pure, are above all other loves, noble, refining, true; passion at white heat without taint, confidence of so intimate a kind as cannot even exist between husband and wife, trust such as cannot be shadowed, are its characteristics.
Seite 36 - Christ say nothing about the whole fabric of nature which in His capacity as Creator ('through whom He made all things') He must have had the moulding of?
Seite 19 - when they are truly chivalrous and pure are above all other loves, noble, refining, true; passion at white heat without taint, confidence of so intimate a kind as can not even exist between husband and wife, trust such as can not be shadowed, are its characteristics. I can speak from my own experience, and others will, I know, at heart confirm me, when I say that these things are infinitely rewarding, unutterably dear.
Seite 175 - ... things plain; not ebbing and flowing, not changing with physical sensation or mental weariness, but deep, abiding, sustaining. You may think it rash of me thus, after so short an interval, to write so assuredly of it; but even if I lost the sense (and I shall not) the memory of that moment will support me; 'If I go down into hell, thou art there also,' is the only sentence that expresses it.
Seite 170 - till I found these words in a book the other day: 'The root of the common darnel (lolium) or dandelion, with saltpetre, make a very cheap and effective sheep-drench. It can be applied successfully in cases of fluke.
Seite 181 - He found a thoroughgoing determinist who was still faithful to the voice of duty, still striving upwards...