Modern Accomplishments, Or, The March of Intellect

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Waugh and Innes, 1836 - English fiction - 344 pages
 

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Page 251 - O'er a' the ills o' life victorious! But pleasures are like poppies spread, You seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; Or like the snow falls in the river, A moment white — then melts for ever; Or like the Borealis race, That flit ere you can point their place; — Or like the rainbow's lovely form Evanishing amid the storm. — Nae man can tether time or tide; The hour approaches Tam maun ride; That hour, o...
Page 61 - And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.
Page 61 - It is not for you to know the times and the seasons, which the Father hath put in His own power.
Page 113 - MEDITATION is one of our most difficult Christian duties, but, at the same time, it is one of the most important. We can read or hear a dozen of books more easily than we can meditate properly on one; but yet, our inward thoughts are the only tests by which we can know the real state of our minds. Whatever we turn to naturally when alone, is the thing which engrosses most of our regard, and therefore we should often look inwards, to ascertain if our hearts are stored for eternity, and how far they...
Page 344 - Before the willing spirit takes Her mansion near the throne. 3 Faith strives, but all its efforts fail To trace her...
Page 152 - Sorrow is knowledge : they who know the most Must mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth, The tree of knowledge is not that of life.
Page 330 - THE hour of my departure's come : I hear the voice that calls me home : At last, O Lord ! let trouble cease, And let Thy servant die in peace. 2 The race appointed I have run ; The combat's o'er, the prize is won ; And now my witness is on high, And now my record's in the sky.
Page 255 - Nor love thy life, nor hate; but what thou liv'st Live well; how long or short, permit to Heaven: And now prepare thee for another sight.
Page 344 - Faith strives, but all its efforts fail, To trace her in her flight ; No eye can pierce within the veil Which hides that world of light.
Page 192 - The bridegroom may forget his bride Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; The mother may forget her child, That smiles so sweetly on her knee : But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, ' And all that thou hast done for me.

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