The British Novelists: With an Essay, and Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Volume 33, Part 2F. C. and J. Rivington, 1820 |
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Page 29 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 109 - He trudged along, unknowing what he sought, And whistled as he went, for want of thought. By chance conducted, or by thirst...
Page 222 - They also that dwell in the uttermost parts of the earth shall be afraid at Thy tokens : Thou that makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to praise Thee.
Page 110 - Blessed are ye [not accursed with the heavy curse of doing no good, of being useless in the world] when men shall revile you and persecute you, and say all manner of evil of you falsely for my name's sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad ; for great is your reward in heaven.
Page 30 - Catholic slipped it down upon his plate again, muttering to himself, What a noise here is about a bit of bacon ! He foolishly fancied now the sin was in his eating the bacon. No such matter. It was his want of faith. He had not a proper faith in his own superstitious principles. I remember, when I was at Oxford, I used to pray seven times a day, and fasted myself to a skeleton. I powdered my wig, and went every month to the sacrament, with the Companion to the Altar in my pocket. I might as well...
Page 10 - Gospel ; which kind of preaching, though enforced in the most pathetic manner, was not so generally palatable as might be expected. Mr. Whitfield, on the contrary, said little about repentance, but laid all the stress upon faith alone ; so that if a man was, or fancied, or even said, that he was possessed of true faith, he was immediately pronounced a convert ; and, whether he reformed his life or not, became a saint upon easy terms.
Page 258 - Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, in Dublin, here a stranger unknown, but in his own country (such as it now is) better known than he would wish to be, being driven by a storm, lodged here all night, in the year of our Lord 1726.' Mr. Wildgoose, having at present little curiosity of that kind, did not take out the pane ; as he probably might have done for three halfpence, and as was done soon after by some more curious traveller. He then went into the kitchen, according to custom, to give some...
Page 325 - And forced himself to drive: but loved to draw. For fear but freezes minds; but love, like heat, Exhales the soul sublime, to seek her native seat. To threats the stubborn sinner oft is hard, Wrapp'd in his crimes, against the storm prepared; But, when the milder beams of mercy play, He melts, and throws his cumbrous cloak away...
Page 169 - ... now lives — Mary Stubbs by name. " One thing, indeed, I must boast of, without which I would not presume to practise the sublime art and mystery of physic. I am the seventh son of a seventh son. Seven days was I before I sucked the breast. Seven months before I was seen to laugh or cry. Seven years before I was heard to utter seven words ; and twice seven years have I studied, night and day, for the benefit of you, my friends and countrymen : and now here I am, ready to assist the afflicted,...
Page 10 - with a denunciation against self-righteousness, and a recommendation of faith alone in its stead, as if virtue were inconsistent with the belief of the Gospel; though, as a great divine* observes, " this doctrine of renouncing their own righteousness has been generally found most agreeable to those who have no righteousness of their own to renounce.