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Strona 37 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Strona 49 - as I have no means of knowing what is best to be done, I will be guided by the luck which shall attend this spider. If the insect shall make another effort to fix its thread, and shall be successful, I will venture a seventh time to try my fortune in Scotland; but if the spider shall fail, I will go to the wars in Palestine, and never return to my native country more.
Strona 33 - ANNUALS AND PERENNIALS; or, Seed-time and Harvest. By CM Waring. Demy 8vo., beautifully illustrated by Macquoid. 5s. Verses for every Sunday in the Year, chiefly founded on the Collects, Annual in their use, Perennial in their antiquity. THE ALTAR. By the late Rev. I. Williams, BD, author of the
Strona 48 - After receiving the last unpleasingintelligence from Scotland, Bruce was lying one morning on his wretched bed, and deliberating with. himself whether he had not better resign all thoughts of again attempting to make good his right to the Scottish crown, and, dismissing his followers, transport himself and his brothers to the Holy Land, and spend the rest of his life in fighting against the Saracens ; by...
Strona 61 - I will, that as soon as I shall be dead, you take my heart from my body, and have it well embalmed ; you will also take as much money from my treasury as will...
Strona 21 - MILMAN.— Mitslav ; or, the Conversion of Pomerania. A True Story of the Shores of the Baltic in the Twelfth Century. 5s. 6d.
Strona 29 - REVELATION, The, of JESUS CHRIST, explained agreeably to the Analogy of Holy Scripture. By a Clergyman. 14s. " It must be confessed that he has sought the key in the only place in which it can be found, in the Holy Scriptures, in, a proper spirit, and by a proper light.
Strona 30 - SERMONS REGISTER, for Ten Years, by which an account may be kept of Sermons, the number, subject, and when preached. Post 4to., Is.
Strona 50 - I have often met with people of the name of Bruce, so completely persuaded of the truth of this story, that they would not on any account kill a spider; because it was that insect which had shown the example of perseverance, and given a signal of good luck to their great namesake.

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