A word to the working classes on their improvement and elevation: with other piecesHoulston and Stoneman, 1850 - 138 páginas |
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A Word to the Working Classes on Their Improvement and Elevation J. Russom No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2019 |
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amongst attention Bedminster blessed Bristol cause child Christian Church of England circumstances classes comfort consequence cried crime domestic drunkenness effort elevation ELIHU BURRITT eminent enlisting evil exertions favour feelings females give HABERFIELD habits hand happiness heart honour human husband improvement influence intemperance intoxicating drinks intoxicating liquors James Allan juniper berries kind knowledge labour ladies live look Lord malt liquors mankind Mary Green means mental Midsomer Norton mind ministers of religion moral mother nations nature never numbers nursing observed obtain once painful peace persons poor practice present principles reader religion remarks replied respect Richard Thompson Robert Charleton society soldiers soon spirits strong drink suffering Teetotalism temperance Temperance band thing thousands tion total abstinence true truth Vauxhall village Wesleyan whilst Widow Thompson wine woman wounded Yatton young youth
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Página 89 - ... records, promises as sweet ; A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food ; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill ; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command ; And yet a Spirit still, and bright...
Página 104 - When a man's ways please the Lord, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Página 37 - Length of days is in her right hand : and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her : and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Página 37 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Página 68 - I hate that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round: To me it talks of ravaged plains, And burning towns, and ruined swains, And mangled limbs, and dying groans, And widows' tears, and orphans' moans; And all that Misery's hand bestows.
Página 89 - In proud and vigorous health; of all the hearts That beat with anxious life at sunset there; How few survive, how few are beating now! All is deep silence, like the fearful calm That slumbers in the storm's portentous pause; Save when the frantic wail of widowed love Comes shuddering on the blast, or the faint moan, With which some soul bursts from the frame of clay, Wrapt round its struggling powers.
Página 36 - Whatsoever things are true, honest, just, pure, lovely, and of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
Página 90 - This is my own, my native land ?" Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign stand?
Página 68 - I HATE that drum's discordant sound, Parading round, and round, and round: To thoughtless youth it pleasure yields, And lures from cities and from fields, To sell their liberty for charms Of tawdry lace, and glittering arms; And when Ambition's voice commands, To march and fight, and fall, in foreign lands.
Página 63 - Of all the phantoms fleeting in the mist Of Time, though meagre all, and ghostly thin, Most unsubstantial, unessential shade Was earthly Fame. She was a voice alone, And dwelt upon the noisy tongues of men. She never thought, but gabbled ever on, Applauding most what least deserved applause. The motive, the result, was naught to her. The deed alone, though dyed in human gore, And...