The Lenore: A Maritime ChronicleHoughton Mifflin, 1926 - 325 pagina's |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 83 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep.
Pagina 83 - They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wit's end. Then they cry unto the Lord in their trouble, and he bringeth them out of their distresses. He maketh the storm a calm, so that the waves thereof are still. Then are they glad because they be quiet; so he bringeth them unto their desired haven.
Pagina 83 - They mount up to the heaven, they go down again to the depths: their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits
Pagina 84 - Now I have found the ground wherein Sure my soul's anchor may remain ; The wounds of Jesus, for my sin Before the world's foundation slain ; Whose mercy shall unshaken stay, When heaven and earth are fled away.
Pagina 51 - Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. For she hath cast down many wounded : yea, many strong men have been slain by her. Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death.
Pagina 238 - Choo-tsze, in commenting on the ShooKing, made use of four authors, who sometimes say too much, at other times too little ; sometimes their explanations are forced, at other times too ornamental. What have you to observe on them ? " " Chinshow had great abilities for historic writing. In his Three Kingdoms he has depreciated Choo-ko-leang, and made very light of E and E, two other celebrated characters. What is it that he says of them ? " These public-service examinations are conducted with the greatest...
Pagina 89 - When the glass falls low Prepare for a blow, When it rises high Let all your kites fly.
Pagina 84 - Now I have found the blessed ground Where my soul's anchor may remain...
Pagina 51 - To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her words; 17 Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God.
Pagina 49 - For of all things is there plenty, save only of wine. But there is gold and silver, great plenty. And the king of that country hath a palace full noble and full marvellous, and more rich than any in the world. For all the degrees to go up into halls and chambers be, one of gold, another of silver. And also, the pavements of halls and chambers be all square, of gold one, and another of silver. And all the walls within be covered with gold and silver in fine plates, and in those plates be stories and...