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" For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made... "
The American Quarterly Observer - Page 148
edited by - 1833
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Analysis of the Principles of Rhetorical Delivery as Applied in Reading and ...

Ebenezer Porter - Elocution - 1828 - 418 pages
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For 20 so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the cluuds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion...
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Sequel to The Analytical Reader: In which the Original Design is Extended ...

Samuel Putnam - Readers - 1828 - 314 pages
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayer in a right time to God. For «o have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as he rises, and hope's to get to heaven and climb above the clouds; but the poor bird was beaten back with the loud...
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Christian Charity Explained; Or, The Influence of Religion Upon Temper ...

John Angell James - Bible - 1830 - 300 pages
...prayer, and, therefore, is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing 68 as he rises, and hopes to get to heaven, and climb above the clouds : but the poor bird was beaten...
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The Year Book of Daily Recreation and Information

William Hone - Almanacs, English - 1832 - 852 pages
...nibbling the short dripping gnu«. And the birds arc on the bushes. Knight'i Quarterly Mttyiwne, " For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back by the loud, sighings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstant, descending...
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The Year Book, of Daily Recreation & Information: Concerning Remarkable Men ...

William Hone - 1832 - 874 pages
...beaten back by the loud sigliings of an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and inconstint, descending more at every breath of the tempest than it could recover by the vibrations and frequent weighings of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down, and...
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Selections from the Works of Jeremy Taylor: With Some Account of the Author ...

Jeremy Taylor - Theology - 1833 - 390 pages
...prayer, and therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass,...breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the Vibration and frequent weighing of his wings; till the little creature was forced to sit down and pant,...
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Communion with God: or, A guide to the devotional

Robert Philip - 1833 - 240 pages
...ominous indeed ! Comfort ! There is no comfort in the gospel for the dishonest or the drunken, but irregular and inconstant ; descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than he could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was...
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Communion with God: or, A guide to the devotional

Robert Philip - Devotional exercises - 1834 - 224 pages
...therefore is contrary to that attention which presents our prayers in a right line to heaven. For so I have seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring...descending more, at every breath of the tempest, than he could recover by the libration and frequent weighing of his wings ; till the little creature was...
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Selections from the works of Taylor, Hooker, Barrow [and others] by B. Montagu

Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) - 1834 - 364 pages
...therefore is contrary to that attention, which presents our prayers in a right line to God. For so B have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and...an eastern wind, and his motion made irregular and unconstant, descending more at every breath of the tempest, than it could recover by the libration...
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Eustace Conway: Or, The Brother and Sister ; a Novel, Volume 3

Frederick Denison Maurice - 1834 - 300 pages
...expression of her countenance now, — without remembering that exquisite passage of our poet divine : " So have I seen a lark rising from his bed of grass, and soaring upwards, singing as she rises, and hopes to get to heaven and climb above the clouds ; but the poor bird was beaten back...
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