56 quotes found
Churchman · English
English churchman
“As sure as God is good so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.”
“Thou hast been called O sleep! the friend of woe But 'tis the happy who have called thee so.”
“What will not woman gentle woman dare When strong affection stirs her spirit up?”
“It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed the deeper they burn.”
“Live as long as you may the first twenty years are the longest half of your life.”
“Anger is a transient hatred or at least very like it.”
“If you would be pungent, be brief ; for it is with words as with sunbeams—the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.”
“Cold is thy heart and as frozen as Charity!”
“You are old, Father William. the young man cried,The few locks which are left you are grey;You are hale, Father William—a hearty old man:Now tell me the reason, I pray.”
“In my days of youth, I remembered my God,And he hath not forgotten my age.”
“It was a summer evening,Old Kaspar's work was done,And he before his cottage doorWas sitting in the sun,And by him sported on the greenHis little grandchild Wilhelmine.”
“He came to ask what he had found,That was so large, and smooth, and round.”
“'Tis some poor fellow's skull, said he,Who fell in the great victory.”
“But what they fought each other forI could not well make out.”
“And everybody praised the DukeWho this great fight did win.But what good came of it at last?Quoth little Peterkin.Why, that I cannot tell, said he,But 'twas a famous victory.”
“From his brimstone bed, at break of day,A-walking the Devil is gone,To look at his little, snug farm of the World,And see how his stock went on.”
“How, then, was the Devil dressed?Oh! he was in his Sunday's best;His coat was red, and his breeches were blue,And there was a hole where his tail came through.”
“He passed a cottage with a double coach-house,A cottage of gentility;And he owned with a grinThat his favorite sinIs pride that apes humility.”
“Thou hast confessions to listen,And bells to christen,And altars and dolls to dress;And fools to coax,And sinners to hoax,And beads and bones to bless;And great pardons to sellFor those who pay wel...”
“At this good news, so greatThe Devil's pleasure grew,That, with a joyful swish, he rentThe hole where his tail came through.”
