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...field which it concerns did the term religion originally come forward? The general field, overlooked by religion, is the ground which lies between the... ...ver imperfect. They grant you that the morality is oftentimes *This is not generally perceived. On the contrary, people are ready to say, ‘Why, so far... ...annot, in any other way, secure the transmission of this message to future generations, than by causing it to be registered in a book. A book, therefo... ...Confession; D, an act of Prayer. In A, we commemo- rate with adoration the general perfections of the Deity . There, all of us have an equal interest.... ... that ‘advance.’ Yet, when it occurs to a man that, in this Do ut des, the general Do was either a temple or a sacrifice, naturally it oc- curs to ask... ...Mariner’s scheme, by shooting an albatross:— ’T was right, said they, such birds to shoot, That bring the frost and snow.’ 31 Thomas de Quincey Scarc... ...n was as the sin of witchcraft.’ This was a jewel of a text; it killed two birds with one stone. Broomsticks were proved out of it most clearly, and a... ...ual. What may be the aeon of the whole species is utterly unknown. Amongst birds, one species at least has become extinct in our own generation: its a...

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...man, and had gotten a scholarship, but on account of the excellence of his general conduct. He lived with the best set—he incurred no debts—he was fon... ...e of his voice, for he thought that his wife was hard upon him. ‘But it is generally thought that a parish cler- gyman does well to meet his bishop no... ...rsonage divides the private grounds from the Chase. The Sowerbys, for many generations, have been rangers of the Chase of Chaldicotes, thus having alm... ...upplehouse, you know, ’ said the unknown lady, in a loud voice. ‘And he is generally shut up in the library, writing ar- ticles. ’ ‘He’d be better emp... ...e two heiresses seem to be very loving, don’t they?’ said Mr Supplehouse. ‘Birds of a feather flock together, you know. But they did say some little t... ... poetry. He devotes all his energies to riding after a fox or killing poor birds, and I never heard of his doing a single great action in my life. And... ...her had Lord Dumbello offered; but he had given signs,—dumb signs, such as birds give to each other, quite as intelligible as verbal signs to a girl w... ...urned herself round to suffer in silence and solitude—as do the beasts and birds. She sat herself down on a low chair, which stood at the foot of her ... ...came susceptible of the tenderness of human nature: he would listen to the birds singing, and pick here and there a wild flower on his path. He would ...