... NO MY AIN HOUSE; I ken by the biggin’ o’t.” T wo recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hilleb... ...is better than John Bull, but he is tarred with the English stick. For Mr. Grant White the States are the New England States and nothing more. He wond... ...untrymen un- bending to him as to a performing dog. But in the case of Mr. Grant White example were better than precept. Wyo- ming is, after all, more... ...ot always widely, but always trenchantly. Many particulars that struck Mr. Grant White, a Yankee, struck me, a Scot, no less forcibly; he and I felt o... ... And perhaps neither a court of love nor an assembly of divines would have granted their premisses or welcomed their conclusions. Conclusions, indeed,... ...es; and below and about, dearer tenfold to me! the plays themselves, those bud- gets of romance, lay tumbled one upon another. Long and often have I l...

...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Foreigner At Home. ?This is no my ain house; I ken by the biggin? o?t.? Two recent books* one by Mr. Grant White on England, one on France by the diabolically clever Mr. Hillebrand, may well have set people thinking on the divisions of races and nations. Such thoughts should arise with particular congruity and force to inhab...

...Paradise and with pure affection. For the living Justice which inspires me granted to it, in the hand of him of whom I speak, the glory of doing venge... ...r the water forth from my internal fount. “May the Grace,” began I, “which grants to me that I confess myself to the high captain, cause my conception... ...nces, and then among the evidences.” And I thereon: “The deep things which grant unto me here the sight of themselves, are so hidden to eyes below tha... ... radiance. And the Queen of Heaven, for whom I burn wholly with love, will grant us every grace, because I am her faithful Bernard.” 5 As is he who co...

...; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sac rifice; Selah. 4 Grant thee according to thine own heart, and fulfil all thy counsel. 5 We w... ...ain: that thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Shew us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant us thy salvation. 8 I will hear what God the LORD will speak: for he ... ... word. Psalms 119:10 – 119:28 125 29 Remove from me the way of lying: and grant me thy law graciously. 30 I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgmen... ...aints shall shout aloud for joy. 17 There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed. 18 His enemies will I clothe... ...trength of my salvation, thou hast covered my head in the day of battle. 8 Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked: further not his wicked device...

...mmunion with the divine. Not only the superhuman founders, the Christ, the Bud- dha, Mahomet, but all the originators of Christian sects have been in ... ...heart; that is, I felt that God had withdrawn the commun- ion which he had granted, and I was able to walk on, but very slowly, so strongly was I stil... ...our reason work together, and great world-ruling systems, like that of the Bud- dhist or of the Catholic philosophy, may grow up. Our impulsive belief... ...aving a necklace of white agates in his hand at the time he added: “O God, grant that it may come without delay. I would readily eat up this necklace ... ...diffi- culty of tracing the marginal outline, has neverthe- less taken for granted, first, that all the conscious- ness the person now has, be the sam... ...sk nothing more from the Source whence all strength cometh, and if that is granted, your wishes will have been ac- complished.”[169] There is somethin... ... self, for all those vain oblations. In the ascetic practices which Islam, Bud- dhism, and the older Christianity encourage we see how indestructible ... ...conduct on the other are almost always the same, for Stoic, Christian, and Bud- 487 William James dhist saints are practically indistinguishable in t... ...er the better to describe my general point of view; but as I apprehend the Bud- dhistic doctrine of Karma, I agree in principle with that. All superna...

...est, One’s own table is the sweetest, One’s own home, the most attractive. Grant, kind Ukko, God above me, Thou Creator, full of mercy, Grant that I a... ... I’ll gain my wished for freedom.” Lemminkainen, little heeding, Would not grant the maiden’s wishes, Would not heed her plea for mercy. Spake again t... ...r, Thou whose weapon is the lightning, Thou whose voice is borne by ether, Grant me now thy mighty fire sword, Give me here thy burning arrows, Lightn... ... Fairest maiden of the Northland. Spake the hostess of Pohyola: “Shall not grant to thee my daughter, Shall not give my lovely virgin, Till T uoni’s b... ...f ermine, For the hostess, shoes of silver, For the hero, mail of copper. “Grant O Ukko, my Creator, God of love, and truth, and justice, Grant thy bl... ...246 The Kalevala ‘Well thou knowest, ancient mother, How to make thy sweet bud blossom, How to train thy tender shootlet; Did not know where to ingraf...