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... church , when he comes from locking a funeral vault . " No , Ju- lian , these are not times in which , by the dream- ing drudgery of a country magistrate , and the petty cares of a country proprietor , a man can serve his unhappy ...
... church , when he comes from locking a funeral vault . " No , Ju- lian , these are not times in which , by the dream- ing drudgery of a country magistrate , and the petty cares of a country proprietor , a man can serve his unhappy ...
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... churches ; " therein shewing himself , " he added , " more fit to wield the supreme power , than those who , claiming it by right of inheritance , use it only for their own vain and voluptuous pursuits . " " I did not expect , " said ...
... churches ; " therein shewing himself , " he added , " more fit to wield the supreme power , than those who , claiming it by right of inheritance , use it only for their own vain and voluptuous pursuits . " " I did not expect , " said ...
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... Church and State- the tyranny which they exercise over men's per- sons and consciences - may well doubt whether it be lawful to use weapons in their defence . Yet you hear me not praise , or even vindicate the death of the King , though ...
... Church and State- the tyranny which they exercise over men's per- sons and consciences - may well doubt whether it be lawful to use weapons in their defence . Yet you hear me not praise , or even vindicate the death of the King , though ...
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... churches , dedicated , the ear- lier to Saint Patrick , the later to Saint Ger- main ; besides two smaller churches ; all of which had become , even in that day , more or less ruin- ous . Their decayed walls , exhibiting the rude and ...
... churches , dedicated , the ear- lier to Saint Patrick , the later to Saint Ger- main ; besides two smaller churches ; all of which had become , even in that day , more or less ruin- ous . Their decayed walls , exhibiting the rude and ...
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... church . Such was Holm - Peel , as records inform us , till towards the end of the seventeenth century . It was in one of the lofty but almost unfurnish- ed apartments of this ancient castle that Julian ' Peveril found his friend the ...
... church . Such was Holm - Peel , as records inform us , till towards the end of the seventeenth century . It was in one of the lofty but almost unfurnish- ed apartments of this ancient castle that Julian ' Peveril found his friend the ...
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Page 227 - Then again for pathos, where will you mend the dying scene of Arcite ? Alas, my heartis queen ! alas, my wife ! Giver at once, and ender of my life. What is this world ? — What axen men to have ? Now with his love — now in his cold grave Alone, withouten other company. But I tire you, sir; and do injustice to the poet whom I remember but by halves.
Page 218 - What made our poet meddle with a plot ? Was't that he fancied, for the very sake And name of plot, his trifling play might take ? For there's not in't one inch-board evidence...