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Page 296
... present engross every man's at- tention ; but , with sane thinkers of every denomination , the clouds which darken the political horizon seem to be regarded with more apprehension than plague or pestilence ; I sup- pose , upon the ...
... present engross every man's at- tention ; but , with sane thinkers of every denomination , the clouds which darken the political horizon seem to be regarded with more apprehension than plague or pestilence ; I sup- pose , upon the ...
Page 297
... present live , and which is , I fear , about to undergo a fatal alteration . " - " But , my dear friend , " said Brownlow , " greatly as I respect your judgment , I must say , that there were some things in our present system which ...
... present live , and which is , I fear , about to undergo a fatal alteration . " - " But , my dear friend , " said Brownlow , " greatly as I respect your judgment , I must say , that there were some things in our present system which ...
Page 300
... present disastrous measure would never have been contemplated . Court . But the Duke should have calculated upon that resentment . I do not justify it ; on the contrary , I deplore it ; but , I say , it was inevi- table . No ...
... present disastrous measure would never have been contemplated . Court . But the Duke should have calculated upon that resentment . I do not justify it ; on the contrary , I deplore it ; but , I say , it was inevi- table . No ...
Page 301
... present . The harm of abridging that influence , which is at present scarcely sufficient for the maintenance of their rights and dignities , I have already decla- red . Supposing them without any such influence , which is the state of ...
... present . The harm of abridging that influence , which is at present scarcely sufficient for the maintenance of their rights and dignities , I have already decla- red . Supposing them without any such influence , which is the state of ...
Page 306
... present likely to occur , because the patrons of the present Bill are men of station and property , they should attempt to prove to us that no revo- lution has occurred in the history of the world . The truth is , that many wise men ...
... present likely to occur , because the patrons of the present Bill are men of station and property , they should attempt to prove to us that no revo- lution has occurred in the history of the world . The truth is , that many wise men ...
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Page 564 - But the father said to his servants ; Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry ; For this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found.
Page 511 - FAR in a wild, unknown to public view, From youth to age a reverend hermit grew ; The moss his bed, the cave his humble cell, His food the fruits, his drink the crystal well : Remote from man, with God he pass'd the days, Prayer all his business, all his pleasure praise.
Page 510 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 86 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 361 - You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry " Hold, hold !
Page 361 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Page 39 - Out of every corner of the woods and glens they came creeping forth upon their hands, for their legs could not bear them; they looked like anatomies of death ; they spake like ghosts crying out of their graves...
Page 336 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Page 335 - Thence what the lofty grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight received In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life ; High actions and high passions best describing...
Page 564 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.