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" When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and... "
A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ... - Page 394
by Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 776 pages
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The American Speaker: Containing Numerous Rules, Observations, and Exercises ...

John Frost - Elocution - 1845 - 458 pages
...must quickly follow*: when 1 see kings lying by those who deposed* them ; when I consider rival wits placed side' by side*, or the holy men that divided...contemporaries', and make our appearance together*. SPECTATOR. 3. THE FOLLY OF MISPENDINO TIME. AN ancient poet, unreasonably discontented at the present*...
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Literary and Historical Memorials of London, Volume 1

John Heneage Jesse - Historic buildings - 1847 - 474 pages
...we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided...contemporaries, and make our appearance together." Such are the reflections which many have felt in wandering through Westminster Abbey, but which none...
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Ship and Shore: Or, Pencil Sketches on a Recent Voyage To, and a Tour In ...

John Spence (jr.), Young physician - England - 1847 - 184 pages
...must quickly follow. "When I see beings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided...yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider the great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together." What an...
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Knowles' Elocutionist: A First-class Rhetorical Reader and Recitation Book ...

James Sheridan Knowles - Elocution - 1847 - 344 pages
...side by side, or the holy men who divided the world with their contests and disputes — I 7'eflect, with sorrow and astonishment, on the little competitions,...yesterday, and some six hundred years ago — I consider the great day when we shall all of us be contemporaries, and make our appearance together ! r3 LESSON...
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The land we live in, a pictorial and literary sketch-book of the British empire

British empire - 1847 - 856 pages
...passage he says, " When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, — when I consider rival teils placed side by side, — or the holy men that divided...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind." Did Addison, we wonder, think how applicable these remarks might be, but a few years later, to his...
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The Journey of Life

Catherine Sinclair - Life - 1847 - 400 pages
...deposed them ; when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world, by their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow...debates of mankind. When I read the several dates on the tombs of some that died yesterday, and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day,...
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The Jewish faith, a sermon

Nathan Marcus Adler - Jewish sermons, English - 1848 - 784 pages
...we must quickly follow. When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided...debates of mankind. When I read the several dates of tombs, of some that died yesterday and some six hundred years ago, I consider that great day when we...
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The Rambler in Worcestershire; Or, Stray Notes on Churches and ..., Volume 1

John Noake - Worcestershire (England) - 1848 - 396 pages
...we must quickly follow; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided...little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind." My meditations on the tombs were cut short by the chimes from Abbot Lichfield's tower proclaiming the...
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The Rambler in Worcestershire; Or, Stray Notes on Churches and ..., Volume 1

John Noake - Church buildings - 1848 - 396 pages
...must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided...sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factious, and debates of mankind." My meditations on the tombs were cut short by the chimes from Abbot...
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The literary class book; or, Readings in English literature

Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...must quickly follow ; when I see kings lying by those who deposed them ; when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided...contemporaries, and make our appearance together. XVII REMARKS ON THE SWIFTNESS OP TIME. THE natural advantages which arise from the position of the...
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