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... stood apart from other men He was not to be measured by the standard of humanity He was not to be subjected to laws or obligations which all others were expected to obey Nature and the human will were to bend to his power 122. LONG ...
... stood apart from other men He was not to be measured by the standard of humanity He was not to be subjected to laws or obligations which all others were expected to obey Nature and the human will were to bend to his power 122. LONG ...
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... stood . Stress , or force , though usually mentioned as the only means for conveying verbal distinction , is very limited in its use ; for words may be rendered prominent , or emphatic , by any one of the following seven specific modes ...
... stood . Stress , or force , though usually mentioned as the only means for conveying verbal distinction , is very limited in its use ; for words may be rendered prominent , or emphatic , by any one of the following seven specific modes ...
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... stood still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell , As eager to anticipate their grave : And the sea yawned around her like a hell ; And down she sucked with her the whirling wave— Like one who grapples with his ...
... stood still the brave ; Then some leaped overboard with dreadful yell , As eager to anticipate their grave : And the sea yawned around her like a hell ; And down she sucked with her the whirling wave— Like one who grapples with his ...
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... stood aghast in speechless trance ! " " To 2Courage . arms ! " cried Mortimer , and couched his quivering lance . On a rock , whose haughty brow frowns o'er old 1 Terror . Solemn narration . Awe . Prophetio threatening . Lamentation ...
... stood aghast in speechless trance ! " " To 2Courage . arms ! " cried Mortimer , and couched his quivering lance . On a rock , whose haughty brow frowns o'er old 1 Terror . Solemn narration . Awe . Prophetio threatening . Lamentation ...
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... stood ; ( loose , his beard and hoary hair streamed like a meteor to the troubled air ; ) and , with a master's hand , and prophet's fire , struck the deep sorrows of his lyre . " Hark ! how each giant oak , and desert cave , sighs to ...
... stood ; ( loose , his beard and hoary hair streamed like a meteor to the troubled air ; ) and , with a master's hand , and prophet's fire , struck the deep sorrows of his lyre . " Hark ! how each giant oak , and desert cave , sighs to ...
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Página 62 - If a Jew wrong a Christian, what is his humility ? revenge : If a Christian wrong a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian example ? why, revenge. The villainy, you teach me, I will execute; and it shall go hard, but I will better the instruction.
Página 302 - THE Assyrian came down like the wolf on the fold, And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold; And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea, When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.
Página 131 - All thinking things, all objects of all thought, And rolls through all things. Therefore am I still A lover of the meadows and the woods, And mountains; and of all that we behold From this green earth ; of all the mighty world Of eye, and ear, — both what they half create, And what perceive...
Página 186 - Forlorn ! the very word is like a bell To toll me back from thee to my sole self ! Adieu ! the fancy cannot cheat so well As she is famed to do, deceiving elf. Adieu ! adieu ! thy plaintive anthem fades Past the near meadows, over the still stream, Up the hill-side; and now 'tis buried deep In the next valley-glades : Was it a vision, or a waking dream? Fled is that music: — do I wake or sleep?
Página 358 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men ; A thousand hearts beat happily ; and when Music arose with its voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which spake again, And all went merry as a marriage bell...
Página 419 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Página 287 - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery! Our chains are forged! Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come. It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it...
Página 302 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Página 130 - These beauteous forms, Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye : But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them, In hours of weariness, sensations sweet, Felt in the blood, and felt along the heart ; And passing even into my purer mind, With tranquil restoration...
Página 184 - Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan...