Political FameWilliam Pickering, 1847 - 99 páginas |
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... however we may admire the re- gulations of the past , admire them as chefs- d'œuvre for the ages in which they were in- stituted , the continuance of the Salic law ( formed in this reign ) shows us , that 18 RIGHT AND MIGHT . 5.
... however we may admire the re- gulations of the past , admire them as chefs- d'œuvre for the ages in which they were in- stituted , the continuance of the Salic law ( formed in this reign ) shows us , that 18 RIGHT AND MIGHT . 5.
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... required the test of improvement , and a king's situation was no sinecure in ages past , the moment of Charles's indolence was the signal for a revolt― the unhappy monarch died in imprisonment . The new king RIGHT AND MIGHT . 7.
... required the test of improvement , and a king's situation was no sinecure in ages past , the moment of Charles's indolence was the signal for a revolt― the unhappy monarch died in imprisonment . The new king RIGHT AND MIGHT . 7.
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... past . In old age he dreams that he stands again , for the first time , within Parliamentary walls -he was dreaming then - now he is wide awake ; awake to the reflection that it has not been a fashionable , unimportant life which he has ...
... past . In old age he dreams that he stands again , for the first time , within Parliamentary walls -he was dreaming then - now he is wide awake ; awake to the reflection that it has not been a fashionable , unimportant life which he has ...
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... past statesmen have been busy in recording the annals of their time , or how do we learn that Theseus was to Athens what Alfred the Great was to Britain , and we are told that both acknowledged the necessity of dividing society into ...
... past statesmen have been busy in recording the annals of their time , or how do we learn that Theseus was to Athens what Alfred the Great was to Britain , and we are told that both acknowledged the necessity of dividing society into ...
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... text , Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward front . " Readers , the world has changed since the time of the Elizabethan bard , the days are past FACTORIES . 45.
... text , Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice so simple but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward front . " Readers , the world has changed since the time of the Elizabethan bard , the days are past FACTORIES . 45.
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Página 45 - The world is still deceived with ornament. In law what plea so tainted and corrupt, But being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it. and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Página 81 - ... life, life cannot see, Darts onward to eternity! While vacant hours of beauty roll Their magic o'er some yielded soul, Ah ! little do the happy guess, The sum of human wretchedness ; Or dream, amid the soft farewell That Time of them is taking, How frequent moans the funeral knell, What noble hearts are breaking, While myriads to their tombs descend, Without a mourner, creed, or friend!
Página 81 - A moment is a mighty thing, Beyond the soul's imagining; For in it, though we trace it not, How much there crowds of varied lot! How much of life, life cannot see, Darts onward to eternity!
Página 63 - Is there not A mood of glory, when the mind attuned To heaven, can out of dreams create her worlds ?Oh ! none are so absorb'd, as not to feel Sweet thoughts like music coming o'er the mind : When prayer, the purest incense of a soul, Hath risen to the throne of heaven, the heart Is mellow'd, and the shadows that becloud Our state of darken'd being, glide away ; The Heavens are open'd ! and the eye of Faith Looks in, and hath a fearful glimpse of God...
Página 82 - How hardly shall a rich man enter into the kingdom of heaven...
Página 63 - The calm of thought, the melody of mind ! When prayer, the purest incense of a soul, Hath risen to the throne of heaven, the heart Is mellow'd, and the shadows that becloud Our state of darken'd being, glide away ; The Heavens are open'd ! and the eye of Faith Looks in, and hath a fearful glimpse of God ! HAPPINESS OF HUMBLE LIFE.