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... upon that conviction ; and when , further , those arguments are brought forward
by one of the prettiest voices , and backed by the sweetest of smiles , it is not to
be wondered at his soon becoming C2 Japhet , in Search of a Father .
... upon that conviction ; and when , further , those arguments are brought forward
by one of the prettiest voices , and backed by the sweetest of smiles , it is not to
be wondered at his soon becoming C2 Japhet , in Search of a Father .
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He has been by turns satirical , soothing , playful , terrible , funny , prophetic , and
passionate . He has attempted to turn the House of Lords into a bear - garden ,
and as far as his individual self is concerned , it hath so become . He has wound
...
He has been by turns satirical , soothing , playful , terrible , funny , prophetic , and
passionate . He has attempted to turn the House of Lords into a bear - garden ,
and as far as his individual self is concerned , it hath so become . He has wound
...
Página 225
... become perverted and productive of serious evil ; but so it is with every thing in
this world — religion , patriotism , every virtue as well as every vice , are all made
use of as so many rounds to the ladder of interest which the world would climb .
... become perverted and productive of serious evil ; but so it is with every thing in
this world — religion , patriotism , every virtue as well as every vice , are all made
use of as so many rounds to the ladder of interest which the world would climb .
Página 327
A man may possess a great deal of virtue , and yet not have enough to make him
become a martyr to his conscience , and starve for the cause of honesty . It is my
object to remove a popular prejudice , viz . that all thieves , old or young , are ...
A man may possess a great deal of virtue , and yet not have enough to make him
become a martyr to his conscience , and starve for the cause of honesty . It is my
object to remove a popular prejudice , viz . that all thieves , old or young , are ...
Página 355
All this is very well narrated by Mr . Robinson , and the fall of that so often
contested city has now become matter of history . However , we shall subjoin the
following account of it from one of General Picton ' s letters in our possession .
All this is very well narrated by Mr . Robinson , and the fall of that so often
contested city has now become matter of history . However , we shall subjoin the
following account of it from one of General Picton ' s letters in our possession .
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Página 321 - See, what a grace was seated on this brow; Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury, New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination, and a form, indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man : This was your husband.
Página 64 - What objects are the fountains Of thy happy strain? What fields, or waves, or mountains? What shapes of sky or plain? What love of thine own kind? what ignorance of pain?
Página 60 - Grief made the young Spring wild, and she threw down Her kindling buds, as if she Autumn were, Or they dead leaves; since her delight is flown, For whom should she have waked the sullen year?
Página 63 - I dare not guess; but in this life Of error, ignorance, and strife. Where nothing is, but all things seem. And we the shadows of the dream, It is a modest creed, and yet Pleasant if one considers it, To own that death itself must be. Like all the rest, a mockery.
Página 321 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; "Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands ; But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed.
Página 64 - I vowed that I would dedicate my powers To thee and thine : have I not kept the vow ? With beating heart and streaming eyes, even now I call the phantoms of a thousand hours Each from his voiceless grave : they have in...
Página 65 - Yet now despair itself is mild, Even as the winds and waters are; I could lie down like a tired child, And weep away the life of care Which I have borne and yet must bear, Till death like sleep might steal on me, And I might feel in the warm air My cheek grow cold, and hear the sea Breathe o'er my dying brain its last monotony.
Página 61 - Peace, peace! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awakened from the dream of life...
Página 64 - We look before and after, And pine for what is not: Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Página 64 - Yet if we could scorn Hate, and pride, and fear; If we were things born Not to shed a tear, I know not how thy joy we ever should come near.