Cameos from English History

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Macmillan, 1890

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Página 329 - My soul thirsteth for thee, my flesh also longeth after thee : in a barren and dry land where no water is.
Página 158 - Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins, th'at I may swim To thee, my Maker ! in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake— Scatter my ashes — strew them in the air : Lord ! since thou know'st where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful thou'lt recover once my dust, And confident thou'lt raise me with the just.
Página 9 - O Lord, thou knowest how busy I must be this day. If I forget thee, do not thou forget me.
Página 320 - Oh! had he been content to serve the crown, With virtues only proper to the gown; Or had the rankness of the soil been freed From cockle, that oppressed the noble seed ; David for him his tuneful harp had strung, And Heaven had wanted one immortal song.
Página 213 - Sir, we have heard what you did at the house in the morning, and before many hours all England will hear it: but, Sir, you are mistaken to think that the parliament is dissolved; for no power under heaven can dissolve them but themselves; therefore take you notice of that.
Página 212 - It is not fit that you should sit here any longer ! You have sat here too long for any good you have been doing lately. You shall now give place to better men ! Call them in...
Página 320 - With public zeal to cancel private crimes: How safe is treason and how sacred ill, Where none can sin against the people's will ! Where crowds can wink, and no offence be known, Since in another's guilt they find their own.
Página 212 - You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go!
Página 300 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Página 300 - never said a foolish thing, and never did a wise one...

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