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... of England , thank God , is of a glori- ous spirit . Scott , Byron , Wordsworth , Southey , Coleridge , and others , are men to stand undiminished - undwindled , by the side of the giants of the olden time . They PREFACE XXV.
... of England , thank God , is of a glori- ous spirit . Scott , Byron , Wordsworth , Southey , Coleridge , and others , are men to stand undiminished - undwindled , by the side of the giants of the olden time . They PREFACE XXV.
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... stands a solitary cottage , which , not more from the absolute dreariness of its location , than from the melancholy aspect of its architec- ture , can hardly fail to attract the no- tice of any wanderer who may chance to pass that way ...
... stands a solitary cottage , which , not more from the absolute dreariness of its location , than from the melancholy aspect of its architec- ture , can hardly fail to attract the no- tice of any wanderer who may chance to pass that way ...
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... stand in awe of them . It was suspected , too , that they had good friends somewhere behind the curtain ; for though the patriarch had been con- victed several times , he always ma- naged to pay 6 [ Jan. The Country Curate . Chap . I ...
... stand in awe of them . It was suspected , too , that they had good friends somewhere behind the curtain ; for though the patriarch had been con- victed several times , he always ma- naged to pay 6 [ Jan. The Country Curate . Chap . I ...
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... standing long enough to allow them to go out of fashion . You get every- where a whitewashed front - plate- glass ... stand upon no ground ; your garden -stabling - offices - there is not a stall in which a horse can turn round -are ...
... standing long enough to allow them to go out of fashion . You get every- where a whitewashed front - plate- glass ... stand upon no ground ; your garden -stabling - offices - there is not a stall in which a horse can turn round -are ...
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... stand " of hackney coachmen , threatening each other's lives which shall sell it to you . If you have ten miles to go into the country , the vehicle that carries you for half - a - crown , is , in truth , drawn and driven in a style ten ...
... stand " of hackney coachmen , threatening each other's lives which shall sell it to you . If you have ten miles to go into the country , the vehicle that carries you for half - a - crown , is , in truth , drawn and driven in a style ten ...
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Page 379 - But thou, that didst appear so fair To fond imagination, Dost rival in the light of day Her delicate creation : Meek loveliness is round thee spread, A softness still and holy: The grace of forest charms decayed, And pastoral melancholy.
Page 325 - twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain. But when I speak, thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary, thou art dead ! If thou wouldst stay e'en as thou art, All cold and all serene, I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been.
Page 325 - And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain ! But when I speak— thou dost not say, What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead ! III.
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Page 459 - They solemnly declare that the present Act has no other object than to publish in the face of the whole world their fixed resolution, both in the administration of their respective States and in their political relations with every other Government, to take for their sole guide the precepts of that Holy Religion, namely the precepts of Justice, Christian Charity and Peace...
Page 32 - The road he took, then hasted to my friends ; Whom, with a troop of fifty chosen men, I met advancing. The pursuit I led, Till we o'ertook the spoil-encumber'd foe.
Page 325 - Like the sun, thy presence glowing, Clothes the meanest things in light; And when thou, like him, art going, Loveliest objects fade in night. All things looked so bright about thee, That they nothing seem without thee; By that pure and lucid mind Earthly things were too, refined. Go, thou vision, wildly gleaming, Softly on my soul that fell; Go, for me no longer beaming — Hope and Beauty! fare ye well!
Page 459 - IN the name of the Most Holy and Indivisible Trinity. THEIR Majesties the Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the Emperor of Russia...
Page 459 - ... to take for their sole guide the precepts of that holy religion, namely, the precepts of justice, Christian charity, and peace, which, far from being applicable only to private concerns, must have an immediate influence on the counsels of princes and guide all their steps, as being the only means of consolidating human institutions and remedying their imperfections.
Page 356 - ... with lovely gleam, Comes gliding in serene and slow, Soft and silent as a dream, A solitary Doe! White she is as lily of June, And beauteous as the silver moon When out of sight the clouds are driven And she is left alone in heaven; Or like a ship some gentle day In sunshine sailing far away, A glittering ship, that hath the plain Of ocean for her own domain.