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... King to the dust . ' ( P. 187. ) ' See how triumphant in debate and in action O'Connell is ! Why ? Because he asserts a broad principle , and acts up to it , rests all his body on it , and has faith in it . Our ministers - true Whigs in ...
... King to the dust . ' ( P. 187. ) ' See how triumphant in debate and in action O'Connell is ! Why ? Because he asserts a broad principle , and acts up to it , rests all his body on it , and has faith in it . Our ministers - true Whigs in ...
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... life , was the following : In 1821 or 1822 , George the Fourth founded the Royal Society of Literature , which was incorporated by Charter in 1825. The king gave PREFACE 13 It would require a rare pen to do 3 12 TABLE TALK.
... life , was the following : In 1821 or 1822 , George the Fourth founded the Royal Society of Literature , which was incorporated by Charter in 1825. The king gave PREFACE 13 It would require a rare pen to do 3 12 TABLE TALK.
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... king wished . This annual donation of £ 105 a year was received by Mr. Coleridge during the remainder of George the Fourth's life . In the first year of the present reign the payment was stopped without notice , in the middle of a ...
... king wished . This annual donation of £ 105 a year was received by Mr. Coleridge during the remainder of George the Fourth's life . In the first year of the present reign the payment was stopped without notice , in the middle of a ...
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... King's , and the Bishop of Chester , and other assistant masters ( for they all had the secret ) , did not in fact learn it from this German ; but I exceedingly doubt their doing so , unless Mr. Dequincey will assure me that there was ...
... King's , and the Bishop of Chester , and other assistant masters ( for they all had the secret ) , did not in fact learn it from this German ; but I exceedingly doubt their doing so , unless Mr. Dequincey will assure me that there was ...
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... King . The King was much pleased with the imitation of Kemble , and said : ' I liked Kemble very much . He was one of my earliest friends . I remem- ber once he was talking , and found himself out of snuff . I offered him my box . He ...
... King . The King was much pleased with the imitation of Kemble , and said : ' I liked Kemble very much . He was one of my earliest friends . I remem- ber once he was talking , and found himself out of snuff . I offered him my box . He ...
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Page 310 - Etrurian shades High overarched embower; or scattered sedge Afloat, when with fierce winds Orion armed Hath vexed the Red Sea coast, whose waves o'erthrew Busiris and his Memphian chivalry. While with perfidious hatred they pursued The sojourners of Goshen, who beheld From the safe shore their floating carcasses And broken chariot-wheels. So thick bestrown. Abject and lost, lay these, covering the flood, Under amazement of their hideous change. He called so loud that all the hollow deep Of hell resounded...
Page 309 - By four Cherubic shapes. Four faces each Had wondrous; as with stars, their bodies all And wings were set with eyes ; with eyes the wheels Of beryl, and careering fires between...
Page 468 - Licence they mean when they cry Liberty; For who loves that must first be wise and good ; But from that mark how far they rove we see, For all this waste of wealth and loss of blood.
Page 449 - Fie, fie upon her! There's language in her eye, her cheek, her lip, Nay, her foot speaks ; her wanton spirits look out At every joint and motive of her body.
Page 262 - Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Page 189 - IV. Forgive me, Freedom ! O forgive those dreams ! I hear thy voice, I hear thy loud lament, From bleak Helvetia's icy cavern sent — I hear thy groans upon her blood-stained streams ! Heroes, that for your peaceful country perished, And ye that, fleeing, spot your mountain-snows With bleeding wounds ; forgive me, that I cherished...
Page 331 - He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...
Page 195 - Tarsus, bound for th' isles Of Javan or Gadire, With all her bravery on, and tackle trim, Sails fill'd, and streamers waving, Courted by all the winds that hold them play...
Page 293 - The effect and it! Come to my woman's breasts, And take my milk for gall, you murdering ministers. Wherever in your sightless substances You wait on nature's mischief! Come, thick night, And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell, That my keen knife see not the wound it makes, Nor heaven peep through the blanket of the dark, To cry " Hold, hold !
Page 220 - This beauty, in the blossom of my youth, When my first fire knew no adulterate incense, Nor I no way to flatter, but my fondness, In all the bravery my friends could...