Works, Volume 7J. G. Gregory, 1864 |
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Page viii
... noble beauty , and the broad grandeur of the American stream . The latter , within the distance universally admitted to contain the finest parts of the Rhine , is both a large and a small river ; it has its bays , its narrow passages ...
... noble beauty , and the broad grandeur of the American stream . The latter , within the distance universally admitted to contain the finest parts of the Rhine , is both a large and a small river ; it has its bays , its narrow passages ...
Page xvii
... noble view from the sum- mit , but it would be premature to describe it here . The whole surface of the hill furnished evidence of the former extent of the Abbey , a wail having encircled the entire place ; but the principal edifices ...
... noble view from the sum- mit , but it would be premature to describe it here . The whole surface of the hill furnished evidence of the former extent of the Abbey , a wail having encircled the entire place ; but the principal edifices ...
Page xxi
... noble creature bore the image of God , and occasionally some master mind pierced the shades , catching glimpses of that eternal truth which pervades Nature . Then followed the Roman , with his gods of plausible attributes , his ...
... noble creature bore the image of God , and occasionally some master mind pierced the shades , catching glimpses of that eternal truth which pervades Nature . Then followed the Roman , with his gods of plausible attributes , his ...
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... noble digging into the earth with their teeth , after a few bitter herbs , while the carrion of a convent are rolling the finest and sweetest grasses over their tongues . Look you , Master Berchthold , these friars of Limburg eat the ...
... noble digging into the earth with their teeth , after a few bitter herbs , while the carrion of a convent are rolling the finest and sweetest grasses over their tongues . Look you , Master Berchthold , these friars of Limburg eat the ...
Page 60
... noble . The Elector has not a bolder knight , nor the emperor a truer vassal ; we say , therefore , that he seems to be brave and loyal . " " Thou makest great account , son , of these appa rent qualities . " 66 Knowing the frailty of ...
... noble . The Elector has not a bolder knight , nor the emperor a truer vassal ; we say , therefore , that he seems to be brave and loyal . " " Thou makest great account , son , of these appa rent qualities . " 66 Knowing the frailty of ...
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Page 302 - He who the sword of heaven will bear, Should be as holy as severe ; Pattern in himself to know, Grace to stand, and virtue go ; More nor less to others paying, Than by self-offences weighing.
Page 444 - By the apostle Paul, shadows to-night Have struck more terror to the soul of Richard, Than can the substance of ten thousand soldiers, Armed in proof, and led by shallow Richmond.