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... liberty ; but he feeds and clothes him , and keeps him out of mischief ; and when he has convinced him by force and reason toge- ther , that this life is for his good , he turns him out upon the world a reformed man , and as confident ...
... liberty ; but he feeds and clothes him , and keeps him out of mischief ; and when he has convinced him by force and reason toge- ther , that this life is for his good , he turns him out upon the world a reformed man , and as confident ...
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... liberty , in hardship , in danger , and in the contempt of death : in one word , in extraordinary ex- citement ; and he who has tasted of it , will no more return to regular habits of life , than a man will take to water after drinking ...
... liberty , in hardship , in danger , and in the contempt of death : in one word , in extraordinary ex- citement ; and he who has tasted of it , will no more return to regular habits of life , than a man will take to water after drinking ...
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... liberty , truth , justice was the theme , his name was not far off . Now he has sunk below the horizon , and enjoys the serene twilight of a doubtful immortality . Mr. Godwin , during his lifetime , has secured to himself the triumphs ...
... liberty , truth , justice was the theme , his name was not far off . Now he has sunk below the horizon , and enjoys the serene twilight of a doubtful immortality . Mr. Godwin , during his lifetime , has secured to himself the triumphs ...
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... liberty of thought to none . He is a general lover of art and science , and wedded to no one in particular . He pur- sues knowledge as a mistress , with outstretched hands and winged speed ; but as he is about to embrace her , his ...
... liberty of thought to none . He is a general lover of art and science , and wedded to no one in particular . He pur- sues knowledge as a mistress , with outstretched hands and winged speed ; but as he is about to embrace her , his ...
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... liberty , since quenched in darkness and in blood , and had kindled his affections at the blaze of the French Revolution , and sang for joy , when the towers of the Bastille and the proud places of the insolent and the oppressor fell ...
... liberty , since quenched in darkness and in blood , and had kindled his affections at the blaze of the French Revolution , and sang for joy , when the towers of the Bastille and the proud places of the insolent and the oppressor fell ...
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Page 307 - ON Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat, at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Page 226 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.
Page 114 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 247 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 226 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.
Page 46 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.