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... belong to that class . The pauperised aristocrat and the decayed merchant are soon neglected by their class . The man who respects another because he is in the same rank as himself may cease to feel respect in one of two ways either by ...
... belong to that class . The pauperised aristocrat and the decayed merchant are soon neglected by their class . The man who respects another because he is in the same rank as himself may cease to feel respect in one of two ways either by ...
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... belongs to a local Institution , it may be well to preface it with so much information as may render it intelligible . The Working Men's Institute was established in October , 1848. It was the belief of those who originated it , that a ...
... belongs to a local Institution , it may be well to preface it with so much information as may render it intelligible . The Working Men's Institute was established in October , 1848. It was the belief of those who originated it , that a ...
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... belongs is his all up to the skies . But within three yards of my wall is my neighbour's window . What becomes of the Right that I was talking of ? My Right is limited ; it is my duty , because limited by his Right . You have a right to ...
... belongs is his all up to the skies . But within three yards of my wall is my neighbour's window . What becomes of the Right that I was talking of ? My Right is limited ; it is my duty , because limited by his Right . You have a right to ...
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... belong to the ages past , so that the mere mention of it now is an anachronism — something out of date ? Now , there is a large class of persons , to whom all that belongs to our political and social existence seems of such absorbing ...
... belong to the ages past , so that the mere mention of it now is an anachronism — something out of date ? Now , there is a large class of persons , to whom all that belongs to our political and social existence seems of such absorbing ...
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... belongs to man's physical comfort and temporal happiness is sedulously cared for , while much that belongs to our finer Influence of Poetry on the Working Classes . 69.
... belongs to man's physical comfort and temporal happiness is sedulously cared for , while much that belongs to our finer Influence of Poetry on the Working Classes . 69.
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Page 176 - Milton! thou should'st be living at this hour: England hath need of thee: she is a fen Of stagnant waters: altar, sword, and pen, Fireside, the heroic wealth of hall and bower, Have forfeited their ancient English dower Of inward happiness. We are selfish men; Oh ! raise us up, return to us again ; And give us manners, virtue, freedom, power.
Page 110 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 5 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 164 - Sound needed none, Nor any voice of joy ; his spirit drank The spectacle : sensation, soul, and form All melted into him ; they swallowed up His animal being ; in them did he live, And by them did he live ; they were his life. In such access of mind, in such high hour Of visitation from the living God, Thought was not ; in enjoyment it expired.
Page 144 - Tell me not, Sweet, I am unkind That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind, To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honour more.
Page 156 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 279 - Our little systems have their day; They have their day and cease to be: They are but broken lights of thee, And thou, O Lord, art more than they.
Page 7 - As come it will for a' that — That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, May bear the gree, and a' that ; For a' that, and a' that, It's coming yet for a' that, That man to man, the world o'er, Shall brothers be for a
Page 114 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Page 125 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond "Which keeps me pale...