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... comes to him claiming his allegiance as the expression of mere will- is exactly the man who , if he had lived seven centuries ago , would have stood on the sea - sands beside the royal Dane , and tried to make him believe that his will ...
... comes to him claiming his allegiance as the expression of mere will- is exactly the man who , if he had lived seven centuries ago , would have stood on the sea - sands beside the royal Dane , and tried to make him believe that his will ...
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... comes from Spitalfields beside that which comes from Lyons , and tell us if the one in point of elegance of design will bear any comparison with the other ? Let the English watchmaker place his watch beside the delicate fabric of Geneva ...
... comes from Spitalfields beside that which comes from Lyons , and tell us if the one in point of elegance of design will bear any comparison with the other ? Let the English watchmaker place his watch beside the delicate fabric of Geneva ...
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... comes and sees in it another class of truths . It suggests to his mind the idea of broad and narrow gauge ; he talks of gradients , & c . Another truth ; that which is appreciable by the understanding . Then let the poet come with that ...
... comes and sees in it another class of truths . It suggests to his mind the idea of broad and narrow gauge ; he talks of gradients , & c . Another truth ; that which is appreciable by the understanding . Then let the poet come with that ...
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Frederick William Robertson. Then let the poet come with that eye of his " glancing from heaven to earth , from earth to heaven , " and his imagi- nation creates another class of truths ; the suggested mean- ing of it to him is the ...
Frederick William Robertson. Then let the poet come with that eye of his " glancing from heaven to earth , from earth to heaven , " and his imagi- nation creates another class of truths ; the suggested mean- ing of it to him is the ...
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... come to inquire if the new number of Dickens's last work was out yet . If you saw a soldier on the turnpike road , with his knapsack on his back , reading as he went , and stepped up behind him , and looked over his shoulder , hoping ...
... come to inquire if the new number of Dickens's last work was out yet . If you saw a soldier on the turnpike road , with his knapsack on his back , reading as he went , and stepped up behind him , and looked over his shoulder , hoping ...
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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...