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... cause of history , there is certainly a great deal that is utterly spurious and deceptive , espe- cially in the shape of historical novels , among which the few excellent stand distinguished from a multitude that are worthless . I have ...
... cause of history , there is certainly a great deal that is utterly spurious and deceptive , espe- cially in the shape of historical novels , among which the few excellent stand distinguished from a multitude that are worthless . I have ...
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... cause of truth . This , too , is to be thought of , that the neg- lect of its culture does not extinguish it ; for existing , as it does , though in very different degrees , in all minds , it will act in some way , perhaps feebly , and ...
... cause of truth . This , too , is to be thought of , that the neg- lect of its culture does not extinguish it ; for existing , as it does , though in very different degrees , in all minds , it will act in some way , perhaps feebly , and ...
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... causes , of circumstances , of con- junctures , of all the mysterious agencies summed up under the name of chance ; and it requires so much faith , as well as wisdom , to trace any thing like a pervading overruling law through the chaos ...
... causes , of circumstances , of con- junctures , of all the mysterious agencies summed up under the name of chance ; and it requires so much faith , as well as wisdom , to trace any thing like a pervading overruling law through the chaos ...
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... causes of events , and the living , actuating principles that were at work in them . Now , when the philosophic or the imaginative eye of the historian- ( I care not which it be called , for I believe all true philosophy is imaginative ...
... causes of events , and the living , actuating principles that were at work in them . Now , when the philosophic or the imaginative eye of the historian- ( I care not which it be called , for I believe all true philosophy is imaginative ...
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... cause and time , poetically and by dramatic fiction ; and thus , while the unity from mere succession may be destroyed , it is supplied by a unity of a higher order , which connects the events by reference to the workers , gives a ...
... cause and time , poetically and by dramatic fiction ; and thus , while the unity from mere succession may be destroyed , it is supplied by a unity of a higher order , which connects the events by reference to the workers , gives a ...
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Page 304 - Love had he found in huts where poor men lie, His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky, The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 456 - Never, lago. Like to the Pontic sea, Whose icy current and compulsive course Ne'er feels retiring ebb, but keeps due on To the Propontic and the Hellespont ; Even so my bloody thoughts, with violent pace, Shall ne'er look back, ne'er ebb to humble love. Till that a capable and wide revenge Swallow them up. — Now, by yond marble heaven, In the due reverence of a sacred vow {Kneels, I here engage my words.
Page 389 - Shine not in vain ; nor think, though men were none, That heaven would want spectators, God want praise : Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator...
Page 140 - And, father Cardinal, I have heard you say That we shall see and know our friends in heaven; If that be true, I shall see my boy again; For since the birth of Cain, the first male child, To him that did but yesterday suspire, There was not such a gracious creature born.
Page 306 - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school : and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, 40 thou hast built a paper-mill.
Page 460 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause. Yet I'll not shed her blood; Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster.
Page 326 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 141 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form ; Then have I reason to be fond of grief.
Page 333 - Love thyself last ; cherish those hearts that hate thee: Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not : Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's and truth's...
Page 176 - And that small model of the barren earth Which serves as paste and cover to our bones. For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings...