The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة 21
It caused a most singular , and by no means pleasant sensation , thus to pass
through the bowels of the earth , under the streets , churches , and warehouses of
a great city . It reminded me of the long , dark , damp caverns of the Mammoth ...
It caused a most singular , and by no means pleasant sensation , thus to pass
through the bowels of the earth , under the streets , churches , and warehouses of
a great city . It reminded me of the long , dark , damp caverns of the Mammoth ...
الصفحة 22
... and the high state of cultivation which everywhere prevails . But I have found
all these things even more perfect than I had anticipated . There is a freshness
and a richness in English landscape which exceed description . CHURCH OF ST
.
... and the high state of cultivation which everywhere prevails . But I have found
all these things even more perfect than I had anticipated . There is a freshness
and a richness in English landscape which exceed description . CHURCH OF ST
.
الصفحة 23
CHURCH OF ST . OSWALD . 23 In coming from Liverpool up to London ( a
distance of 215 miles ) , almost every variety of scenery is brought to view . There
is some legend of romance or fact in history to be told about every hill , and lake ,
and ...
CHURCH OF ST . OSWALD . 23 In coming from Liverpool up to London ( a
distance of 215 miles ) , almost every variety of scenery is brought to view . There
is some legend of romance or fact in history to be told about every hill , and lake ,
and ...
الصفحة 45
You are right ; he is just as much your Shakspeare as England's , and
considerably more than Ireland's . ” On our right , a few miles from the line , and
about 55 from London , stands the Olney church , where the good John Newton
preached ...
You are right ; he is just as much your Shakspeare as England's , and
considerably more than Ireland's . ” On our right , a few miles from the line , and
about 55 from London , stands the Olney church , where the good John Newton
preached ...
الصفحة 46
This church is associated with what some men call a witty saying of Charles II . ,
who closed a theological controversy by asserting that the church of Harrow - on -
the - Hill must be the “ Visible Church ; " for it could be seen from the whole ...
This church is associated with what some men call a witty saying of Charles II . ,
who closed a theological controversy by asserting that the church of Harrow - on -
the - Hill must be the “ Visible Church ; " for it could be seen from the whole ...
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الصفحة 69 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
الصفحة 243 - As one, who, destined from his friends to part, Regrets his loss, but hopes again erewhile To share their converse, and enjoy their smile, And tempers, as he may, affliction's dart ; Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you...
الصفحة 190 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
الصفحة 210 - Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up. The little careless darling of the wealthier nursery, in their hovel is transformed betimes into a premature reflecting person No one has time to dandle it, no one thinks it worth while to coax it, to soothe it, to toss it up and down, to humour it.
الصفحة 227 - Oh, the grave ! — the grave ! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
الصفحة 211 - It was never sung to — -no one ever told to it a tale of the nursery. It was dragged up, to live or to die as it happened. It had no young dreams. It broke at once into the iron realities of life.
الصفحة 211 - It is the rival, till it can be the co-operator, for food with the parent. It is never his mirth, his diversion, his solace ; it never makes him young again, with recalling his young times. The children of the very poor have no young times.
الصفحة 210 - The innocent prattle of his children takes out the sting of a man's poverty. But the children of the very poor do not prattle. It is none of the least frightful features in that condition, that there is no childishness in its dwellings. Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up.
الصفحة 200 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...