The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1 |
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الصفحة 23
There is some legend of romance or fact in history to be told about every hill , and
lake , and stream , and hamlet on our way . We passed old battle - fields , which
had been strown with the bodies of past generations ; the ruins of ancient ...
There is some legend of romance or fact in history to be told about every hill , and
lake , and stream , and hamlet on our way . We passed old battle - fields , which
had been strown with the bodies of past generations ; the ruins of ancient ...
الصفحة 47
Where the wrong exists I will not pretend to determine , until my own observations
shall satisfy There are many glorious things in England . It abounds in
associations , which to us are greatly enriched by their connexion with our
paternal history ...
Where the wrong exists I will not pretend to determine , until my own observations
shall satisfy There are many glorious things in England . It abounds in
associations , which to us are greatly enriched by their connexion with our
paternal history ...
الصفحة 58
I must tell you a word about its history . “ The Abbey is said to have been founded
by Lucius , the first Christian King of Britain , as a burialplace for himself and his
race . During the persecution of the Emperor Dioclesian , it was converted into a ...
I must tell you a word about its history . “ The Abbey is said to have been founded
by Lucius , the first Christian King of Britain , as a burialplace for himself and his
race . During the persecution of the Emperor Dioclesian , it was converted into a ...
الصفحة 65
65 associations that are linked with all the remembrances of childhood , and all
that is interesting in history . We entered the Abbey through the southern transept
, denominated the “ Poets ' Corner ; " and Captain Manners , with a delicacy ...
65 associations that are linked with all the remembrances of childhood , and all
that is interesting in history . We entered the Abbey through the southern transept
, denominated the “ Poets ' Corner ; " and Captain Manners , with a delicacy ...
الصفحة 78
... terms their oppressors offer them : when they rise in their strength to demand
justice , they will dictate their own terms . “ Any man who is familiar with the
English character , and the history of the world , must be wilfully blind not to
foresee that ...
... terms their oppressors offer them : when they rise in their strength to demand
justice , they will dictate their own terms . “ Any man who is familiar with the
English character , and the history of the world , must be wilfully blind not to
foresee that ...
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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...