The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper, 1845 |
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الصفحة 31
... affecting sight to see the agony of this beauti- ful woman , than it would have been to see her die a thousand times . I satisfied his creditors at Crock- ford's for £ 33,000 ; and this saved the furniture , her horses and carriage ...
... affecting sight to see the agony of this beauti- ful woman , than it would have been to see her die a thousand times . I satisfied his creditors at Crock- ford's for £ 33,000 ; and this saved the furniture , her horses and carriage ...
الصفحة 56
... affected by the sufferings of the la- bouring classes in England until I returned from a residence of eighteen months in the United States ; and I declare to you that there is more wretchedness and pinching poverty , more disgusting and ...
... affected by the sufferings of the la- bouring classes in England until I returned from a residence of eighteen months in the United States ; and I declare to you that there is more wretchedness and pinching poverty , more disgusting and ...
الصفحة 102
... affected in the same way , until he learned what a vast system of imposition is practised upon the benevolent by the London beggars . The evils of mendicity and vagrancy had become so alarming a few years ago , that the House of Com ...
... affected in the same way , until he learned what a vast system of imposition is practised upon the benevolent by the London beggars . The evils of mendicity and vagrancy had become so alarming a few years ago , that the House of Com ...
الصفحة 104
... affected by the apparent suffering they meet with in the various forms mendicity assumes in London . But a knowledge of the facts I have mentioned places them on their guard against impo- sition , and saves them from bestowing their ...
... affected by the apparent suffering they meet with in the various forms mendicity assumes in London . But a knowledge of the facts I have mentioned places them on their guard against impo- sition , and saves them from bestowing their ...
الصفحة 107
... affected by distress at a distance , than by the misery around our own doors . I have seen a minister of the Gospel ... affecting discourses on the.
... affected by distress at a distance , than by the misery around our own doors . I have seen a minister of the Gospel ... affecting discourses on the.
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Abbey American asked beautiful beggars Ben Jonson Birmingham bless Britain Byron called chapel Chartism Chelmsford child church classes comfort common cold Convention Crockford's crowded crown dear death earth England English factory Father feel Fletcher friends friends of humanity girl give grave Greece Hall hand hear heard heart Heaven honour House of York Hugh Lupus human hundred labour ladies land liberty live London Lord maker manufactures Marco Botzaris ment miles mills monument never night noble once operatives oppression painful passed philanthropist poor replied seemed Shakspeare side slavery slaves sleep sorrow spirit starve stranger suffering sympathy taxed tears tell things Thomas Clarkson Thorogood thought thousand tion told tomb towers truth Vale Royal voice walk Westminster Westminster Abbey WILLIAM ELLERY CHANNING woman workhouse
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الصفحة 200 - a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon which has paid 30 per cent., throws himself back upon his chints bed, which has paid 22 per cent. ; and having made his will, the seals of which are also
الصفحة 65 - The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherits, shall dissolve, And, like the baseless fabric of a vision, Leave not a wreck behind.
الصفحة 69 - To draw no envy, Shakspeare, on thy name, Am I thus ample to thy book and fame ; While I confess thy writings to be such As neither man nor muse can praise too much. ****** Thou art a
الصفحة 243 - TO MY BOOKS. 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
الصفحة 69 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear— ****** But stay ! I see thee in the hemisphere Advanced, and made a constellation there : Shine forth, thou star of Poets.
الصفحة 243 - I now resign you ; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore ; When freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
الصفحة 200 - ou levant we must pay. The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse by a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid seven per cent., into a spoon which has paid
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,
الصفحة 135 - Fletcher begged him to go on to things of more consequence, and Byron continued : ' Oh ! my poor, dear child ! My dear Ada ! My God ! could I but have seen her ! Give her my blessing, and my dear sister Augusta and her children ; and you will go to Lady Byron and say—tell her everything—you are friends with
الصفحة 69 - 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. ****** Triumph, my Britain ; thou hast one to show, To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe ; He was not of an age, but for all time. ****** Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear—