The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper, 1845 |
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... better than his own . " " Pray how did you know I was an American ? " " Well , sir , I can hardly tell you ; but there is something about an American gentleman that strikes me the first moment I see him ; and I always try to find them ...
... better than his own . " " Pray how did you know I was an American ? " " Well , sir , I can hardly tell you ; but there is something about an American gentleman that strikes me the first moment I see him ; and I always try to find them ...
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... better than we deserve , and that we should not complain when God afflicts us , for it's no sign that he does not love us just as well as ever . " " I am glad to hear you express such feelings , my poor girl , though I am sorry for you ...
... better than we deserve , and that we should not complain when God afflicts us , for it's no sign that he does not love us just as well as ever . " " I am glad to hear you express such feelings , my poor girl , though I am sorry for you ...
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... better specula- tion . " I then inquired how general the practice of betting was , and what were its effects among the nobility . " Why , sir , " said he , " games and sports of hazard are the disgrace and curse of our nobility . The ...
... better specula- tion . " I then inquired how general the practice of betting was , and what were its effects among the nobility . " Why , sir , " said he , " games and sports of hazard are the disgrace and curse of our nobility . The ...
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... better name could not be found . Not a night passes that these dens of iniquity and dissipation are not crowded , from Crockford's , where the mad crew play to the tune of £ 100,000 , and where they go with carriage and liv- ery , to ...
... better name could not be found . Not a night passes that these dens of iniquity and dissipation are not crowded , from Crockford's , where the mad crew play to the tune of £ 100,000 , and where they go with carriage and liv- ery , to ...
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... better of their wives when they indulge in the same prac- tices themselves ? If there be a passion which turns the heart to ashes , and ruins both body and soul in a more rapid and fearful manner than any other , it is the passion for ...
... better of their wives when they indulge in the same prac- tices themselves ? If there be a passion which turns the heart to ashes , and ruins both body and soul in a more rapid and fearful manner than any other , it is the passion for ...
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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—