The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper, 1845 |
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الصفحة viii
... children of my love born to the heritage of Southern slavery , than to see them subjected to the blighting bondage of the poor Eng- lish operative's life . England is a proud and wicked nation . In her insatiate love of gain and ...
... children of my love born to the heritage of Southern slavery , than to see them subjected to the blighting bondage of the poor Eng- lish operative's life . England is a proud and wicked nation . In her insatiate love of gain and ...
الصفحة 13
... very scenes of which from child- hood I had so often read , and about which I had thought so long and so earnestly . I longed for daylight to unfold the wonders of that crowded VOL . I. - B world through which I was moving . The lamps here.
... very scenes of which from child- hood I had so often read , and about which I had thought so long and so earnestly . I longed for daylight to unfold the wonders of that crowded VOL . I. - B world through which I was moving . The lamps here.
الصفحة 34
... children : he loves them , perhaps , although this in- fernal passion generally annihilates the social affec- tions ; but he would take the last crust from his child's mouth , and cast him ' upon the unpitying world , sooner than give ...
... children : he loves them , perhaps , although this in- fernal passion generally annihilates the social affec- tions ; but he would take the last crust from his child's mouth , and cast him ' upon the unpitying world , sooner than give ...
الصفحة 55
... children may work hard all the time , and yet not be able to get a compensation for it sufficient to procure any of the means of social or inoral elevation . In England , the poor must labour or starve ; and they must let their employers ...
... children may work hard all the time , and yet not be able to get a compensation for it sufficient to procure any of the means of social or inoral elevation . In England , the poor must labour or starve ; and they must let their employers ...
الصفحة 65
... child , will first of all , as he enters the " Poets ' Corner , " seek the monument of SHAKSPEARE . And when he sees the tablet of the great poet , and stands where he so often stood , he will feel that it is a crisis in his life . Said ...
... child , will first of all , as he enters the " Poets ' Corner , " seek the monument of SHAKSPEARE . And when he sees the tablet of the great poet , and stands where he so often stood , he will feel that it is a crisis in his life . Said ...
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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—