The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper, 1845 |
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الصفحة ix
... spirit and condition of the nation with whom , at no dis- tant day , they may be brought into collision ; and by inspiring them , if possible , with a warmer re- gard and love for their own free institutions , and more devout gratitude ...
... spirit and condition of the nation with whom , at no dis- tant day , they may be brought into collision ; and by inspiring them , if possible , with a warmer re- gard and love for their own free institutions , and more devout gratitude ...
الصفحة xii
... wrong ; with a nobler purpose to diffuse the hallowed spirit of Liberty throughout the world , I shall feel I have not written in vain . C. EDWARDS LESTER . UTICA , October 1 , 1841 . THE GLORY AND THE SHAME OF ENGLAND . DEAR ,
... wrong ; with a nobler purpose to diffuse the hallowed spirit of Liberty throughout the world , I shall feel I have not written in vain . C. EDWARDS LESTER . UTICA , October 1 , 1841 . THE GLORY AND THE SHAME OF ENGLAND . DEAR ,
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... spirits ; but I found it a hopeless task . The bloom and joy have all fled from her face , and she looks as though twenty years had been add- ed to her life - pale , haggard , and desponding . She cannot live six months . It is awful to ...
... spirits ; but I found it a hopeless task . The bloom and joy have all fled from her face , and she looks as though twenty years had been add- ed to her life - pale , haggard , and desponding . She cannot live six months . It is awful to ...
الصفحة 45
... around thy spirit again . Ten miles from London we passed Harrow - on - the- Hill . Who has not heard of the Harrow School ? The church is a spacious structure , with a tower and lofty spire , and stands on one of the highest.
... around thy spirit again . Ten miles from London we passed Harrow - on - the- Hill . Who has not heard of the Harrow School ? The church is a spacious structure , with a tower and lofty spire , and stands on one of the highest.
الصفحة 55
... spirit of American democracy bet- ter than ever . I love the interminable woods and prairies , which stretch away towards the shores of the Pacific , offering a home to the poor , oppressed , taxed , degraded lower classes of Great ...
... spirit of American democracy bet- ter than ever . I love the interminable woods and prairies , which stretch away towards the shores of the Pacific , offering a home to the poor , oppressed , taxed , degraded lower classes of Great ...
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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—