The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper, 1845 |
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... whole train entered the grand tunnel which passes under the city . This is a stupendous work , being a mile and a quar- ter in length , seventeen feet high , and twenty - five wide , and constructed at an expense of nearly a million of ...
... whole train entered the grand tunnel which passes under the city . This is a stupendous work , being a mile and a quar- ter in length , seventeen feet high , and twenty - five wide , and constructed at an expense of nearly a million of ...
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... whole establishment , but I never could be prevailed upon to play . I promised my father , when he was dying , that I would do these things ; that I would maintain the honour of his house , preserve his family estates unimpaired , and ...
... whole establishment , but I never could be prevailed upon to play . I promised my father , when he was dying , that I would do these things ; that I would maintain the honour of his house , preserve his family estates unimpaired , and ...
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... whole circle of his friends , and teased them all for money . Many of them gratified him ; but he lost as fast as he borrowed , until he could borrow no more ; and before the season was over he was expelled from Crockford's and several ...
... whole circle of his friends , and teased them all for money . Many of them gratified him ; but he lost as fast as he borrowed , until he could borrow no more ; and before the season was over he was expelled from Crockford's and several ...
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... whole body of the nobility . Very many of them are among the purest and best men in the world . In virtue , in do- mestic fidelity and love ; in accomplishments of mind and person , many of the British nobility are not sur- passed . But ...
... whole body of the nobility . Very many of them are among the purest and best men in the world . In virtue , in do- mestic fidelity and love ; in accomplishments of mind and person , many of the British nobility are not sur- passed . But ...
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... whole company received the speech with loud and tumul- tuous applause . In the midst of the uproar the pro- prietor of the house made his appearance , to of- fer an apology : " Gentlemen and ladies , indeed , I am quite mortified that ...
... whole company received the speech with loud and tumul- tuous applause . In the midst of the uproar the pro- prietor of the house made his appearance , to of- fer an apology : " Gentlemen and ladies , indeed , I am quite mortified that ...
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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—