The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper, 1845 |
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الصفحة ix
... wrong - doing . I know these are strong assertions ; but they can be sustained . Nor need we resort to any hostile record of her transactions to warrant this condem- nation by the testimony of her own writers and statesmen these heavy ...
... wrong - doing . I know these are strong assertions ; but they can be sustained . Nor need we resort to any hostile record of her transactions to warrant this condem- nation by the testimony of her own writers and statesmen these heavy ...
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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... wrong my own soul by turning one of God's creatures un- feelingly away . When I offered her some money , she reached forth her shrivelled hand , saying , " God bless you , master ! I wish I had eyes to see you— and I hope you may never ...
... wrong my own soul by turning one of God's creatures un- feelingly away . When I offered her some money , she reached forth her shrivelled hand , saying , " God bless you , master ! I wish I had eyes to see you— and I hope you may never ...
الصفحة 41
... wrong ; for I am told that Birmingham has the largest organ in the world , except the great organ at Harlaem . Many of the most splendid articles of plate in the kingdom are made here . But I conclude it is the residence of few except ...
... wrong ; for I am told that Birmingham has the largest organ in the world , except the great organ at Harlaem . Many of the most splendid articles of plate in the kingdom are made here . But I conclude it is the residence of few except ...
الصفحة 46
... tongue between thy teeth " ( this will be the most difficult part of the advice to follow ) ; " adopt no conclusion hastily ; for travellers and ci- WHERE IS THE WRONG ? 47 cerones are often wrong 46 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
... tongue between thy teeth " ( this will be the most difficult part of the advice to follow ) ; " adopt no conclusion hastily ; for travellers and ci- WHERE IS THE WRONG ? 47 cerones are often wrong 46 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
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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—