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... whole , it does not deserve any very exalted praise . The following lines , supposed to have been addressed to Lady Rachel Russell , are natural and forcible , and will be considered peculiarly interesting by all who have seen Mr ...
... whole , it does not deserve any very exalted praise . The following lines , supposed to have been addressed to Lady Rachel Russell , are natural and forcible , and will be considered peculiarly interesting by all who have seen Mr ...
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... whole auditory bursts into a shout . Is this a mere ideal representation ? Who has not felt his breath quicken , his heart beat more rapidly ? Who has not seen his neighbour stand with fixed eye and open mouth , eagerly catching every ...
... whole auditory bursts into a shout . Is this a mere ideal representation ? Who has not felt his breath quicken , his heart beat more rapidly ? Who has not seen his neighbour stand with fixed eye and open mouth , eagerly catching every ...
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... whole of it . " Mr. Mayor , and Gentlemen , -I accept with thankfulness , and with greater satisfaction than I can express , this flattering testimony of your good opinion and good- will . I must add , that the value of the gift itself ...
... whole of it . " Mr. Mayor , and Gentlemen , -I accept with thankfulness , and with greater satisfaction than I can express , this flattering testimony of your good opinion and good- will . I must add , that the value of the gift itself ...
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... whole frame of the government . Here , therefore , they find the seat of our disease . Our peccant part is , undoubtedly , the House of Commons . Hence our presumptuous exemption from what was the common lot of all our neighbours : the ...
... whole frame of the government . Here , therefore , they find the seat of our disease . Our peccant part is , undoubtedly , the House of Commons . Hence our presumptuous exemption from what was the common lot of all our neighbours : the ...
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... whole ; --- such a man would , surely , give but an imperfect view of the government of England as it is now modified , and would greatly underrate the counteracting influences against which that of the executive power has to contend ...
... whole ; --- such a man would , surely , give but an imperfect view of the government of England as it is now modified , and would greatly underrate the counteracting influences against which that of the executive power has to contend ...
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الصفحة 289 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
الصفحة 289 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion: when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
الصفحة 47 - And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly tree.
الصفحة 48 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
الصفحة 363 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
الصفحة 409 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
الصفحة 363 - They parted — ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between: But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
الصفحة 409 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
الصفحة 363 - For a lady's chamber meet : The lamp with twofold silver chain Is fastened to an angel's feet.
الصفحة 12 - Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might, such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless, she silently concentrates the power to be put forth on an adequate occasion.