The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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الصفحة 81
... hundred years . But to fail under such circumstances was impossible . The great Chatham foresaw all this ; and England , who never takes advice from her friends until it is too late - England , who commenced the war for the glory of her ...
... hundred years . But to fail under such circumstances was impossible . The great Chatham foresaw all this ; and England , who never takes advice from her friends until it is too late - England , who commenced the war for the glory of her ...
الصفحة 84
... hundred and sixty - seven years after his burial his tomb was opened by the Dean of Westminster . " The body was perfect , having on two robes , one of gold and silver tissue , and the other of crimson velvet ; a sceptre of gold in each ...
... hundred and sixty - seven years after his burial his tomb was opened by the Dean of Westminster . " The body was perfect , having on two robes , one of gold and silver tissue , and the other of crimson velvet ; a sceptre of gold in each ...
الصفحة 86
... hundred and ninety years passed away before their bones were discovered , and then they were found among the rubbish of the stairs leading to the White Tower . Charles II . removed their re- mains to this spot , where their ancestors ...
... hundred and ninety years passed away before their bones were discovered , and then they were found among the rubbish of the stairs leading to the White Tower . Charles II . removed their re- mains to this spot , where their ancestors ...
الصفحة 103
... hundred beggars . There they met and held their clubs , had fine entertainments , read the London journals , and discussed the news . No one dared intrude into their assemblies , unless he was a beggar by profession , or introduced by ...
... hundred beggars . There they met and held their clubs , had fine entertainments , read the London journals , and discussed the news . No one dared intrude into their assemblies , unless he was a beggar by profession , or introduced by ...
الصفحة 109
... hundreds who have gone there to see the working of the experiment ; and Parliament has confirmed their statements that free- dom has worked well . " But still there is a consideration connected even with this glorious act not a little ...
... hundreds who have gone there to see the working of the experiment ; and Parliament has confirmed their statements that free- dom has worked well . " But still there is a consideration connected even with this glorious act not a little ...
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الصفحة 69 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: 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.
الصفحة 243 - 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 toil, I now resign you...
الصفحة 190 - There the wicked cease from troubling; And there the weary are at rest. There the prisoners are at ease together ; They hear not the voice of the taskmaster.
الصفحة 210 - Poor people, said a sensible old nurse to us once, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up. The little careless darling of the wealthier nursery, in their hovel is transformed betimes into a premature reflecting person No one has time to dandle it, no one thinks it worth while to coax it, to soothe it, to toss it up and down, to humour it.
الصفحة 227 - Oh, the grave ! — the grave ! It buries every error, covers every defect, extinguishes every resentment ! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets and tender recollections.
الصفحة 211 - It was never sung to — -no one ever told to it a tale of the nursery. It was dragged up, to live or to die as it happened. It had no young dreams. It broke at once into the iron realities of life.
الصفحة 211 - It is the rival, till it can be the co-operator, for food with the parent. It is never his mirth, his diversion, his solace ; it never makes him young again, with recalling his young times. The children of the very poor have no young times.
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, do not bring up their children ; they drag them up.
الصفحة 200 - The schoolboy whips his taxed top ; the beardless youth manages his taxed horse, with a taxed bridle, on a taxed road ; and the dying Englishman, pouring his medicine, which has paid...