The Glory and the Shame of England, المجلد 1Harper & brothers, 1842 |
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الصفحة 34
... sooner than give up the gratification of this hellish passion . Why ! it is stated , and probably with truth , that the late aiddecamp of Lord Hutch- GAMBLING AMONG LADIES . 35 inson , after having ruined 34 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
... sooner than give up the gratification of this hellish passion . Why ! it is stated , and probably with truth , that the late aiddecamp of Lord Hutch- GAMBLING AMONG LADIES . 35 inson , after having ruined 34 GLORY AND SHAME OF ENGLAND .
الصفحة 60
... truth of every- thing the honest fisherman had said . Frankincense still lingered in the air ; twelve splendid tapers were still burning upon as many golden crosses before the altar ; the walls were anointed in twelve places with holy ...
... truth of every- thing the honest fisherman had said . Frankincense still lingered in the air ; twelve splendid tapers were still burning upon as many golden crosses before the altar ; the walls were anointed in twelve places with holy ...
الصفحة 63
... Truth of every little shadowy vestment in which time and teeming fancies love to array her ; and some of which become her pleas- antly enough , serving , like the waters of her well , to add new graces to the charms they half conceal ...
... Truth of every little shadowy vestment in which time and teeming fancies love to array her ; and some of which become her pleas- antly enough , serving , like the waters of her well , to add new graces to the charms they half conceal ...
الصفحة 80
... truth of that wise saying of an old historian , No man ever yet failed who had faith in God , and a determination to be free . ' " The same despotism that oppressed the Puritans , urged their descendants into rebellion . There never was ...
... truth of that wise saying of an old historian , No man ever yet failed who had faith in God , and a determination to be free . ' " The same despotism that oppressed the Puritans , urged their descendants into rebellion . There never was ...
الصفحة 92
... truth , made by these sleepers ; indignation at every base deed , every effort to quench the light of science or destroy free- dom of thought ; every outrage inflicted upon man ; and every blow aimed against liberty by the oppres- sors ...
... truth , made by these sleepers ; indignation at every base deed , every effort to quench the light of science or destroy free- dom of thought ; every outrage inflicted upon man ; and every blow aimed against liberty by the oppres- sors ...
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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...