The Metropolitan, Band 22James Cochrane, 1838 |
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... object is not present to sustain his fame or defend his character from the assaults of harsh- ness , would be unmanly . In that one - sided warfare we shall not in- dulge . If some unaccountable motives , which we cannot reach , warped ...
... object is not present to sustain his fame or defend his character from the assaults of harsh- ness , would be unmanly . In that one - sided warfare we shall not in- dulge . If some unaccountable motives , which we cannot reach , warped ...
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... object of investigation . But there is also deep and subtle discussion , and a strong sinewy sense which sets the world of reason in movement , and if he searches for truth through fancy , he often finds her . Of his " Metaphysical Ram ...
... object of investigation . But there is also deep and subtle discussion , and a strong sinewy sense which sets the world of reason in movement , and if he searches for truth through fancy , he often finds her . Of his " Metaphysical Ram ...
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... objects , he wept bitterly whenever he lost his accustomed place in the juvenile form . Whenever he sustained defeat from a celebrated senator now no more , his schoolfellow and rival , he set himself down , with an avidity worthy of a ...
... objects , he wept bitterly whenever he lost his accustomed place in the juvenile form . Whenever he sustained defeat from a celebrated senator now no more , his schoolfellow and rival , he set himself down , with an avidity worthy of a ...
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... object was to recal to the minds of men , what they appeared to have forgotten , the necessity of maintaining their true social and political rights , and not to lose , in the momentary enthusiasm for abstract and theoretic doctrines ...
... object was to recal to the minds of men , what they appeared to have forgotten , the necessity of maintaining their true social and political rights , and not to lose , in the momentary enthusiasm for abstract and theoretic doctrines ...
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... object the " emancipators " desire , would occasion . This view of the subject appears to me to be totally false . Not only is influence no compensation for being retained in a state of bondage , but female influence , as it is ...
... object the " emancipators " desire , would occasion . This view of the subject appears to me to be totally false . Not only is influence no compensation for being retained in a state of bondage , but female influence , as it is ...
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Seite 99 - Or of the eternal co-eternal beam, May I express thee unblamed ? since God is light, And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee, Bright effluence of bright essence increate. Or hear'st thou rather pure ethereal stream, Whose fountain who shall tell? before the sun, Before the heavens thou wert, and at the voice Of God, as with a mantle, didst invest The rising world of waters dark and deep, Won from the void and formless infinite.
Seite 112 - 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. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Seite 292 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise...
Seite 112 - 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.
Seite 249 - If some proud brother eyed me with disdain, Or scornful sister with her sweeping train, Thy gentle accents soften'd all my pain. For thee I mourn, and mourn myself in thee, The wretched source of all this misery. The fate I caused, for ever I bemoan; Sad Helen has no friend, now thou art gone! Through Troy's wide streets abandon'd shall I roam! In Troy deserted, as abhorr'd at home!
Seite 112 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the 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.
Seite 100 - MAIDEN ! heir of kings ! A king has left his place ! The majesty of Death has swept All other from his face ! And thou upon thy mother's breast, No longer lean adown, But take the glory for the rest, And rule the land that loves thee best...
Seite 103 - Nor was his attention confined to the actions of men; he was an exact surveyor of the inanimate world; his descriptions have always some peculiarities, gathered by contemplating things as they really exist.
Seite 315 - After so long an agitation of the spirits, exhausted not only for want of rest, but absolutely want of food, drenched in rains for twelve hours together, that a woman should be capable of such an undertaking as delivering herself to the enemy, probably in the night, and uncertain of what hands she might fall into, appeared an effort above human nature.
Seite 72 - State — not their alliance, but their separation — on the Spirit of the World and the Spirit of Christianity, not as the same, but as opposed to one another. He talked of those who had 'inscribed the cross of Christ on banners dripping with human gore.