Essays from the North American ReviewAllen Thorndike Rice D. Appleton, 1879 - 482 páginas |
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... King , his own Chief , etc. , for to the mass of stars and garters he showed no such re- spect ) , which falls rather unpleasantly on the ear of a re- publican . But , independently of the feelings which should rightfully have belonged ...
... King , his own Chief , etc. , for to the mass of stars and garters he showed no such re- spect ) , which falls rather unpleasantly on the ear of a re- publican . But , independently of the feelings which should rightfully have belonged ...
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... king " : " In childhood slighted , in maid- enhood sold , in mature womanhood shackled by the laws which prescribe numerous and unpleasing duties , or rather tasks , to their husband's relations - in widowhood controlled by their own ...
... king " : " In childhood slighted , in maid- enhood sold , in mature womanhood shackled by the laws which prescribe numerous and unpleasing duties , or rather tasks , to their husband's relations - in widowhood controlled by their own ...
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... king , or vassals of some intermediate chief . He who held lands of the king was a baron of Parliament , the immediate lord of tenants holding in like manner of him , and the qualified sovereign of the territory constituting his fief or ...
... king , or vassals of some intermediate chief . He who held lands of the king was a baron of Parliament , the immediate lord of tenants holding in like manner of him , and the qualified sovereign of the territory constituting his fief or ...
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... king if he be a tyrant . He pushed as far his views of ecclesiastical liberty . He taught the doctrine of unlimited toleration . One of his tracts is writ to prove that no power on earth can compel in matters of religion . He maintained ...
... king if he be a tyrant . He pushed as far his views of ecclesiastical liberty . He taught the doctrine of unlimited toleration . One of his tracts is writ to prove that no power on earth can compel in matters of religion . He maintained ...
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... king is a king no longer than he governs by the laws ; " it would be right to kill Philip of Spain making an inroad into England , and what right the King of Spain hath to govern us at all , the same hath the King Charles to govern ...
... king is a king no longer than he governs by the laws ; " it would be right to kill Philip of Spain making an inroad into England , and what right the King of Spain hath to govern us at all , the same hath the King Charles to govern ...
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Página 107 - But to return to our own institute; besides these constant exercises at home, there is another opportunity of gaining experience to be won from pleasure itself abroad; in those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature, not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.
Página 113 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Página 73 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 105 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 321 - midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds, or driving rain, Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut, That from the mountain's side, Views wilds, and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Página 93 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 73 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Página 322 - Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes; With everything that pretty bin : My lady sweet, arise! Arise! arise!
Página 322 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 417 - Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.