Selections from the Writings of the Late J. Sydney Taylor: With a Brief Sketch of His LifeC. Gilpin, 1843 - 496 páginas |
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... , and he would often give his com- panion sweetmeats to suffer him to mount upon the shelves where such treasures were deposited , that he might enjoy , undisturbed , the delight which he felt in their perusal xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF.
... , and he would often give his com- panion sweetmeats to suffer him to mount upon the shelves where such treasures were deposited , that he might enjoy , undisturbed , the delight which he felt in their perusal xii BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF.
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... give some dirge - like strain , Plaintive to moan ; Where autumn's leaves are shed O'er some youth's grassy bed , Whose heart like mine has bled- Ellen's smile flown . " Many a time have we listened tearfully , to the pleasing and ...
... give some dirge - like strain , Plaintive to moan ; Where autumn's leaves are shed O'er some youth's grassy bed , Whose heart like mine has bled- Ellen's smile flown . " Many a time have we listened tearfully , to the pleasing and ...
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... give their proceedings an interest and a dignity , that could not fail to exert over those whose path in life was to be chosen , an attractive influence scarcely to be resisted . To belong to the profession which was adorned by such ...
... give their proceedings an interest and a dignity , that could not fail to exert over those whose path in life was to be chosen , an attractive influence scarcely to be resisted . To belong to the profession which was adorned by such ...
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... give a living spirit to what else might have remained a dead letter ; and to direct the well - prepared mind to the attainment of knowledge in various new directions which would have been otherwise unexplored . In this body , Sydney ...
... give a living spirit to what else might have remained a dead letter ; and to direct the well - prepared mind to the attainment of knowledge in various new directions which would have been otherwise unexplored . In this body , Sydney ...
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... give you a story as remarkable , as wondrous a catastrophe , and wind you up to as high a pitch of anxious anticipation . But he who approaches the instructive volume to render its perusal truly advantage- 6 ous , according to his ...
... give you a story as remarkable , as wondrous a catastrophe , and wind you up to as high a pitch of anxious anticipation . But he who approaches the instructive volume to render its perusal truly advantage- 6 ous , according to his ...
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Página 417 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Página xxxii - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory.
Página xliv - Muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times ; and Sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her trust. But fairer wreaths are due — though never paid — To those who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fallen in her defence.
Página 276 - When a Prince to the fate of the Peasant has yielded, The tapestry waves dark round the dim-lighted hall ; With scutcheons of silver the coffin is shielded, And pages stand mute by the canopied pall : Through the courts, at deep midnight, the torches are gleaming, In the proudly arched chapel the banners are beaming; Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a Chief of the People should fall.
Página xxxii - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Página 456 - WHEREAS the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.
Página 323 - ... whole he is taught, practice must also be the whole he will ever know ; if he be uninstructed in the elements and first principles upon which the rule of practice is founded, the least variation from established precedents will totally distract and bewilder him : ita lex...
Página 457 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Página xxxii - We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Página 437 - The good must tolerate the evil when it is so strong that it cannot be redressed without danger and...