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... become the theme of the historian ; and princes rescued from a thraldom more intolerable than western servitude , will aid in eternalizing its fame . The narration of it will long prompt to noble deeds like those by which so heavy a ...
... become the theme of the historian ; and princes rescued from a thraldom more intolerable than western servitude , will aid in eternalizing its fame . The narration of it will long prompt to noble deeds like those by which so heavy a ...
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... become the friends of administration . His lordship therefore has served government as effectually as either of the other two distinguished characters ; and he and his friends are as well entitled to favours from the crown , as those ...
... become the friends of administration . His lordship therefore has served government as effectually as either of the other two distinguished characters ; and he and his friends are as well entitled to favours from the crown , as those ...
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... become friends ; and such as were absolutely hostile , seeing the certainty of being unable to render either their own condition better , or that of their op- ponents worse , have prudently ceased to be enemies . Will Mr. Canning , on ...
... become friends ; and such as were absolutely hostile , seeing the certainty of being unable to render either their own condition better , or that of their op- ponents worse , have prudently ceased to be enemies . Will Mr. Canning , on ...
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... become the habitation of the wild beasts of the desert . Well indeed , may the glory of this renowned place be said to have departed , when even its site cannot , with precision , be ascertained ; and when the antiquary and the ...
... become the habitation of the wild beasts of the desert . Well indeed , may the glory of this renowned place be said to have departed , when even its site cannot , with precision , be ascertained ; and when the antiquary and the ...
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... become his editor . Mr. Becket almost deifies Dr. Warburton . He says that , " In no one instance can he be charged with absurdity or with inconsist- ency of any kind . All with him is uniformly grand and striking , and his ...
... become his editor . Mr. Becket almost deifies Dr. Warburton . He says that , " In no one instance can he be charged with absurdity or with inconsist- ency of any kind . All with him is uniformly grand and striking , and his ...
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Página 37 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off ; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Página 236 - Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left.
Página 381 - And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...
Página 150 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Página 215 - He does not know at what time this heavy calamity fell upon him ; he is tortured with the most afflicting of all human sensations. When he looks at the children, whom he is by law bound to protect and to provide for, and from whose existence he ought to receive the delightful return which the union of instinct and reason has provided for the continuation of the world, he knows not whether he is lavishing his fondness and affection upon his own children, or upon the seed of a villain sown in the bed...
Página 591 - Nothing more abhorrent from the principles and maxims of the sacred oracles can be conceived, than the idea of a plurality of true churches, neither in actual communion with each other, nor in a capacity for such communion. Though this rending of the seamless garment of our Saviour, this schism in the members of his mystical body, is by far the greatest calamity which has befallen the Christian interest, and one of the most fatal effects of the great...
Página 237 - That ere through age or woe I shed my wings I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright — There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine; And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine.
Página 379 - Nor wished for wings to flee away. And mix with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Calm, clear, and azure as the air ; And scarce their foam the pebbles shook, But murmured meekly as the brook.
Página 381 - As it slipped through their jaws when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that night's repast.
Página 238 - ... time hath made thee what thou art— a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks That grazed it stood beneath that ample cope Uncrowded, yet safe shelter'd from the storm.