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... never did justice from a direct motive ) basely refused to acknow- ledge , are cheerfully admitted by the honourable mind of the lawful ruler . And while our countrymen are to benefit consi- derably by this act of public justice , they ...
... never did justice from a direct motive ) basely refused to acknow- ledge , are cheerfully admitted by the honourable mind of the lawful ruler . And while our countrymen are to benefit consi- derably by this act of public justice , they ...
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... never were at the Company's College , can address the natives of India in their proper tongues just as well as those who have flaunted there ; if others who never studied there can acquit themselves at the courts of eastern potentates ...
... never were at the Company's College , can address the natives of India in their proper tongues just as well as those who have flaunted there ; if others who never studied there can acquit themselves at the courts of eastern potentates ...
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... never have been filled up with houses closely built , and fully stocked with inhabitants , as European cities are : but must have been laid out in the way in which most Asiatic cities are planned-- in large gardens , public squares ...
... never have been filled up with houses closely built , and fully stocked with inhabitants , as European cities are : but must have been laid out in the way in which most Asiatic cities are planned-- in large gardens , public squares ...
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... never varied , but continues throughout , in what is called the Heroic measure . The plant described is in almost every instance , personified ; and those particular parts which in- dicate its class and order are usually represented as ...
... never varied , but continues throughout , in what is called the Heroic measure . The plant described is in almost every instance , personified ; and those particular parts which in- dicate its class and order are usually represented as ...
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... never read , " and think that they whose trade is words , soon lose all sound relish for ideas . Mr. Steevens read Shakspeare solely with a view to his craft , and though he was familiar with every word in his plays , never felt the ...
... never read , " and think that they whose trade is words , soon lose all sound relish for ideas . Mr. Steevens read Shakspeare solely with a view to his craft , and though he was familiar with every word in his plays , never felt the ...
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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.