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... side to that which an English historian rocky hills beneath the towers of the cas- may be supposed to adopt ; and the reader tle where Richard Cœur de Lion was once will find almost every fact in the internal immured , when he came upon ...
... side to that which an English historian rocky hills beneath the towers of the cas- may be supposed to adopt ; and the reader tle where Richard Cœur de Lion was once will find almost every fact in the internal immured , when he came upon ...
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... side . half a dozen through the body . Serious If the character of the British aristocracy crime , in short , is now almost wholly con- is favorable to the temperate progress of fined to the lowest of the populace . Vice reform , that ...
... side . half a dozen through the body . Serious If the character of the British aristocracy crime , in short , is now almost wholly con- is favorable to the temperate progress of fined to the lowest of the populace . Vice reform , that ...
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... side , or had done the most all this is perfectly obvious . M. de Chateau- to mitigate their sufferings , or support their briand's arguments may induce us to look rights . The most cruel tortures were in- upon cowardice and folly as ...
... side , or had done the most all this is perfectly obvious . M. de Chateau- to mitigate their sufferings , or support their briand's arguments may induce us to look rights . The most cruel tortures were in- upon cowardice and folly as ...
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... side , as they now are on yours , and there will be no more rain - makers in the country . " At this remark he looked at me as if I had just risen out of the earth . May that time never arrive ! " he cried , with a countenance ...
... side , as they now are on yours , and there will be no more rain - makers in the country . " At this remark he looked at me as if I had just risen out of the earth . May that time never arrive ! " he cried , with a countenance ...
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... side . My eye followed him till he reached the top of a precipice , over which he was precipitated into the deep pool of the river beneath , where the crocodiles , accus- tomed to such meals , were yawning to devour him ere he could ...
... side . My eye followed him till he reached the top of a precipice , over which he was precipitated into the deep pool of the river beneath , where the crocodiles , accus- tomed to such meals , were yawning to devour him ere he could ...
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Página 477 - ... godliness hath promise of the life that now is," as well as of that which is to come.
Página 206 - Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Página 207 - Curse on him!" quoth false Sextus; "Will not the villain drown? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town ! " "Heaven help him!" quoth Lars Porsena. "And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.
Página 403 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Página 448 - All those whom we have been accustomed to revere as Intellectual patriarchs, seemed children when compared with her; for Burke had sat up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats.
Página 119 - ... silent heart, and where thy smiles have been ! While e'en thy chill bleak corse I have, thou seemest still mine own ; But there, I lay thee in thy grave — and I am now alone ! I do not think, where'er thou art, thou hast forgotten me ; And I, perhaps, may soothe this heart, in thinking, too, of thee : Yet there was round thee such a dawn of light ne'er seen before, As Fancy never could have drawn, and never can restore 1 7o.—GO, FORGET MB.—lTo^s.
Página 207 - And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome As the trumpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home, And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts as bold As his who kept the bridge so well In the brave days of old.
Página 174 - The tribute due To him, and aught that hides his clay From mortal view. Fresh as the flower, whose modest worth He sang, his genius "glinted...
Página 207 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Página 172 - Action is transitory — a step, a blow, The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure, and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.