The DisownedChapman and Hall, 1852 - 312 страници |
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... Wolfe , " it shames me to lend aid to an art frivolous in itself , and almost culpable in times when Freedom wants the head to design , and , perhaps , the hand to execute , far other and nobler works than the blazoning of her past ...
... Wolfe , " it shames me to lend aid to an art frivolous in itself , and almost culpable in times when Freedom wants the head to design , and , perhaps , the hand to execute , far other and nobler works than the blazoning of her past ...
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... Wolfe doggedly . grain , too scanty for a bird's beak , shall grow up to be a shelter and a home for the whole family of man . I have looked upon the thrones of kings , and lo , the anointed ones were in purple and festive pomp ; and I ...
... Wolfe doggedly . grain , too scanty for a bird's beak , shall grow up to be a shelter and a home for the whole family of man . I have looked upon the thrones of kings , and lo , the anointed ones were in purple and festive pomp ; and I ...
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... Wolfe was one of those fiery and daring spirits which , previous to some mighty re- volution , Fate seems to scatter over various parts of the earth , even those removed from the predestined explo- sion ; -heralds of the events in which ...
... Wolfe was one of those fiery and daring spirits which , previous to some mighty re- volution , Fate seems to scatter over various parts of the earth , even those removed from the predestined explo- sion ; -heralds of the events in which ...
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... Wolfe alone , unique , eccentric in opinion or action , whether of vice or virtue . CHAPTER XVI . " Faith , methinks his humour is good , and his purse will buy good company . " The Parson's Wedding . As he was sitting down to the table ...
... Wolfe alone , unique , eccentric in opinion or action , whether of vice or virtue . CHAPTER XVI . " Faith , methinks his humour is good , and his purse will buy good company . " The Parson's Wedding . As he was sitting down to the table ...
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... Wolfe's invitation , inquired from Warner ( who repaid the contempt of the republican for the painter's calling by a similar feeling for the zealot's ) the direction of the oratorical meeting , and repaired there alone . It was the most ...
... Wolfe's invitation , inquired from Warner ( who repaid the contempt of the republican for the painter's calling by a similar feeling for the zealot's ) the direction of the oratorical meeting , and repaired there alone . It was the most ...
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Страница 223 - Round-hoofd, short-jointed, fetlocks shag and long, Broad breast, full eye, small head, and nostril wide, High crest, short ears, straight legs and passing strong, Thin mane, thick tail, broad buttock, tender hide : Look, what a horse should have he did not lack, Save a proud rider on so proud a back.
Страница 210 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding — if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, — then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God..
Страница 73 - And made his hands to struggle in the air, His Druid locks to shake and ooze with sweat, His eyes to fever out, his voice to cease. He stood, and heard not Thea's sobbing deep ; A little time, and then again he snatch'd Utterance thus : — " But cannot I create ? Cannot I form?
Страница 223 - Fear no more the heat of the sun, Nor the furious winter's rages ; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta'en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust ARV. Fear no more the frown o...
Страница 188 - Hush'd were his Gertrude's lips ! but still their bland And beautiful expression seem'd to melt With love that could not die ! and still his hand She presses to the heart no more that felt. Ah, heart ! where once each fond affection dwelt, And features yet that spoke a soul more fair.
Страница 112 - ... among the pitiful shifts of policy : we walk here in the light and open ways of the divine bounty: we grope there in the dark and confused labyrinths of human malice : our senses are here feasted with the clear and genuine taste of their objects ; which are all sophisticated there, and for the most part overwhelmed with their contraries.
Страница 214 - ... philosophers deceive them when they anticipate, for future ages, a knowledge which shall bring perfection to the mind, baffle the diseases of the body and even protract to a date now utterly unknown the final destination of life; for Wisdom is a palace of which only the vestibule has been entered; nor can we guess what treasures are hid in those chambers, of which the experience of the past can afford us neither analogy nor clue.
Страница 57 - Ah ! fleeter far than fleetest storm or steed, Or the death they bear, The heart which tender thought clothes like a dove With the wings of care ; In the battle, in the darkness, in the need, Shall mine cling to thee, Nor claim one smile for all the comfort, love, It may bring to thee.