The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1860 |
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... English undefyled . " - Spenser . In the south aisle of Westminster Abbey , one fine old Gothic piece of ornamental sculpture stands out , distinguishably from all others for its look of hoar antiquity , though little more than three ...
... English undefyled . " - Spenser . In the south aisle of Westminster Abbey , one fine old Gothic piece of ornamental sculpture stands out , distinguishably from all others for its look of hoar antiquity , though little more than three ...
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... English life this keenly nationalized poet became not only the exponent of the buxom age of Edward III . , but also a marked leader in that progress party whose genius insinuates the principles of development into their own generation ...
... English life this keenly nationalized poet became not only the exponent of the buxom age of Edward III . , but also a marked leader in that progress party whose genius insinuates the principles of development into their own generation ...
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... English sove- reign , with a pageant of unparalleled grandeur , and a liberality and gorgeousness such as had never before been seen in the memory of man . The Commons of England were gaining a voice in public affairs , and , acting on ...
... English sove- reign , with a pageant of unparalleled grandeur , and a liberality and gorgeousness such as had never before been seen in the memory of man . The Commons of England were gaining a voice in public affairs , and , acting on ...
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... English coasts . A hundred thousand men , in a thousand ships , left England , -in the capital of which the king of France was then a prisoner , ―and landing at Calais , marched with triumphant , though hardily resisted tread , as far ...
... English coasts . A hundred thousand men , in a thousand ships , left England , -in the capital of which the king of France was then a prisoner , ―and landing at Calais , marched with triumphant , though hardily resisted tread , as far ...
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... English had obtained power , the attempt was made to reproduce the European system of deriving revenue from intem- perance , with this essential difference , that while at home there might have been a propriety in taxing already ...
... English had obtained power , the attempt was made to reproduce the European system of deriving revenue from intem- perance , with this essential difference , that while at home there might have been a propriety in taxing already ...
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Page 82 - The law of the Lord is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple. The statutes of the Lord are right, rejoicing the heart: the commandment of the Lord is pure, enlightening the eyes.
Page 220 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 191 - I account myself highly praised, and vow to take advantage of all idle hours, till I have honoured you with some graver labour.
Page 249 - All common things, each day's events, That with the hour begin and end, Our pleasures and our discontents, Are rounds by which we may ascend.
Page 163 - There shall the great owl make her nest, and lay, and hatch, and gather under her shadow; there shall the vultures also be gathered, every one with her mate.
Page 230 - ... as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us: that the world may believe that thou didst send me.
Page 276 - Yet hold me not for ever in thine East : How can my nature longer mix with thine ? Coldly thy rosy shadows bathe me, cold Are all thy lights, and cold my wrinkled feet Upon thy glimmering thresholds, when the steam Floats up from those dim fields about the homes Of happy men that have the power to die, And grassy barrows of the happier dead.
Page 23 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Page 27 - Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new ; That which they have done but earnest of the things that they shall do...
Page 255 - Sweet Swan of Avon ! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames, That so did take Eliza, and our James...