The Metropolitan, 13. köideJames Cochrane, 1835 |
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... never dreamt of seeing , as its effects , a paramount democracy , controuling the prero- gative of the king , and utterly contemning the House of Lords . Reform Bill was excellent in principle , but we find that it has not worked well ...
... never dreamt of seeing , as its effects , a paramount democracy , controuling the prero- gative of the king , and utterly contemning the House of Lords . Reform Bill was excellent in principle , but we find that it has not worked well ...
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... never been born . Still hope again rose uppermost , and I would have given all I possessed to have been able to break open the seals of that packet , and have read the contents . At one moment I was so frantic , that I was debating ...
... never been born . Still hope again rose uppermost , and I would have given all I possessed to have been able to break open the seals of that packet , and have read the contents . At one moment I was so frantic , that I was debating ...
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... never have a soul to be saved . Will your honour please to sit in the little room ? Kathleen shall light a fire . " Vexed as I was with the idea of passing the night in this horrid place , there was no help for it ; so I took up my ...
... never have a soul to be saved . Will your honour please to sit in the little room ? Kathleen shall light a fire . " Vexed as I was with the idea of passing the night in this horrid place , there was no help for it ; so I took up my ...
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... never thought of looking for any body , his eyes were rivetted upon his sweetheart . " Murder , Kathleen , is it my fault ? Jerry will have it . " " Are you satisfied , Corny ? " said Mrs. M'Shane . " Sure enough I was satisfied before ...
... never thought of looking for any body , his eyes were rivetted upon his sweetheart . " Murder , Kathleen , is it my fault ? Jerry will have it . " " Are you satisfied , Corny ? " said Mrs. M'Shane . " Sure enough I was satisfied before ...
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... never been satisfactorily accounted for . Like most other mundane circumstances , the plain and simple fact has been evolved by numerous combina- tions of accidents - accidents that would seem individually opposed to each other , yet ...
... never been satisfactorily accounted for . Like most other mundane circumstances , the plain and simple fact has been evolved by numerous combina- tions of accidents - accidents that would seem individually opposed to each other , yet ...
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Page 375 - If spring's voluptuous pantings when she breathes Her first sweet kisses, have been dear to me; If no bright bird, insect, or gentle beast I consciously have injured, but still loved And cherished these my kindred; then forgive This boast, beloved brethren, and withdraw No portion of your wonted favour now! Mother of this unfathomable world! Favour my solemn song, for I have loved Thee ever, and thee only...
Page 363 - He lieth under the shady trees, in the covert of the reed, and fens. The shady trees cover him with their shadow; the willows of the brook compass him about.
Page 375 - Thee ever, and thee only ; I have watched Thy shadow, and the darkness of thy steps, And my heart ever gazes on the depth Of thy deep mysteries. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee, Hoping to still these obstinate questionings Of thee and thine, by forcing some lone ghost, Thy messenger, to render up the tale Of what we are.
Page 92 - London, the town council of any borough for the time being subject to the act of the session of the fifth and sixth years of the reign of King William the Fourth, chapter seventy-six, intituled " An Act to provide for the Regulation of Municipal Corporations in England and Wales...
Page 438 - Oh Grief, beyond all other griefs, when fate First leaves the young heart lone and desolate In the wide world...
Page 376 - The fountains of divine philosophy Fled not his thirsting lips, and all of great, Or good, or lovely, which the sacred past In truth or fable consecrates, he felt And knew.
Page 374 - ALASTOR,' may be considered as allegorical of one of the most interesting situations of the human mind. It represents a youth of uncorrupted feelings and adventurous genius led forth by an imagination inflamed and purified through familiarity with all that is excellent and majestic, to the contemplation of the universe.
Page 379 - Thoughts of great deeds were mine, dear Friend, when first The clouds which wrap this world from youth did pass.
Page 376 - Has shone within me, that serenely now And moveless, as a long-forgotten lyre Suspended in the solitary dome Of some mysterious and deserted fane, I wait thy breath, Great Parent, that my strain May modulate with murmurs of the air, And motions of the forests and the sea, And voice of living beings, and woven hymns Of night and day, and the deep heart of man.
Page 363 - He is the chief of the ways of God : he that made him can make his sword to approach unto him.