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Page 36
... possessed it in about as large measure as the turnkey in Jonathan Wild , who , when required to name the beverage he would drink , gave the preference to punch , " because it was a liquor no where spoken against in Scripture . " It is a ...
... possessed it in about as large measure as the turnkey in Jonathan Wild , who , when required to name the beverage he would drink , gave the preference to punch , " because it was a liquor no where spoken against in Scripture . " It is a ...
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... possession ; to sacrifice man's genius to another man's prejudice . The tone of it is a " low , melodious " growl ... possessed the sur- est insight of any man since Shakspeare ; that in looking at things he always saw objects as they ...
... possession ; to sacrifice man's genius to another man's prejudice . The tone of it is a " low , melodious " growl ... possessed the sur- est insight of any man since Shakspeare ; that in looking at things he always saw objects as they ...
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... possessed with a sub- til insanity , or had stolen a glance into the occult secrets of the universe . All our customary impressions of things are shaken , by the intrusion of an indefinite sense of fear and amazement into the soul . To ...
... possessed with a sub- til insanity , or had stolen a glance into the occult secrets of the universe . All our customary impressions of things are shaken , by the intrusion of an indefinite sense of fear and amazement into the soul . To ...
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... possessed a noble nature , but its impulses were checked by an incura- ble laziness . He " dawdled " too much over his long compositions . The curse of his life was a pension of two hundred pounds . The capacity of the man is best ...
... possessed a noble nature , but its impulses were checked by an incura- ble laziness . He " dawdled " too much over his long compositions . The curse of his life was a pension of two hundred pounds . The capacity of the man is best ...
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... possessed a great nature , he would not have been murdered , though all the critics of his time had leagued against him . William Gifford kill John Milton - why he could not kill Leigh Hunt ! There is danger in admitting a doctrine ...
... possessed a great nature , he would not have been murdered , though all the critics of his time had leagued against him . William Gifford kill John Milton - why he could not kill Leigh Hunt ! There is danger in admitting a doctrine ...
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Page 36 - There lies the port: the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads — you and I are old; Old age hath yet his...
Page 36 - In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners...
Page 323 - Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God! — let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 36 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 35 - I am a part of all that I have met ; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Page 200 - In this situation of this assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings?
Page 171 - But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill...
Page 35 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy'd Greatly, have suffer'd greatly , both with those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when Thro...
Page 323 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform, and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 378 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.