The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1870 - Great Britain |
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... question , while agitation stirred the hearts of men : - " So two cold limbs , touched by Galvani's wire , Move with new life and feel awakened fire ; Quivering awhile their flaccid forms remain , Then turn to cold torpidity again ...
... question , while agitation stirred the hearts of men : - " So two cold limbs , touched by Galvani's wire , Move with new life and feel awakened fire ; Quivering awhile their flaccid forms remain , Then turn to cold torpidity again ...
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... question fell again into the hands of the thinkers . The main part in the discussion of the question was , however , now taken by the organs of thought which supply the bulk of the English public with their opinions- reviews , magazines ...
... question fell again into the hands of the thinkers . The main part in the discussion of the question was , however , now taken by the organs of thought which supply the bulk of the English public with their opinions- reviews , magazines ...
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... question of the hour , the interest in this topic was continued and increased by the issue of two colonial works , " The Govern- ment of England ; its Structure and Development , " by W. E. Hearn , LL.D. , Professor of History at ...
... question of the hour , the interest in this topic was continued and increased by the issue of two colonial works , " The Govern- ment of England ; its Structure and Development , " by W. E. Hearn , LL.D. , Professor of History at ...
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... question , - the methods , forms , and requirements of representation in civic , social , ecclesiastical , and national life . Sufficient , if not more than sufficient , is our present task , to expound the theoretical grounds of ...
... question , - the methods , forms , and requirements of representation in civic , social , ecclesiastical , and national life . Sufficient , if not more than sufficient , is our present task , to expound the theoretical grounds of ...
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... question adopted . In these , the citizen by personal influence and act upheld his personal right as a member of the common wealth ; in the election of magistrates , the audiences of ambassadors , the management of civil , military , or ...
... question adopted . In these , the citizen by personal influence and act upheld his personal right as a member of the common wealth ; in the election of magistrates , the audiences of ambassadors , the management of civil , military , or ...
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Page 159 - And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill ; But O for the touch of a vanish'd hand, And the sound of a voice that is still ! Break, break, break, At the foot of thy crags, O Sea ! But the tender grace of a day that is dead Will never come back to me.
Page 43 - For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment ; and ye nave respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him, Sit thou here in a good place...
Page 119 - In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the water. For an Angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had.
Page 465 - As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord.
Page 314 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.
Page 14 - I authorize and give up my right of governing myself, to this man, or to this assembly of men, on this condition, that thou give up thy right to him, and authorize all his actions in like manner.
Page 467 - EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of Earth A Youth, to Fortune and to Fame unknown. Fair Science frowned not on his humble birth, And Melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 229 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making or wooing of it, the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it, is the sovereign good of human nature.
Page 159 - Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play! O well for the sailor lad, That he sings in his boat on the bay! And the stately ships go on To their haven under the hill; But O for the touch of a...
Page 69 - Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare: Where'er she turns the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek, and rising bosom, move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love.