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... English labourer , so mine , too , are governed by a master - thought , but by a different one from Cobbett's . The master - thought by which my politics are governed is rather this the thought of the bad civilisation of the English ...
... English labourer , so mine , too , are governed by a master - thought , but by a different one from Cobbett's . The master - thought by which my politics are governed is rather this the thought of the bad civilisation of the English ...
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... English climate , we shall see plenty of flowering trees , and grass , and vegetation of all kinds to delight our eyes ; but they will meet with nothing else to delight them . All that man has made there for his habitation and functions ...
... English climate , we shall see plenty of flowering trees , and grass , and vegetation of all kinds to delight our eyes ; but they will meet with nothing else to delight them . All that man has made there for his habitation and functions ...
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... English pictures may as a rule give more pleasure and exercise a more wholesome influence than those of France ; but we must not forget that they are mostly on a small scale , and even then are often not altogether free from faults in ...
... English pictures may as a rule give more pleasure and exercise a more wholesome influence than those of France ; but we must not forget that they are mostly on a small scale , and even then are often not altogether free from faults in ...
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... English , on the contrary , sends its pupils directly to Nature , and leaves them to deal with the im- pressions they receive in a spirit of individuality . There are here , of course , strong and weak points on each side . There is no ...
... English , on the contrary , sends its pupils directly to Nature , and leaves them to deal with the im- pressions they receive in a spirit of individuality . There are here , of course , strong and weak points on each side . There is no ...
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... English artists a great natural feeling for some of the latter . The knowledge and skill of our neighbours , though often thrown away upon repulsive subjects , give much power to their treatment of scenes which appeal to their best ...
... English artists a great natural feeling for some of the latter . The knowledge and skill of our neighbours , though often thrown away upon repulsive subjects , give much power to their treatment of scenes which appeal to their best ...
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Page 402 - Must we but blush? Our fathers bled. Earth! render back from out thy breast A remnant of our Spartan dead! Of the three hundred grant but three To make a new Thermopylae ! What, silent still? and silent all? Ah! no — the voices of the dead Sound like a distant torrent's fall, And answer, "Let one living head, But one arise — we come, we come!
Page 54 - If any member in speaking or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may call him to order ; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain ; and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal the decision of the chair shall be submitted to.
Page 563 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Page 318 - An Examination of the Testimony of Primitive Times respecting the State of the Faithful Dead, and their Relationship to the Living. Crown 8vo. 6s. THE INTERMEDIATE STATE BETWEEN DEATH AND JUDGMENT. Being a Sequel to After Death.
Page 563 - I was with Hercules, and Cadmus, once, When in a wood of Crete they bayed the bear With hounds of Sparta ; never did I hear Such gallant chiding ; for, besides the groves, The skies, the fountains, every region near Seem'd all one mutual cry. I never heard So musical a discord, such sweet thunder.
Page 764 - But thy most dreaded instrument, In working out a pure intent, Is Man — arrayed for mutual slaughter, . Yea, Carnage is thy daughter...
Page 53 - If any member, in speaking, or otherwise, transgress the rules of the House, the Speaker shall, or any member may, call to order ; in which case the member so called to order shall immediately sit down, unless permitted to explain, and the House shall, if appealed to, decide on the case, but without debate ; if there be no appeal, the decision of the Chair shall be submitted to.
Page 251 - That this House (while fully recognizing the claims of all portions of the British Empire to Imperial aid in their protection against perils arising from the consequences of Imperial policy) is of opinion that Colonies exercising the rights of self-government ought to undertake the main responsibility of providing for their own internal order and security, and ought to assist in their own external defence.
Page 400 - Then Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, unto Libnah, and fought against Libnah : 30 And the LORD delivered it also, and the king thereof, into the hand of Israel ; and he smote it with the edge of the sword, and all the souls that were therein...
Page 907 - And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.