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... Revolution that in reality ac- tuates them . Insults offered to the majesty of the king , and a wish to deprive him of the power which his meanest subject en- joys of choosing his own servants , clearly prove that 2 THE KING .
... Revolution that in reality ac- tuates them . Insults offered to the majesty of the king , and a wish to deprive him of the power which his meanest subject en- joys of choosing his own servants , clearly prove that 2 THE KING .
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... wishes have followed the wheels of his chariot , which proves , not only the grateful warmth and ardour with which his own immediate subjects view him , but is at the same time an evident and incontrovertible proof of the high interest ...
... wishes have followed the wheels of his chariot , which proves , not only the grateful warmth and ardour with which his own immediate subjects view him , but is at the same time an evident and incontrovertible proof of the high interest ...
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... wish to regain the charac- ter which they once possessed , and which they have most justly forfeited , let them manifest a real and true repentance ; let them put away from them the unclean thing ; let them shake off the reptiles whose ...
... wish to regain the charac- ter which they once possessed , and which they have most justly forfeited , let them manifest a real and true repentance ; let them put away from them the unclean thing ; let them shake off the reptiles whose ...
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... wish to depreciate these invaluable qualities , which are such as every great and good man would aspire to , I feel no hesitation in affirming that he who asserts that a man cannot , without enjoying all these accomplishments , win the ...
... wish to depreciate these invaluable qualities , which are such as every great and good man would aspire to , I feel no hesitation in affirming that he who asserts that a man cannot , without enjoying all these accomplishments , win the ...
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... wish , " That all our lives might gilded be With mirth , and wit , and gaiety . " We feel a regret for the pleasures of days by - gone , when the smooth unruffled current of social feeling was left to pursue its own course , and the ...
... wish , " That all our lives might gilded be With mirth , and wit , and gaiety . " We feel a regret for the pleasures of days by - gone , when the smooth unruffled current of social feeling was left to pursue its own course , and the ...
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Page 164 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid ! Heard words that have been So nimble, and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life ; then when there hath been thrown Wit able enough to justify the town For three days past ; wit that might warrant be For the whole City to talk foolishly Till that were cancell'd ; and when that was gone, We left an air behind us, which alone...
Page 225 - Than those of age, thy forehead wrapp'd in clouds, A leafless branch thy sceptre, and thy throne A sliding car, indebted to no wheels, But urged by storms along its slippery way, I love thee, all unlovely as thou seem'st, And dreaded as thou art...
Page 67 - What had / done in this? — I was unborn: I sought not to be born; nor love the state To which that birth has brought me. Why did he Yield to the serpent and the woman? or, Yielding, why suffer? What was there in this? The tree was planted, and why not for him? If not, why place him near it, where it grew, The fairest in the centre? They have but One answer to all questions, '"Twas His will And He is good.
Page 72 - May the grass wither from thy feet! the woods Deny thee shelter ! earth a home! the dust A grave! the sun his light! and heaven her God!
Page 400 - By Heaven ! it is a splendid sight to see (For one who hath no friend, no brother there) Their rival scarfs of mix'd embroidery, Their various arms that glitter in the air!
Page 286 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 164 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 68 - Souls who dare use their immortality — Souls who dare look the Omnipotent tyrant in His everlasting face, and tell him, that His evil is not good...
Page 245 - ... his ever having a fool to his master. He must read many, but ever the best and choicest: those that can teach him...
Page 96 - The first of the above subjects is intended for those gentlemen of the University who have not exceeded four years from the time of their matriculation ; and the other two for such as have exceeded four, but not completed seven years. Sir Roger...