The life and times of the right hon. John BrightCassell, 1883 - 688 pages |
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... condition of the working - class by his wisdom and power of speech , was born at Greenbank , on the 16th of November , 1811 , and he received , not numerous and high - sounding names , but the simple and single name of " John . " Next ...
... condition of the working - class by his wisdom and power of speech , was born at Greenbank , on the 16th of November , 1811 , and he received , not numerous and high - sounding names , but the simple and single name of " John . " Next ...
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... condition . Fortunately , Mr. Bright's business rapidly enlarged , and there was a perceptible improvement in the condition of the poor in the surrounding locality . He manu- factured on a large scale hand - loom calicoes , and these ...
... condition . Fortunately , Mr. Bright's business rapidly enlarged , and there was a perceptible improvement in the condition of the poor in the surrounding locality . He manu- factured on a large scale hand - loom calicoes , and these ...
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... condition of things into which they were introduced when they left . He recommended boys to keep up to some extent , as they have opportunity , the studies in which they were engaged at school , in the languages , if.
... condition of things into which they were introduced when they left . He recommended boys to keep up to some extent , as they have opportunity , the studies in which they were engaged at school , in the languages , if.
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... condition in life , he undervalued a classical education , and as soon as his sons had attained a suitable age they were put to some employment in his mill . Had Mr. John Bright enjoyed an educational training , such as the English and ...
... condition in life , he undervalued a classical education , and as soon as his sons had attained a suitable age they were put to some employment in his mill . Had Mr. John Bright enjoyed an educational training , such as the English and ...
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... condition of the working class and the influences affecting them , it will be necessary to advert to the time when the subject of our biography was only six years old , and to trace the local events which most likely operated upon his ...
... condition of the working class and the influences affecting them , it will be necessary to advert to the time when the subject of our biography was only six years old , and to trace the local events which most likely operated upon his ...
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Page 55 - Whose beard descending swept his aged breast ; The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud, Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed ; The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay, Sat by his fire and talked the night away, Wept o'er his wounds or tales of sorrow done, Shouldered his crutch and showed how fields were won.
Page 114 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap...
Page 321 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Page 515 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened; Listen to this simple story, To this Song of Hiawatha!
Page 63 - Adieu, adieu! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native Land - Good Night!
Page 187 - The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn : they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 187 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou settlest the furrows thereof: thou makest it soft with showers: thou blessest the springing thereof.
Page 560 - I have another and a far brighter vision before my gaze. It may be but a vision, but I will cherish it. I see one vast confederation stretching from the frozen North in unbroken line to the glowing South, and from the wild billows of the Atlantic westward to the calmer waters of the Pacific main,— and I see one people, and one language, and one law, and one faith, and, over all that wide continent, the home of freedom, and a refuge for the oppressed of every race and of every clime.
Page 358 - Restless it rolls, now fix'd, and now anon Flashing afar, and at his iron feet Destruction cowers, to mark what deeds are done ; For on this morn three potent nations meet, To shed before his shrine the blood he deems most sweet.
Page 440 - Lordships' attention to these petitions. In furtherance of this object, he submitted to their Lordships a resolution, to the effect that the House should resolve itself into a committee to consider the state of the...