The Living Age, Volume 247Living Age Company, 1905 |
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Page 147
... Lord Lansdowne , They drew their chairs to the fire , the rest of the com- pany formed a circle round them , and listened meekly to the dialogue until luncheon . What an appalling picture ! One sympathizes with Carlyle on the occasion ...
... Lord Lansdowne , They drew their chairs to the fire , the rest of the com- pany formed a circle round them , and listened meekly to the dialogue until luncheon . What an appalling picture ! One sympathizes with Carlyle on the occasion ...
Page 147
... Lord Lansdowne . They drew their chairs to the fire , the rest of the com- pany formed a circle round them , and listened meekly to the dialogue until luncheon . What an appalling picture ! One sympathizes with Carlyle on the occasion ...
... Lord Lansdowne . They drew their chairs to the fire , the rest of the com- pany formed a circle round them , and listened meekly to the dialogue until luncheon . What an appalling picture ! One sympathizes with Carlyle on the occasion ...
Page 259
... Lord Lansdownes . There is Lord Lansdowne the Retalia- tionist , the Big Revolver Man , produc- ing in the House of Lords a neat little bundle of fly - blown fallacies , which many boys in the first hundred at Eton could refute without ...
... Lord Lansdownes . There is Lord Lansdowne the Retalia- tionist , the Big Revolver Man , produc- ing in the House of Lords a neat little bundle of fly - blown fallacies , which many boys in the first hundred at Eton could refute without ...
Page 260
... Lord Elgin who made the first treaty with Japan in the year 1858 , when the ... Lansdowne , however , is the real author of the policy which rests upon ... Lord Lansdowne remain at the Foreign Of- fice , whatever the result of the next ...
... Lord Elgin who made the first treaty with Japan in the year 1858 , when the ... Lansdowne , however , is the real author of the policy which rests upon ... Lord Lansdowne remain at the Foreign Of- fice , whatever the result of the next ...
Page 261
Lord Lansdowne would not have made one a condition of the other . Yet , when so much is put down to the President of the United States , Eng- lishmen may be pardoned for reflecting that nations are more apt to consult their allies than ...
Lord Lansdowne would not have made one a condition of the other . Yet , when so much is put down to the President of the United States , Eng- lishmen may be pardoned for reflecting that nations are more apt to consult their allies than ...
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Page 245 - Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
Page 280 - ... This is the day that must make good that great attribute of God, his justice ; that must reconcile those unanswerable doubts that torment the wisest understandings; and reduce those seeming inequalities and respective distributions in this world, to an equality and recompensive justice in the next. This is that one day, that shall include and comprehend all that went before it ; wherein, as in the last scene, all the actors must enter, to complete and make up the catastrophe of this great piece.
Page 567 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Page 567 - No! the charges against me are all of one kind, that I have pushed the principles of general justice and benevolence too far; further than a cautious policy would warrant; and further than the opinions of many would go along with me. — In every accident which may happen through life, in pain, in sorrow, in depression, and distress — I will call to mind this accusation, and be comforted.
Page 567 - But, his unbiased opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you; to any man, or to any set of men living.
Page 567 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 474 - This was the East of the ancient navigators, so old, so mysterious, resplendent and sombre, living and unchanged, full of danger and promise.
Page 263 - Foremost captain of his time, Rich in saving common-sense, And, as the greatest only are, In his simplicity sublime.
Page 40 - There is no end of my kind treatment from the faculty ; they are in general the most amiable companions, and the best friends, as well as the most learned men, I know.
Page 519 - It is we who are Hamlet. This play has a prophetic truth, which is above that of history. Whoever has become thoughtful and melancholy through his own mishaps or those of others ; whoever has borne about with him the clouded brow of reflection, and thought himself