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... Blood flowed copiously from the wound which he had inflicted , and the man of birch became alarmed . He expressed deep contrition for what he had done , and evinced so much sincere and lively sorrow , as completely extinguished in the ...
... Blood flowed copiously from the wound which he had inflicted , and the man of birch became alarmed . He expressed deep contrition for what he had done , and evinced so much sincere and lively sorrow , as completely extinguished in the ...
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... blood were there ; the bone and sinew had yet to be formed ; and but little doubt was felt by any , that in due time and after careful discipline , by one who could thus early delight so select and gifted an auditory , a very enviable ...
... blood were there ; the bone and sinew had yet to be formed ; and but little doubt was felt by any , that in due time and after careful discipline , by one who could thus early delight so select and gifted an auditory , a very enviable ...
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... blood Well spent in such a strife may earn indeed , And for a time insure to his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws : But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize , And win it with more pain . Their blood is shed In ...
... blood Well spent in such a strife may earn indeed , And for a time insure to his loved land The sweets of liberty and equal laws : But martyrs struggle for a brighter prize , And win it with more pain . Their blood is shed In ...
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... blood - we inherit none such from him - nor did he rely upon a mercenary police , detached from the body of the people . He contrived a preventive system , which was one of the most admirable ever devised by human wisdom , and which was ...
... blood - we inherit none such from him - nor did he rely upon a mercenary police , detached from the body of the people . He contrived a preventive system , which was one of the most admirable ever devised by human wisdom , and which was ...
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... blood , the minor penalties of the law were considered of such trifling importance , that very little or no care was taken to select judicious ones , and to apply them with a view to pre- vention , rather than mere temporary suffering ...
... blood , the minor penalties of the law were considered of such trifling importance , that very little or no care was taken to select judicious ones , and to apply them with a view to pre- vention , rather than mere temporary suffering ...
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Page 417 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page xxxii - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory.
Page xliv - Muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times ; and Sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her trust. But fairer wreaths are due — though never paid — To those who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fallen in her defence.
Page 276 - When a Prince to the fate of the Peasant has yielded, The tapestry waves dark round the dim-lighted hall ; With scutcheons of silver the coffin is shielded, And pages stand mute by the canopied pall : Through the courts, at deep midnight, the torches are gleaming, In the proudly arched chapel the banners are beaming; Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a Chief of the People should fall.
Page xxxii - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 456 - WHEREAS the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.
Page 323 - ... whole he is taught, practice must also be the whole he will ever know ; if he be uninstructed in the elements and first principles upon which the rule of practice is founded, the least variation from established precedents will totally distract and bewilder him : ita lex...
Page 457 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page xxxii - We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 437 - The good must tolerate the evil when it is so strong that it cannot be redressed without danger and...