Mornings of the Recess, 1861-4, Volume 1Tinsley, 1864 |
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... took the risk of great dangers in addition to great responsibilities . Where a seizure was successfully contested , on him the loss fell . It was at that time far from unusual that a pirate should have powerful friends , not merely in ...
... took the risk of great dangers in addition to great responsibilities . Where a seizure was successfully contested , on him the loss fell . It was at that time far from unusual that a pirate should have powerful friends , not merely in ...
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... took part as member for Newport . After an order made in his own business , in answer to a motion by his countryman and friend , Sir Edward Giles , to make stay of a trial instituted against him , Eliot himself LIFE OF SIR JOHN ELIOT . 15.
... took part as member for Newport . After an order made in his own business , in answer to a motion by his countryman and friend , Sir Edward Giles , to make stay of a trial instituted against him , Eliot himself LIFE OF SIR JOHN ELIOT . 15.
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... took upon Grys's case and Duncombe's case too minutely for us to follow ; and , finally , he quotes Eliot's speech against Spain in the debate on supply two days after . " Are we indeed poor ? " cried Eliot . " Be it so . Spain is rich ...
... took upon Grys's case and Duncombe's case too minutely for us to follow ; and , finally , he quotes Eliot's speech against Spain in the debate on supply two days after . " Are we indeed poor ? " cried Eliot . " Be it so . Spain is rich ...
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... took part in the necessary recruiting of men and ships , the men for operations under Mansfeldt , on the Rhine . The conditions of their equipment and the fate of most of them read like a page out of Motley or an expedition of Walcheren ...
... took part in the necessary recruiting of men and ships , the men for operations under Mansfeldt , on the Rhine . The conditions of their equipment and the fate of most of them read like a page out of Motley or an expedition of Walcheren ...
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... took part in the plunder of our defenceless coast at this time , furnished him with ample employment at home . One of the captures at sea by Algerines was estimated at more than a quarter of a million , and the inhabitants of our coast ...
... took part in the plunder of our defenceless coast at this time , furnished him with ample employment at home . One of the captures at sea by Algerines was estimated at more than a quarter of a million , and the inhabitants of our coast ...
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Page 161 - Flood contain, The Mole projected break the roaring Main; Back to his bounds their subject Sea command, And roll obedient Rivers thro' the Land: These Honours, Peace to happy Britain brings, These are Imperial Works, and worthy Kings.
Page 213 - Mr. Bacon, I can neither expound, nor censure your late actions; being ignorant of all of them, save one ; and having directed my sight inward only, to examine myself. You do pray me to believe, that you only aspire to the conscience and commendation, of
Page 124 - Pictures of startling clearness rose up of the gloomy winters, the long grey twilights, murky atmosphere, elongated shadows, chilly springs, and sloppy summers • of factory chimneys and crowds of grimy operatives, rung to work in early morning by factory bells ; of union workhouses, confined rooms, artificial cares and slavish conventionalities. To live again amidst these dull scenes I was quitting a country of perpetual summer, where my life had been spent like that of three-fourths of the people...
Page 94 - You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes UpQn his visage, and that all the walls, With painted imagery, had said at once, — "Jesu preserve thee! welcome, Bolingbroke!
Page 112 - The few sounds of birds are of that pensive and mysterious character which intensifies the feeling of solitude rather than imparts a sense of life and cheerfulness.
Page 139 - With the assistance only of a long staff, I have several times met this man traversing the roads, ascending precipices, exploring valleys, and investigating their several extents, forms, and situations, so as to answer his designs in the best manner.
Page 12 - ... such was his unmoved courage and placid temper, that while it changed the affection of the enemies who had come to witness it, and turned their joy to sorrow, it filled all men else with admiration and emotion, leaving with them only this doubt, — whether death were more acceptable to him or he more welcome unto death.
Page 300 - It is plain that Lord Nelson thinks of nothing but Lady Hamilton, who is totally occupied by the same object. She is bold, forward, coarse, assuming, and vain. Her figure is colossal, but, excepting her feet, which are hideous, well shaped. Her bones are large, and she is exceedingly embonpoint. She resembles the bust of Ariadne ; the shape of all her features is fine, as is the form of her head, and particularly her ears ; her teeth are a little irregular, but tolerably white ; her eyes...
Page 210 - Lord to be the fittest instrument to do good to the state ; and therefore I applied myself to him in a manner which I think happeneth rarely among men ; for I did not only labor carefully and industriously in that he set me about, whether it were matter of advice or otherwise ; but neglecting the Queen's service, mine own fortune, and in a sort my vocation, I did nothing but advise and ruminate with myself to the best of my understanding...
Page 114 - I could not get him to go alone, and whenever we heard any ol the strange noises mentioned above, he used to tremble with fear. He would crouch down behind me, and beg of me to turn back. He became easy only after he had made a charm to protect us from the Curupira. For this purpose he took a young palm leaf, plaited it, and formed it into a ring, which he hung to a branch on our track.