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Page 51
YOUNG ENGLAND . So much has been said of Young England , as a party , that
the reader will expect to find it treated here in that light . But we would fain look at
Young England as the young politicians of our generation , striving to imitate ...
YOUNG ENGLAND . So much has been said of Young England , as a party , that
the reader will expect to find it treated here in that light . But we would fain look at
Young England as the young politicians of our generation , striving to imitate ...
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Young England must begin by considering his country as a vast inheritance in
which he will have a portion ; and amidst the moderate relaxation which all
studious minds require he can , even in his pleasures , begin his lesson of
patriotism by ...
Young England must begin by considering his country as a vast inheritance in
which he will have a portion ; and amidst the moderate relaxation which all
studious minds require he can , even in his pleasures , begin his lesson of
patriotism by ...
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Young England , glory lies at thy feet ! but , to use the words of our popular
comedy , ye must " stoop to conquer ” . : Think not that the young lordlings will be
more conducive to England ' s welfare than the poor , but industrious , youths
who ...
Young England , glory lies at thy feet ! but , to use the words of our popular
comedy , ye must " stoop to conquer ” . : Think not that the young lordlings will be
more conducive to England ' s welfare than the poor , but industrious , youths
who ...
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in that vast world towards which your longing eyes are turning ; pause , therefore
, Young England , pause I and remember that the character formed in youth will
be matured , not altered , in manhood . If ambition be the master charm of man ...
in that vast world towards which your longing eyes are turning ; pause , therefore
, Young England , pause I and remember that the character formed in youth will
be matured , not altered , in manhood . If ambition be the master charm of man ...
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As honesty belongs to no age , let Young England lay the foundation of his
career upon that never - failing basis . Let Young England shake hands with Old
England , both having one aim , to live respected and die regretted . Yes , let our
old ...
As honesty belongs to no age , let Young England lay the foundation of his
career upon that never - failing basis . Let Young England shake hands with Old
England , both having one aim , to live respected and die regretted . Yes , let our
old ...
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Popular passages
Page 43 - The world is still deceived with ornament. In law what plea so tainted and corrupt, But being season'd with a gracious voice, Obscures the show of evil ? In religion, What damned error, but some sober brow Will bless it. and approve it with a text, Hiding the grossness with fair ornament ? There is no vice so simple, but assumes Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.
Page 79 - ... life, life cannot see, Darts onward to eternity! While vacant hours of beauty roll Their magic o'er some yielded soul, Ah ! little do the happy guess, The sum of human wretchedness ; Or dream, amid the soft farewell That Time of them is taking, How frequent moans the funeral knell, What noble hearts are breaking, While myriads to their tombs descend, Without a mourner, creed, or friend!
Page 79 - A moment is a mighty thing, Beyond the soul's imagining; For in it, though we trace it not, How much there crowds of varied lot! How much of life, life cannot see, Darts onward to eternity!
Page 61 - Is there not A mood of glory, when the mind attuned To heaven, can out of dreams create her worlds ?Oh ! none are so absorb'd, as not to feel Sweet thoughts like music coming o'er the mind : When prayer, the purest incense of a soul, Hath risen to the throne of heaven, the heart Is mellow'd, and the shadows that becloud Our state of darken'd being, glide away ; The Heavens are open'd ! and the eye of Faith Looks in, and hath a fearful glimpse of God...
Page 80 - How hardly shall a rich man enter into the kingdom of heaven...
Page 61 - The calm of thought, the melody of mind ! When prayer, the purest incense of a soul, Hath risen to the throne of heaven, the heart Is mellow'd, and the shadows that becloud Our state of darken'd being, glide away ; The Heavens are open'd ! and the eye of Faith Looks in, and hath a fearful glimpse of God ! HAPPINESS OF HUMBLE LIFE.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Political Fame |
| Author | Rose Ellen Temple |
| Publisher | William Pickering, 1847 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 3 Oct 2006 |
| Length | 99 pages |
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