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His contemporary and rival , Henry the First of England had consderable abilities
, but his moral conduct was rather a slave to a powerful , but ill - directed , mind ,
than the welltrained discipline of the highest gift of man ,his searching intellect ...
His contemporary and rival , Henry the First of England had consderable abilities
, but his moral conduct was rather a slave to a powerful , but ill - directed , mind ,
than the welltrained discipline of the highest gift of man ,his searching intellect ...
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Both brave , both rash , both obstinate , and both possessing high abilities ; still
their lives were spent in a continued struggle , the jealousy of actual strength was
the vaulting ambition of bothan ambition which can only be sustained by an ...
Both brave , both rash , both obstinate , and both possessing high abilities ; still
their lives were spent in a continued struggle , the jealousy of actual strength was
the vaulting ambition of bothan ambition which can only be sustained by an ...
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That policy which she might have made instrumental to a whole nation ' s welfare
, served only to add agency to her natural abilities — abilities which , as misused
talents , must be accounted for at a high and impartial tribunal . A melancholy ...
That policy which she might have made instrumental to a whole nation ' s welfare
, served only to add agency to her natural abilities — abilities which , as misused
talents , must be accounted for at a high and impartial tribunal . A melancholy ...
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Aut Cæsar , aut nullus , ” was the Protector ' s maxim ; and Charles , with limited
abilities , quickly fell a prey to the powerful man ' s superior cunning .
Nevertheless , we cannot palliate that which must ever be a blot upon English
history ...
Aut Cæsar , aut nullus , ” was the Protector ' s maxim ; and Charles , with limited
abilities , quickly fell a prey to the powerful man ' s superior cunning .
Nevertheless , we cannot palliate that which must ever be a blot upon English
history ...
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High abilities and rectitude of principles , in a politician , cast a wavering feeling
upon our minds , we would fain that all feuds were over ; that by no name , save
the people ' s friend , should the politician ever be distinguished . But this can ...
High abilities and rectitude of principles , in a politician , cast a wavering feeling
upon our minds , we would fain that all feuds were over ; that by no name , save
the people ' s friend , should the politician ever be distinguished . But this can ...
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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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