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Page 9
follow the thread of French and English history together , and briefly consider
how much law overruled the strength of arms . Philip the First ' s reign , taken
upon the whole , is glorious ; that is , allowing the glory of a reign to be
comprehended ...
follow the thread of French and English history together , and briefly consider
how much law overruled the strength of arms . Philip the First ' s reign , taken
upon the whole , is glorious ; that is , allowing the glory of a reign to be
comprehended ...
Page 15
And the latter may vainly vaunt man ' s courage , let him rather mourn over his
sanguinary strength , the force of arms was needed for all these cruel purposes ;
but Philip the Third will answer at a stronger tribunal for the victims of his sateless
...
And the latter may vainly vaunt man ' s courage , let him rather mourn over his
sanguinary strength , the force of arms was needed for all these cruel purposes ;
but Philip the Third will answer at a stronger tribunal for the victims of his sateless
...
Page 17
... might of arms on the wrong . Beautiful enthusiast ! ill - requited were thy
services ; thy noble head bowed to the destroyer ' s power , but thy heart bravely
encountered all for the sake of that which thy enthusiastic soul taught thee to call
right .
... might of arms on the wrong . Beautiful enthusiast ! ill - requited were thy
services ; thy noble head bowed to the destroyer ' s power , but thy heart bravely
encountered all for the sake of that which thy enthusiastic soul taught thee to call
right .
Page 72
And glorious to the end of his existence Napoleon would have continued , had he
thought of politics above the might of arms , had he remembered that the battle ' s
roar is not the loudest voice to guide a nation , had Napoleon rather remained ...
And glorious to the end of his existence Napoleon would have continued , had he
thought of politics above the might of arms , had he remembered that the battle ' s
roar is not the loudest voice to guide a nation , had Napoleon rather remained ...
Page 94
... who , for some wise purpose , allows one human being to possess higher
power than another ; the King of kings — will judge the monarch as His subject ,
— and how can the triumph of arms atone for sins of omission and commission .
... who , for some wise purpose , allows one human being to possess higher
power than another ; the King of kings — will judge the monarch as His subject ,
— and how can the triumph of arms atone for sins of omission and commission .
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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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