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... equal sway of rule and courage : the latter was the dominant passion in the breasts of both kings ; but the monarch of a realm must unite the thoughts of a civilian to the courage of a warrior , or else he is but one individual at the ...
... equal sway of rule and courage : the latter was the dominant passion in the breasts of both kings ; but the monarch of a realm must unite the thoughts of a civilian to the courage of a warrior , or else he is but one individual at the ...
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... equal benefit of poor to rich , and rich to poor . Discontent is , in fact , engendered by educa- tion ; for behold the contented smile - the helpless happiness of infancy and young days in all ranks of life . Behold those lovely hours ...
... equal benefit of poor to rich , and rich to poor . Discontent is , in fact , engendered by educa- tion ; for behold the contented smile - the helpless happiness of infancy and young days in all ranks of life . Behold those lovely hours ...
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... equals in death , heirs to one vast inheritance - the tomb . Runners to one goal , that bourne where distinction may be marked outwardly by monuments , but is levelled inwardly by the destroying worm , that craving feeder of parted ...
... equals in death , heirs to one vast inheritance - the tomb . Runners to one goal , that bourne where distinction may be marked outwardly by monuments , but is levelled inwardly by the destroying worm , that craving feeder of parted ...
Page 56
... laneous kind ; but let them be in any grade , they have all been equal in one thing - they have all been young . The Rubicon is past when ye have moved in that vast world towards which your longing eyes are 56 POLITICAL FAME .
... laneous kind ; but let them be in any grade , they have all been equal in one thing - they have all been young . The Rubicon is past when ye have moved in that vast world towards which your longing eyes are 56 POLITICAL FAME .
Page 67
... equal abilities have different opinions , - Falkland and Fairfax are examples of this kind . Were Royalty and the House of Lords abolished , there would be Lords of the government council , not Lords by names , not Tories by surname ...
... equal abilities have different opinions , - Falkland and Fairfax are examples of this kind . Were Royalty and the House of Lords abolished , there would be Lords of the government council , not Lords by names , not Tories by surname ...
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abilities absolute monarchy ambition amidst barbarous behold beloved bounty brave breast brother members Charlemagne Charles Chartism cians civil civilian conscience contemporary courage craving Crusade Dauphin death duty English equal example eyes fact factory feeling fight forget France gentle glorious glory hand happiness heart holy honour Hugh Capet indolence justice Knights Templars lesson look Lords Louis man's Medici member of Parliament mind miseries monarch Napoleon Napoleon Bonaparte nation never noble Parliamentary walls party patriot peace pens Peter the Hermit Pharamond philanthropy Philip Augustus Philip the Third POLITICAL FAME poor popular praise Protector purest Queen Victoria Radical reign religion rich sacred Salic law Sicilian Vespers soul Sovereign spirit talent taught thee thou thread of French triumph truest truth turn tyranny untaught vast victory virtue voice warrior weapon of discontent Whig whilst Young England young politician
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Page 45 - 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 81 - ... 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 81 - 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 63 - 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 82 - How hardly shall a rich man enter into the kingdom of heaven...
Page 63 - 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.