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Page 29
Oh ! ye poor , believe not in the happiness which Mammon confers on its
favorites ; think that every thousand the rich man possesses only makes him
crave for a thousand more ; know that he cannot supply any of his luxurious
wants without ...
Oh ! ye poor , believe not in the happiness which Mammon confers on its
favorites ; think that every thousand the rich man possesses only makes him
crave for a thousand more ; know that he cannot supply any of his luxurious
wants without ...
Page 32
Do we not feel that myriads of human beings have delegated to each member the
charge of their happiness ? Ye aristocrats , there ye must look upon us all as
brethrenbrethren in life , equals in death , heirs to one vast inheritance — the
tomb .
Do we not feel that myriads of human beings have delegated to each member the
charge of their happiness ? Ye aristocrats , there ye must look upon us all as
brethrenbrethren in life , equals in death , heirs to one vast inheritance — the
tomb .
Page 42
All authors may do more or less good or harm from the tendency of their works ;
but political writers should be more careful than others ; they should bear in mind
, that as in domestic life the sum total of trifles comprehend its happiness or ...
All authors may do more or less good or harm from the tendency of their works ;
but political writers should be more careful than others ; they should bear in mind
, that as in domestic life the sum total of trifles comprehend its happiness or ...
Page 82
Life to them has been a prototype of the tomb ; but beyond that life of suffering ,
the Lazarus will be received in the bosom of happiness , here below the rich will
have had their reward . And yet we would fain not consider our Saviour ' s words
...
Life to them has been a prototype of the tomb ; but beyond that life of suffering ,
the Lazarus will be received in the bosom of happiness , here below the rich will
have had their reward . And yet we would fain not consider our Saviour ' s words
...
Page 94
... that impartial eye which surveyed the work he had created ; that just voice
which declared good that which was meant for the happiness of man ; that
Almighty being who , for some wise purpose , allows one human being to
possess higher ...
... that impartial eye which surveyed the work he had created ; that just voice
which declared good that which was meant for the happiness of man ; that
Almighty being who , for some wise purpose , allows one human being to
possess higher ...
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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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