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... True , that Jerusalem seems rather to be the inheritance of the faithful than the unbeliever , but the rash impetuosity of that first Crusade damped the ardour of brave spirits by making them too soon conclude their course was des ...
... True , that Jerusalem seems rather to be the inheritance of the faithful than the unbeliever , but the rash impetuosity of that first Crusade damped the ardour of brave spirits by making them too soon conclude their course was des ...
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... true , that when we bring forward the misfortunes of Louis the Sixteenth of France , the French talk of those of Charles the First of England . England tardily , yet truly , taught the barbarity of its conduct , committed no more ...
... true , that when we bring forward the misfortunes of Louis the Sixteenth of France , the French talk of those of Charles the First of England . England tardily , yet truly , taught the barbarity of its conduct , committed no more ...
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... true position ? never whilst the rich him- self pens the very fact of his tyranny . 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 ...
... true position ? never whilst the rich him- self pens the very fact of his tyranny . 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 ...
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... true the revealings , how fearlessly Mr. D'Israeli has brought forward that great national sin in our land — namely , the treat- ment of the poor in the factories ! A foreigner , if he asked , " What is a factory ? " would probably be ...
... true the revealings , how fearlessly Mr. D'Israeli has brought forward that great national sin in our land — namely , the treat- ment of the poor in the factories ! A foreigner , if he asked , " What is a factory ? " would probably be ...
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... true : Young women so bold , discontented , and unfeminine . Young men , reckless , drunkards , and libertines . Whilst beauty walks through saloons of mirth in rich attire , the factories groan under oppression 48 POLITICAL FAME .
... true : Young women so bold , discontented , and unfeminine . Young men , reckless , drunkards , and libertines . Whilst beauty walks through saloons of mirth in rich attire , the factories groan under oppression 48 POLITICAL FAME .
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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.