The Friendship of Books1880 - 384 pages |
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... court used their wit to prove that there could be no such thing as friendship with either books or men , that it was altogether a ridiculous obsolete sentiment . They established their point so far as they themselves were concerned ...
... court used their wit to prove that there could be no such thing as friendship with either books or men , that it was altogether a ridiculous obsolete sentiment . They established their point so far as they themselves were concerned ...
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... courts by the Norman French , it was driven out of the schools by the Latin . It was still written by some who were preserving the chronicle of Saxon suffering ; it was still spoken at the hearths of the people . And the people , though ...
... courts by the Norman French , it was driven out of the schools by the Latin . It was still written by some who were preserving the chronicle of Saxon suffering ; it was still spoken at the hearths of the people . And the people , though ...
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... court singer ; but he entered into fellowship with common citizens . He became a keen observer of all the differ- ent forms of life and society in his time - a keen observer , and , as all such are , genial , friendly , humor- ous ...
... court singer ; but he entered into fellowship with common citizens . He became a keen observer of all the differ- ent forms of life and society in his time - a keen observer , and , as all such are , genial , friendly , humor- ous ...
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... court luxury in the reign of Charles I. Then came a tremendous conflict . All the passions , all the hopes , that had been slumbering in men's hearts were awak- ened . To these we owe some of the noblest inspira- tions , in verse and ...
... court luxury in the reign of Charles I. Then came a tremendous conflict . All the passions , all the hopes , that had been slumbering in men's hearts were awak- ened . To these we owe some of the noblest inspira- tions , in verse and ...
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... Courts go back to a far older time than that ; and without some attempt at a Police there could be no City of London , or Borough of Southwark . These are general considerations , forming one part , though a small part , of what we call ...
... Courts go back to a far older time than that ; and without some attempt at a Police there could be no City of London , or Borough of Southwark . These are general considerations , forming one part , though a small part , of what we call ...
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Page 316 - Though equal to all things, for all things unfit; Too nice for a statesman, too proud for a wit, For a patriot too cool, for a drudge disobedient, And too fond of the right to pursue the expedient. In short, 'twas his fate, unemployed, or in place, sir, To eat mutton cold, and cut blocks with a razor.
Page 322 - Certainly, gentlemen, it ought to be the happiness and glory of a representative to live in the strictest union, the closest correspondence, and the most unreserved communication with his constituents.
Page 323 - Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment ; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 266 - Like that self-begotten bird In the Arabian woods embost, That no second knows, nor third, And lay erewhile a holocaust, From out her ashy womb now teem'd, Revives, reflourishes, then vigorous most When most unactive deem'd ; And, though her body die, her fame survives, A secular bird, ages of lives.
Page 363 - ... teeth; and being sown up and down, may chance to spring up armed men. And yet, on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book. Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book, kills reason itself, kills the image of God, as it were, in the eye.
Page 278 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 42 - The mysteries of Hecate, and the night; By .all the operation of the orbs, From whom we do exist, and cease to be ; Here I disclaim all my paternal care, Propinquity and property of blood, And as a stranger to my heart and me Hold thee, from this, for ever.
Page 324 - ... not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed ; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol, but he is a member of parliament.
Page 324 - To deliver an opinion is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion, which a representative ought always to rejoice to hear, and which he ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative instructions; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience; these are things utterly unknown to the laws of the land, and which arise from...
Page 363 - We should be wary therefore what persecution we raise against the living labours of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of man preserved and stored up in books ; since we see a kind of homicide may be thus committed, sometimes a martyrdom, and, if it extend to the whole impression, a kind of massacre, whereof the execution ends not in the slaying of an elemental life, but strikes at that ethereal and fifth essence, the breath of reason itself, slays an immortality rather than a life.