Old England and New England: In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot, Band 2R. Bentley, 1853 |
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... better than one , at all events in England - Common sense sometimes nonsense - Politics and ploughshares - Difference between living in clover and mowing it - The farmer and President - A regicide's last thought , and its exact value ...
... better than one , at all events in England - Common sense sometimes nonsense - Politics and ploughshares - Difference between living in clover and mowing it - The farmer and President - A regicide's last thought , and its exact value ...
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... better it at home , is the first impulse which leads to action ; the second , and perhaps the most powerful , is the idea of following in the paths of freedom , and flying away from British rule , without the remotest idea of what other ...
... better it at home , is the first impulse which leads to action ; the second , and perhaps the most powerful , is the idea of following in the paths of freedom , and flying away from British rule , without the remotest idea of what other ...
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... , Meagher has made a good thing of it , his country is none the better for his patriotic interference ; but what his deluded hearers , the sons of the soil , got , or ever will get , by their patriotism , is briefly AND NEW ENGLAND . 13.
... , Meagher has made a good thing of it , his country is none the better for his patriotic interference ; but what his deluded hearers , the sons of the soil , got , or ever will get , by their patriotism , is briefly AND NEW ENGLAND . 13.
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... better be reserved for a later moment : the present one must be devoted to drier detail . The origin of the American Stage is highly interesting , more especially as it is so closely con- * This has been the case , and will be to the ...
... better be reserved for a later moment : the present one must be devoted to drier detail . The origin of the American Stage is highly interesting , more especially as it is so closely con- * This has been the case , and will be to the ...
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... better ; but he trusted more to the effect of coun- tenance than delivery , and consequently grimace now and then took precedence of eloquence . He was , certainly , what John Kemble said of Kean , 66 very much in earnest , " which made ...
... better ; but he trusted more to the effect of coun- tenance than delivery , and consequently grimace now and then took precedence of eloquence . He was , certainly , what John Kemble said of Kean , 66 very much in earnest , " which made ...
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Seite 177 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Seite 160 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Seite 3 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Seite 137 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Seite 317 - ... of your family depending on an adherence to the principles that enthroned it ; for the safety and welfare of your kingdoms and dominions, threatened with almost unavoidable dangers and distresses ; that your majesty, as the loving father of your whole people, connected by the same bonds of law', loyalty, faith, and blood, though dwelling in various countries, will not suffer the transcendent relation formed by these ties, to be further violated, in uncertain expectation of effects, which, if...
Seite 32 - Government, the other half to him or them that shall inform or sue for the same...
Seite 120 - O you ! whom vanity's light bark conveys On fame's mad voyage by the wind of praise, With what a shifting gale your course you ply, For ever sunk too low, or born too high ! Who pants for glory finds but short repose, A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
Seite 317 - Permit us, then, most gracious Sovereign, in the name of all your faithful people in America, with the utmost humility, to implore you, for the honor of Almighty God, whose pure religion our enemies are undermining...
Seite 154 - HILL.] (3) [The plan of going to bed early, and rising betimes, has been called the golden rule for the attainment of health and long life.
Seite 317 - We, therefore, most earnestly beseech your majesty that your royal authority and interposition may be used for our relief, and that a gracious answer may be given to this petition.