The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1869 |
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... House School , as a boarder with the head master . As a Carthusian he was a contemporary with and schoolfellow of Connop C. Thirlwall ( subsequently Historian of Greece , and now Bishop of St. David's ) , with whom he has ever since ...
... House School , as a boarder with the head master . As a Carthusian he was a contemporary with and schoolfellow of Connop C. Thirlwall ( subsequently Historian of Greece , and now Bishop of St. David's ) , with whom he has ever since ...
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... house . His profound reach of thought , his powerful reasoning , and his apt manner of statement , secured him , usually , the attention of the house . The speciality to which he devoted himself during his tenure of office as a member ...
... house . His profound reach of thought , his powerful reasoning , and his apt manner of statement , secured him , usually , the attention of the house . The speciality to which he devoted himself during his tenure of office as a member ...
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... House , to dismiss the ministry , called Sir Robert Peel , at the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington , to occupy the Premiership . He had the same honour re - conferred on him in that House of Commons which , in 1837 , welcomed the ...
... House , to dismiss the ministry , called Sir Robert Peel , at the suggestion of the Duke of Wellington , to occupy the Premiership . He had the same honour re - conferred on him in that House of Commons which , in 1837 , welcomed the ...
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... House of Commons . But the members of that house stand in a different position from electors . A member of Parliament is understood to represent the sentiments of his constituency , and publicity is there- fore highly necessary to let ...
... House of Commons . But the members of that house stand in a different position from electors . A member of Parliament is understood to represent the sentiments of his constituency , and publicity is there- fore highly necessary to let ...
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... houses and prisons . Perverts multiply , and a careful chronicle is kept of waverers in the faith ; Jesuits are ... house decora- tions , ecclesiastical millinery , subserve their purpose , so that beads and crosses are worn without ...
... houses and prisons . Perverts multiply , and a careful chronicle is kept of waverers in the faith ; Jesuits are ... house decora- tions , ecclesiastical millinery , subserve their purpose , so that beads and crosses are worn without ...
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Page 60 - He that hath found some fledged bird's nest may know At first sight if the bird be flown; But what fair well or grove he sings in now, That is to him unknown. And yet, as angels in some brighter dreams Call to the soul when man doth sleep, So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes, And into glory peep.
Page 135 - The tear forgot as soon as shed, The sunshine of the breast: Theirs buxom health, of rosy hue, Wild wit, invention ever new, And lively cheer, of vigour born, The thoughtless day, the easy night, The spirits pure, the slumbers light That fly th
Page 388 - Last came, and last did go, The pilot of the Galilean Lake ; Two massy keys he bore of metals twain...
Page 372 - And now in age I bud again, After so many deaths I live and write; I once more smell the dew and rain, And relish versing: O my only light, It cannot be That I am he, On whom thy tempests fell all night.
Page 323 - ... confer all their power and strength upon one man, or upon one assembly of men, that may reduce all their wills, by plurality of voices, unto one will...
Page 471 - Weep no more, woeful shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed. And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 305 - And all their echoes, mourn : The willows and the hazel copses green Shall now no more be seen Fanning their joyous leaves to thy soft lays ; — As killing as the canker...
Page 464 - That to the faithful herdman's art belongs! What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed...
Page 21 - He married my sisters with five pound or twenty nobles a-piece, so that he brought them up in godliness and fear of God. He kept hospitality for his poor neighbours ; and some alms he gave to the poor, and all this he did of the said farm.
Page 376 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. " He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all.