The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1869 |
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... interest ; and though they have been few , they have been treated from points of view widely different , and in methods of much variety . To the contributors of those papers which give this serial its unique character , and impart to ...
... interest ; and though they have been few , they have been treated from points of view widely different , and in methods of much variety . To the contributors of those papers which give this serial its unique character , and impart to ...
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... interest to those who dwell in a land where personality is regarded as precious is scarcely to be wondered at , and hence we find that the incidents of Greek history have always been favourite illustrations with those who desired to ...
... interest to those who dwell in a land where personality is regarded as precious is scarcely to be wondered at , and hence we find that the incidents of Greek history have always been favourite illustrations with those who desired to ...
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... interest and excitement , while the horrible massacres at Scio , Paras , & c . , and the wholesale exposure of the virgins of Greece in the slave raarkets of Asia must have revolted the conscience of those who recognized the rights of ...
... interest and excitement , while the horrible massacres at Scio , Paras , & c . , and the wholesale exposure of the virgins of Greece in the slave raarkets of Asia must have revolted the conscience of those who recognized the rights of ...
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... interests of party to such an extent as to be untrustworthy records of the real events of Hellenic history , and to be ... interest which arose in the varying circumstances of that period of active thought and political transition , of ...
... interests of party to such an extent as to be untrustworthy records of the real events of Hellenic history , and to be ... interest which arose in the varying circumstances of that period of active thought and political transition , of ...
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... interest himself in political and social questions . He took a special interest in speculations having for their object the benefit of man ; and among modern specula- tions of this sort , none impressed and fascinated him so much as the ...
... interest himself in political and social questions . He took a special interest in speculations having for their object the benefit of man ; and among modern specula- tions of this sort , none impressed and fascinated him so much as the ...
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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.