The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1869 |
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... knowledge of Hellenistic life , letters and philosophy , and this revival of interest in the history of Greece has affected our own land to such a degree that we have now in our literature one of the noblest and best histories of Greece ...
... knowledge of Hellenistic life , letters and philosophy , and this revival of interest in the history of Greece has affected our own land to such a degree that we have now in our literature one of the noblest and best histories of Greece ...
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... knowledge of the languages of France , Italy , and Germany , he was able to avail himself of all the aids to his favourite studies furnished by the research and scholarship of the best writers and thinkers of these nations . In 1820 ...
... knowledge of the languages of France , Italy , and Germany , he was able to avail himself of all the aids to his favourite studies furnished by the research and scholarship of the best writers and thinkers of these nations . In 1820 ...
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... knowledge , " and of the period of " epic poetry and legend , " he professed to give a narrative , not to write a history , - " I describe the earlier times by themselves , as conceived by the faith and feeling of the first Greeks , and ...
... knowledge , " and of the period of " epic poetry and legend , " he professed to give a narrative , not to write a history , - " I describe the earlier times by themselves , as conceived by the faith and feeling of the first Greeks , and ...
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... knowledge of the seducer . Instead of the influence of lucre being an argument against the ballot , as stated by Mr. Mill , it is exactly the reverse ; for it is lucre that constitutes bribery . No candidate or agent would ever dream of ...
... knowledge of the seducer . Instead of the influence of lucre being an argument against the ballot , as stated by Mr. Mill , it is exactly the reverse ; for it is lucre that constitutes bribery . No candidate or agent would ever dream of ...
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... knowledge , can submit to surrender all the knowledge and enlightenment he may possess to the dictation of a few priests . It may be said , -Yes , but Romanism is constantly gaining converts from the Protestants , and in answer to this ...
... knowledge , can submit to surrender all the knowledge and enlightenment he may possess to the dictation of a few priests . It may be said , -Yes , but Romanism is constantly gaining converts from the Protestants , and in answer to this ...
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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.