The British Controversialist and Literary MagazineHoulston and Stonemen, 1869 |
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... possible , and yet were brought so closely into competition with others that experiments were varied as the need and the hour changed . Despotism , which had been the bane of the mighty civilizations of the ancient world , could effect ...
... possible , and yet were brought so closely into competition with others that experiments were varied as the need and the hour changed . Despotism , which had been the bane of the mighty civilizations of the ancient world , could effect ...
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... possible , of his long- cherished aim in regard to the history of Greece . In his intention , which was stated to be inflexible , the citizens of London acquiesced , and he has ceased since then to take any active public part in the ...
... possible , of his long- cherished aim in regard to the history of Greece . In his intention , which was stated to be inflexible , the citizens of London acquiesced , and he has ceased since then to take any active public part in the ...
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... in secret and had acquired the irresponsibility of being unknown ? Practically the ballot could not fail to lead to evil consequences by making that possible . " Opportunity , " says an old author , " 28 OUGHT WE NOW TO HAVE THE BALLOT ?
... in secret and had acquired the irresponsibility of being unknown ? Practically the ballot could not fail to lead to evil consequences by making that possible . " Opportunity , " says an old author , " 28 OUGHT WE NOW TO HAVE THE BALLOT ?
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... possible opportunity to gain and retain obedience from its followers , viz . , it has proved their plea that they are oppressed , and are suffering from a political persecu- tion . A recent writer on the subject - a Catholic - begs his ...
... possible opportunity to gain and retain obedience from its followers , viz . , it has proved their plea that they are oppressed , and are suffering from a political persecu- tion . A recent writer on the subject - a Catholic - begs his ...
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... possible to Will . " Godward in every pulsation of " the two - celled heart " within us , in every throb of the dual brain , in every power of our duplex nature ; in every idea which quickens , and gladdens , or solemnizes , and saddens ...
... possible to Will . " Godward in every pulsation of " the two - celled heart " within us , in every throb of the dual brain , in every power of our duplex nature ; in every idea which quickens , and gladdens , or solemnizes , and saddens ...
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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.