Selections from the Writings of the Late J. Sydney Taylor: With a Brief Sketch of His Life |
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... never heard of it before - so carefully did the child conceal the injury from all at home , lest it should draw down some blame upon him by whom it had been inflicted . Well might the latter exclaim , " He is indeed a noble boy ; you ...
... never heard of it before - so carefully did the child conceal the injury from all at home , lest it should draw down some blame upon him by whom it had been inflicted . Well might the latter exclaim , " He is indeed a noble boy ; you ...
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... never so successful or enterprising , can scarcely be said to come in even for a younger brother's portion . It must not , however , be denied , that the foundation of scholarships does contribute , in some measure , to remedy this ...
... never so successful or enterprising , can scarcely be said to come in even for a younger brother's portion . It must not , however , be denied , that the foundation of scholarships does contribute , in some measure , to remedy this ...
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... never failed to irradiate the countenance of the one at any little achievement in science , or distinction in literature , which served to enhance the reputation of the other . Wolfe's poetical powers are now acknowledged to have been ...
... never failed to irradiate the countenance of the one at any little achievement in science , or distinction in literature , which served to enhance the reputation of the other . Wolfe's poetical powers are now acknowledged to have been ...
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... never witness the like again . Amongst this body , Sydney Taylor soon obtained considerable notice . There belonged to him a constitutional shyness , which could be overborne only by his love of distinction ; and he himself felt , that ...
... never witness the like again . Amongst this body , Sydney Taylor soon obtained considerable notice . There belonged to him a constitutional shyness , which could be overborne only by his love of distinction ; and he himself felt , that ...
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... never was wanting in a cordial and generous appreciation of youthful talent , wherever it was to be found . We extract a few passages from Mr. Sydney Taylor's address , as well for the purpose of showing the texture and polish of his ...
... never was wanting in a cordial and generous appreciation of youthful talent , wherever it was to be found . We extract a few passages from Mr. Sydney Taylor's address , as well for the purpose of showing the texture and polish of his ...
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Page 417 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page xxxii - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone — But we left him alone with his glory.
Page xliv - Muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times ; and Sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her trust. But fairer wreaths are due — though never paid — To those who, posted at the shrine of Truth, Have fallen in her defence.
Page 276 - When a Prince to the fate of the Peasant has yielded, The tapestry waves dark round the dim-lighted hall ; With scutcheons of silver the coffin is shielded, And pages stand mute by the canopied pall : Through the courts, at deep midnight, the torches are gleaming, In the proudly arched chapel the banners are beaming; Far adown the long aisle sacred music is streaming, Lamenting a Chief of the People should fall.
Page xxxii - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 456 - WHEREAS the late King James the Second, by the Assistance of divers evil Counsellors, Judges, and Ministers employed by him, did endeavour to subvert and extirpate the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom.
Page 323 - ... whole he is taught, practice must also be the whole he will ever know ; if he be uninstructed in the elements and first principles upon which the rule of practice is founded, the least variation from established precedents will totally distract and bewilder him : ita lex...
Page 457 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page xxxii - We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning.
Page 437 - The good must tolerate the evil when it is so strong that it cannot be redressed without danger and...