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... the double shame of being desirous , and of being unable , to protect a criminal . A mule , with a jar of oil , had been stolen near Capranica ; and the lord of the Ursini family was condemned to restore B 2 GIBBON . ] 3 RIENZI .
... the double shame of being desirous , and of being unable , to protect a criminal . A mule , with a jar of oil , had been stolen near Capranica ; and the lord of the Ursini family was condemned to restore B 2 GIBBON . ] 3 RIENZI .
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... Lord Binning , to the Scotch Church , London Wall , to hear Dr. Chalmers . Vast crowds . So pleased with him that I went again , getting in at a window with Lady D. , over iron palisades , on a bench . Chalmers most awful on carnal and ...
... Lord Binning , to the Scotch Church , London Wall , to hear Dr. Chalmers . Vast crowds . So pleased with him that I went again , getting in at a window with Lady D. , over iron palisades , on a bench . Chalmers most awful on carnal and ...
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... Lord Shaftes- bury , and shared the disgrace of that statesman ; returned from exile at the Revolution of 1688 , and was employed by the government of William III . The following extract is from his Reasonableness of Christianity ' - an ...
... Lord Shaftes- bury , and shared the disgrace of that statesman ; returned from exile at the Revolution of 1688 , and was employed by the government of William III . The following extract is from his Reasonableness of Christianity ' - an ...
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... Lord was building , some cutting , some squaring the marble , others hewing the cedars , there should be a sort of irrational men who could not consider there must be many schisms and many dissections made in the quarry and in the ...
... Lord was building , some cutting , some squaring the marble , others hewing the cedars , there should be a sort of irrational men who could not consider there must be many schisms and many dissections made in the quarry and in the ...
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... Lord's people are become prophets . No marvel then though some men , and some good men too , perhaps but young in goodness , as Joshua then was , envy them . They fret , and out of their own weakness are in agony , lest these divisions ...
... Lord's people are become prophets . No marvel then though some men , and some good men too , perhaps but young in goodness , as Joshua then was , envy them . They fret , and out of their own weakness are in agony , lest these divisions ...
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affection ALBERT DURER appeared beauty bittern blessing called Castle Rackrent character death delight desire divine doth earth evil eyes father fear feel genius Giaour give glory gold hame hand happiness hath hear heard heart heaven Heir of Linne honour hope human Jason king labour land learned LEOPOLD SCHEFER light Little John live look Lord Lord Wilmot manner master mind Mississippi Company moral nature neighbours never night noble o'er observed pain pass passion perhaps person pleasure poet poetical poetry poor reason rich Richard Penderell Rienzi Robin Robin Hood scarcely seemed self-love ship Sir Condy Sir Edward smile song soul spirit sweet tell thee thine things thought tion truth Vathek Vicar of Bray Vicar of Wakefield virtue whole wind wisdom words
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Página 55 - And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold : And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald. And through the drifts the snowy clifts Did send a dismal sheen : Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around : It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound...
Página 58 - It ceased ; yet still the sails made on A pleasant noise till noon, A noise like of a hidden brook In the leafy month of June, That to the sleeping woods all night Singeth a quiet tune.
Página 59 - Doth close behind him tread. But soon there breathed a wind on me, Nor sound nor motion made: Its path was not upon the sea, In ripple or in shade. It raised my hair, it fanned my cheek Like a meadow-gale of spring — It mingled strangely with my fears, Yet it felt like a welcoming. Swiftly, swiftly flew the ship, Yet she sailed softly too: Sweetly, sweetly blew the breeze — On me alone it blew.
Página 55 - And now the STORM-BLAST came, and he Was tyrannous and strong: He struck with his o'ertaking wings, And chased us south along. With sloping masts and dipping prow, As who pursued with yell and blow Still treads the shadow of his foe, And forward bends his head, The ship drove fast, loud roared the blast, And southward aye we fled. And now there came both mist and snow, And it grew wondrous cold: And ice, mast-high, came floating by, As green as emerald.
Página 30 - And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core; To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells With a sweet kernel ; to set budding more, And still more, later flowers for the bees, Until they think warm days will never cease ; For Summer has o'erbrimm'd their clammy cells.
Página 176 - He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again...
Página 82 - A wet sheet and a flowing sea, A wind that follows fast, And fills the white and rustling sail, And bends the gallant mast; And bends the gallant mast, my boys, While, like the eagle free, Away the good ship flies, and leaves Old England on the lee. O for a soft and gentle wind...
Página 58 - O happy living things ! no tongue Their beauty might declare : A spring of love gushed from my heart, And I blessed them unaware : Sure my kind saint took pity on me, And I blessed them unaware.
Página 212 - gainst that season comes Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated, The bird of dawning singeth all night long...
Página 235 - ... and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men: as if there were sought in knowledge a couch, whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace, for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state, for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground, for strife and contention; or a shop, for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse, for the glory of the Creator and...