Driftwood, Seaweed, and Fallen LeavesHurst and Blackett, 1863 |
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... hand , of all corrupting and destructive forces , a corrupt press is the greatest . It lives by pandering to the basest appetites - kindling vile passions —writing down to the level of the depraved , instead of trying to lift up the ...
... hand , of all corrupting and destructive forces , a corrupt press is the greatest . It lives by pandering to the basest appetites - kindling vile passions —writing down to the level of the depraved , instead of trying to lift up the ...
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... hand less dear for sceptre than for ring , And hold her uncrowned womanhood to be the royal thing . " The latter is a graphic and poetic portrait of Napoleon . There is a hue of sorrow tinging almost all the poetry of Elizabeth Browning ...
... hand less dear for sceptre than for ring , And hold her uncrowned womanhood to be the royal thing . " The latter is a graphic and poetic portrait of Napoleon . There is a hue of sorrow tinging almost all the poetry of Elizabeth Browning ...
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... hand of the Great Redeemer . The mother recollects this day that some of her children are far off on the sea or in some remote colony , but she is com- forted by the thought that the protecting presence of Him whom this day commemorates ...
... hand of the Great Redeemer . The mother recollects this day that some of her children are far off on the sea or in some remote colony , but she is com- forted by the thought that the protecting presence of Him whom this day commemorates ...
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... hand on her sword - hilt ; Russia is not yet done with ; Turkey in Europe is dying out , and somebody will set a covetous eye on Constantinople ; the spirit of evil is active in Ireland and America , and the agitators of the hour are ...
... hand on her sword - hilt ; Russia is not yet done with ; Turkey in Europe is dying out , and somebody will set a covetous eye on Constantinople ; the spirit of evil is active in Ireland and America , and the agitators of the hour are ...
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... hands of our gracious God , without whose will a sparrow can- not fall to the ground . I place my whole trust in Him . Should I fall in the performance of my duty , I fully rely in the precious blood of our Saviour , shed for sinners ...
... hands of our gracious God , without whose will a sparrow can- not fall to the ground . I place my whole trust in Him . Should I fall in the performance of my duty , I fully rely in the precious blood of our Saviour , shed for sinners ...
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Página 325 - Where some, like magistrates correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad, Others, like soldiers, armed in. their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds, Which pillage they with merry march bring home To the tent-royal of their emperor...
Página 169 - His hair is crisp, and black, and long, His face is like the tan; His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can, And looks the whole world in the face, For he owes not any man.
Página 169 - And children coming home from school Look in at the open door ; They love to see the flaming forge, And hear the bellows roar, And catch the burning sparks that fly Like chaff from a threshing-floor.
Página 184 - Let us be patient! These severe afflictions Not from the ground arise, But oftentimes celestial benedictions Assume this dark disguise. We see but dimly through the mists and vapours; Amid these earthly damps What seem to us but sad, funereal tapers May be heaven's distant lamps.
Página 111 - I'll leave you till night: you are welcome to Elsinore. Ros. Good my lord ! [Exeunt Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. Ham. Ay, so, God be wi' you : — Now I am alone. O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I ! Is it not monstrous, that this player here, But in a fiction, in a dream of passion, Could force his soul so to his own conceit...
Página 325 - Obedience ! for so work the honey-bees, Creatures that by a rule in nature teach The art of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king and officers of sorts ; Where some, like magistrates, correct at home, Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad...
Página 192 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!
Página 82 - The human sorrow and smart ! And yet it never was in my soul To play so ill a part : But evil is wrought by want of Thought, As well as want of Heart...
Página 184 - ... child shall we again behold her ; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child ; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion. Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face. And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed, The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean* That cannot be at rest, — We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We may not wholly stay ; By silence...
Página 246 - But during the last three centuries, to stunt the growth of the human mind has been her chief object. Throughout Christendom, whatever advance has been made in knowledge, in freedom, in wealth, and in the arts of life, has been made in spite of her, and has everywhere been in inverse proportion to her power.