Selections from the Writings of the Late J. Sydney Taylor: With a Brief Sketch of His LifeC. Gilpin, 1843 - 496 páginas |
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... proved in all respects , to him as well as to his other youthful brothers , a second father . In devoting himself to their advancement , he seemed to find an equivalent for sacrifices which are seldom made , except for some engrossing ...
... proved in all respects , to him as well as to his other youthful brothers , a second father . In devoting himself to their advancement , he seemed to find an equivalent for sacrifices which are seldom made , except for some engrossing ...
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... prove it a blessing that he was bequeathed their experience . ' There let the votary of ambition peruse and tremble , when he beholds ' the noble - minded , the generous , the highly - cultivated prince , —who ' scorned to steal a ...
... prove it a blessing that he was bequeathed their experience . ' There let the votary of ambition peruse and tremble , when he beholds ' the noble - minded , the generous , the highly - cultivated prince , —who ' scorned to steal a ...
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... proved fatal , but which was not seriously adverted to , until it had proceeded so far as to baffle all the skill of the ablest medical advisers . Unhappily , too , he had had an insurmountable aversion to consulting them , until ...
... proved fatal , but which was not seriously adverted to , until it had proceeded so far as to baffle all the skill of the ablest medical advisers . Unhappily , too , he had had an insurmountable aversion to consulting them , until ...
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... and his nature , " and touched those chords to which the feelings of society are responsive : the other proved that the abstruse study and acuteness which are requisite to eminence in the practice of chancery , could 2 ROMILLY .
... and his nature , " and touched those chords to which the feelings of society are responsive : the other proved that the abstruse study and acuteness which are requisite to eminence in the practice of chancery , could 2 ROMILLY .
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... proved by his practice that he knew the value of eloquent and correct exposition ; yet his manner in parliament , perhaps , derived its coldness from the habit of the school in which he was trained , and from which so few ever arise ...
... proved by his practice that he knew the value of eloquent and correct exposition ; yet his manner in parliament , perhaps , derived its coldness from the habit of the school in which he was trained , and from which so few ever arise ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 437 - The good must tolerate the evil when it is so strong that it cannot be redressed without danger and...