Memoirs of Eminent Etonians: With Notices of the Early History of Eton CollegeR. Bentley, 1850 - 504 páginas |
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... hands the government of both our kingdoms , have from the very commencement of our riper age , turned it in our mind ... hand are the hearts of all princes , in order that He may the more graciously lighten our heart , so that we may ...
... hands the government of both our kingdoms , have from the very commencement of our riper age , turned it in our mind ... hand are the hearts of all princes , in order that He may the more graciously lighten our heart , so that we may ...
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... hands should be adorned with every possible splendour and dignity . It then expresses the truly royal sentiment , that " If men are ennobled on account of ancient hereditary wealth , much more is he to be preferred and to be styled ...
... hands should be adorned with every possible splendour and dignity . It then expresses the truly royal sentiment , that " If men are ennobled on account of ancient hereditary wealth , much more is he to be preferred and to be styled ...
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... hands and thanked God thereof . And he said he never knew till that time , nor wist not what was said to him , nor wist not where he had been , whilst he had been sick , till now . " It was probably the birth of this heir to the House ...
... hands and thanked God thereof . And he said he never knew till that time , nor wist not what was said to him , nor wist not where he had been , whilst he had been sick , till now . " It was probably the birth of this heir to the House ...
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... hand . No certain evidence ever was or ever can be found as to the precise mode of King Henry's death ; and the characters of Edward the Fourth and Richard the Third form the strongest testimony against them . Henry's body was first ...
... hand . No certain evidence ever was or ever can be found as to the precise mode of King Henry's death ; and the characters of Edward the Fourth and Richard the Third form the strongest testimony against them . Henry's body was first ...
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... hand and counsel of God , by which he was advanced to the throne of his ancestors . ' " Lord Chancellor Rotherham now found it convenient to pass an act repealing all the statutes , and nullifying all the proceedings of 9 Lord ...
... hand and counsel of God , by which he was advanced to the throne of his ancestors . ' " Lord Chancellor Rotherham now found it convenient to pass an act repealing all the statutes , and nullifying all the proceedings of 9 Lord ...
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Página 490 - That light whose smile kindles the universe, That beauty in which all things work and move, That benediction which the eclipsing curse Of birth can quench not, that sustaining Love Which, through the web of being blindly wove By man and beast and earth and air and sea, Burns bright or dim, as each are mirrors of The fire for which all thirst, now beams on me, Consuming the last clouds of cold mortality.
Página 489 - The One remains, the many change and pass; Heaven's light forever shines, Earth's shadows fly; Life, like a dome of many-coloured glass, Stains the white radiance of Eternity, Until Death tramples it to fragments.— Die, If thou wouldst be with that which thou dost seek!
Página 239 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dovetailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic; such a tesselated pavement without cement; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies: that it was indeed a very curious show; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand...
Página 316 - Fair laughs the morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes; Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm; Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That, hush'd in grim repose, expects his evening prey.
Página 313 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who, to dumb forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing, lingering look behind?
Página 247 - to use all the means which God and nature have put into our hands." I am astonished, I am shocked, to hear such principles confessed ; to hear them avowed in this house, or in this country.
Página 250 - I rejoice that the grave has not closed upon me ; that I am still alive to lift up my voice against the dismemberment of this ancient and most noble monarchy.
Página 308 - That every labouring sinew strains. Those in the deeper vitals rage : Lo Poverty, to fill the band, That numbs the soul with icy hand, And slow-consuming Age. To each his sufferings : all are men, Condemn'd alike to groan ; The tender for another's pain, Th
Página 497 - The sun is warm, the sky is clear, The waves are dancing fast and bright, Blue isles and snowy mountains wear The purple noon's transparent might, The breath of the moist earth is light, Around its unexpanded buds ; Like many a voice of one delight, The winds, the birds, the ocean floods, The City's voice itself, is soft like Solitude's.
Página 449 - ... it would assume the likeness of an animated thing, instinct with life and motion — how soon it would ruffle, as it were, its swelling plumage — how quickly it would put forth all its beauty and its bravery, collect its scattered elements of strength, and awaken its dormant thunder. Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might — such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless she silently concentrates the power to...