The Condition and Fate of England ...J. & H.G. Langley, 1843 |
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... spirit of the feudal and of the modern age . BOOK THE SECOND . - The General Condition of the mass of the British People in past ages - their burdens and sufferings , during centuries of unre- lieved oppression . BOOK THE THIRD . - The ...
... spirit of the feudal and of the modern age . BOOK THE SECOND . - The General Condition of the mass of the British People in past ages - their burdens and sufferings , during centuries of unre- lieved oppression . BOOK THE THIRD . - The ...
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... spirit she has summoned forth . Having taught the people knowledge — they are now sternly and intelligently demanding their rights ; having taught the people strength - they are shaking the throne with its first experiment . Proud in ...
... spirit she has summoned forth . Having taught the people knowledge — they are now sternly and intelligently demanding their rights ; having taught the people strength - they are shaking the throne with its first experiment . Proud in ...
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... it is assailed , the spirit of feudal times ; they feel there is some- thing ominous to them in the activity and rest- lessness of the present age . As from this height I looked down on miserable habitations 34 POWER AND MAGNIFICENCE.
... it is assailed , the spirit of feudal times ; they feel there is some- thing ominous to them in the activity and rest- lessness of the present age . As from this height I looked down on miserable habitations 34 POWER AND MAGNIFICENCE.
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... spirit and worthless magnificence of England , than when whole ranks were mowed down by the scythe of war . But one who looks at England as she now is , must be struck with the moral change which is so rapidly working throughout her ...
... spirit and worthless magnificence of England , than when whole ranks were mowed down by the scythe of war . But one who looks at England as she now is , must be struck with the moral change which is so rapidly working throughout her ...
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... spirit of the age . The people followed , not principles , but men . All other considerations were lost in enthusiasm for the personal heroism of their leader . If you wished to rouse the energies of a nation to move in some great ...
... spirit of the age . The people followed , not principles , but men . All other considerations were lost in enthusiasm for the personal heroism of their leader . If you wished to rouse the energies of a nation to move in some great ...
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Página 32 - I rightly conceived your meaning ; and if, as you say, confessing a truth indeed may procure my safety, I shall with all willingness and duty, perform your command. " But let not your grace ever imagine that your poor wife will ever be brought to acknowledge a fault, where not so much as a thought thereof preceded.
Página 50 - Enemies' of the French, there are successively selected, during the French war, say thirty able-bodied men; Dumdrudge, at her own expense, has suckled and nursed them : she has, not without difficulty and sorrow, fed them up to manhood, and even trained them to crafts, so that one can weave, another build, another hammer, and the weakest can stand under thirty stone avoirdupois.
Página 51 - is given : and they blow the souls out of one another ; and in place of sixty brisk useful craftsmen, the world has sixty dead carcasses, which it must bury, and anew shed tears for. Had these men any quarrel ? Busy as the Devil is, not the smallest ! They lived far enough apart ; were the entirest strangers ; nay, in so wide a Universe, there was even, unconsciously, by Commerce, some mutual helpfulness between them. How then ? Simpleton ! their Governors had fallen out ; and, instead of shooting...
Página 120 - O'er treasures burthening life, and buried deep In cavern-tomb, and sought through shades and stealth, By some pale mortal, trembling at his wealth. But woe for those who trample o'er a mind ! A deathless thing ! They know not what they do, Nor what they deal with. Man perchance may bind The flower his step hath bruised ; or light anew The torch he quenches ; or to music wind Again the lyre-string from his touch that flew ; — But for the soul I — oh I tremble, and beware To lay rude hands upon...
Página 259 - I wish to call the attention of the Board to the pits about Brampton. The seams are so thin that several of them have only two feet headway to all the working. They are worked altogether by boys from eight to twelve years of age, on all-fours, with a dog belt and chain. The passages being neither ironed nor wooded, and often an inch or two thick with mud. In Mr. Barnes...
Página 235 - We have offended, Oh! my countrymen! We have offended very grievously, And been most tyrannous. From east to west A groan of accusation pierces Heaven! The wretched plead against us; multitudes Countless and vehement, the sons of God, Our brethren!
Página 32 - God that he will pardon your great sin therein, and likewise mine enemies, the instruments thereof, and that he will not call you to a strict account for your unprincely and cruel usage of me, at his general judgment-seat, where both you and myself must shortly appear, and in whose judgment I doubt not, whatsoever the world' may think of me, mine innocence shall be openly known and sufficiently cleared.
Página 266 - I found assembled round a fire a group of men, boys, and girls, some of whom were of the age of puberty; the girls as well as the boys stark naked down to the waist, their hair bound up with a tight cap, and trousers supported by their hips.
Página 272 - I am decidedly of opinion that women brought up in this way lay aside all modesty, and scarcely know what it is but by name. Another injurious effect arises from the modern construction of cottages, where the father, mother and children are all huddled together in one bed-room ; this tends to still more demoralization.
Página 56 - It is a melancholy truth, that among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than an hundred and sixty have been declared by act of parliament to be felonies without the benefit of clergy; or, in other words to be worthy of instant death.