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... raised up an interposition of second causes , which it cannot get over ; the taught mind - taught by divine philosophy -steps in its might through and over the second causes , to the same end or origin . Thus , if there be a ten- dency ...
... raised up an interposition of second causes , which it cannot get over ; the taught mind - taught by divine philosophy -steps in its might through and over the second causes , to the same end or origin . Thus , if there be a ten- dency ...
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... raised in a style and character more commen- surate with their use . Doubtless we should not be able , but for com- binations of many houses , to obtain such a number of splendid terraces as those in the Regent's Park , and now erecting ...
... raised in a style and character more commen- surate with their use . Doubtless we should not be able , but for com- binations of many houses , to obtain such a number of splendid terraces as those in the Regent's Park , and now erecting ...
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... raised . But is there not something fallacious in this ? There is a beauty in proportion altogether independent of fitness or utility ; and we ought not to allow the influence of that beauty to delude us from the becoming graces of the ...
... raised . But is there not something fallacious in this ? There is a beauty in proportion altogether independent of fitness or utility ; and we ought not to allow the influence of that beauty to delude us from the becoming graces of the ...
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... raised on an old building , part of the cornice and superstructure of the walls are higher than the roof ; by carrying the cornice and superstruc- ture round the east corner , and be- tween the two chimneys , this defect would be ...
... raised on an old building , part of the cornice and superstructure of the walls are higher than the roof ; by carrying the cornice and superstruc- ture round the east corner , and be- tween the two chimneys , this defect would be ...
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... raised , and , now that they are up , it is , we do think , still viewed with an unjust and invidious eye . GENTLEMEN , Much of what I have said on buy- 1830. ] On the Recent Architectural Improvements of London . 21.
... raised , and , now that they are up , it is , we do think , still viewed with an unjust and invidious eye . GENTLEMEN , Much of what I have said on buy- 1830. ] On the Recent Architectural Improvements of London . 21.
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Page 140 - Not Chaos, not The darkest pit of lowest Erebus, Nor aught of blinder vacancy, scooped out By help of dreams, can breed such fear and awe As fall upon us often when we look Into our Minds, into the Mind of Man, My haunt, and the main region of my song.
Page 448 - Lay their bulwarks on the brine; While the sign of battle flew On the lofty British line : It was ten of April morn by the chime : As they drifted on their path, There was silence deep as death; And the boldest held his breath, For a time. But the might of England flushed To anticipate the scene; And her van the fleeter rushed O'er the deadly space between. 'Hearts of oak!
Page 109 - In regions mild of calm and serene air, Above the smoke and stir of this dim spot Which men call Earth, and, with low-thoughted care.
Page 225 - Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you ; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids. Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families that are with you, which they begat in your land : and they shall be your possession. And ye shall take them as an inheritance for your children after you, to inherit them for a possession; they shall be your bondmen for ever...
Page 66 - Gordon ; and every day, from the rising up of the sun to the going down of the same, pray for his health and vigour.
Page 154 - Tis morn, but scarce yon level sun Can pierce the war-clouds, rolling dun, Where furious Frank and fiery Hun Shout in their sulphurous canopy. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave ! Wave, Munich ! all thy banners wave, And charge with all thy chivalry.
Page 412 - Tis time this heart should be unmoved, Since others it hath ceased to move : Yet, though I cannot be beloved, Still let me love! My days are in the yellow leaf; The flowers and fruits of love are gone ; The worm, the canker, and the grief Are mine alone...
Page 41 - To have done, is to hang Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail In monumental mockery. Take the instant way For honour travels in a strait so narrow, W'here one but goes abreast: keep then the path; For emulation hath a thousand sons, That one by one pursue: If you give way...
Page 153 - Nor martial shout, nor minstrel tone, Announced their march, their tread alone : At times one warning trumpet blown, At times a stifled hum, Told England, from his mountain-throne, King James did rushing come...
Page 443 - People have wondered at the melancholy which runs through my writings. Others have wondered at my personal gaiety. But I recollect once, after an hour in which I had been sincerely and particularly gay and rather brilliant, in company, my wife replying to me when I said (upon her remarking my high spirits), ' And yet, Bell, I have been called and miscalled melancholy — you must have seen how falsely, frequently ? ' — ' No, Byron,' she answered, ' it is not so : at heart you are the most melancholy...