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... possessed by the old , and thus consolidating an union of hearts and affections . We can , therefore , easily apprehend the principle of policy upon which England would be likely to have acted had she conquered Ireland — namely , that ...
... possessed by the old , and thus consolidating an union of hearts and affections . We can , therefore , easily apprehend the principle of policy upon which England would be likely to have acted had she conquered Ireland — namely , that ...
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... possessed a Parliament ; and as we walk the streets of our beautiful city , our senses teach us this was a capital and seat of the Parlia- ment of a Kingdom . The history of the city wherein we live is read even less than the history of ...
... possessed a Parliament ; and as we walk the streets of our beautiful city , our senses teach us this was a capital and seat of the Parlia- ment of a Kingdom . The history of the city wherein we live is read even less than the history of ...
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... possessed of abilities , had not time to accomplish his great undertaking . Sir J. Davis says : - " But let us see the success of King Henry II . Doubtless his expedition was such as he might have said , with Cæsar , Veni , vidi , vici ...
... possessed of abilities , had not time to accomplish his great undertaking . Sir J. Davis says : - " But let us see the success of King Henry II . Doubtless his expedition was such as he might have said , with Cæsar , Veni , vidi , vici ...
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... possessed of learning and of talents ; but , like his race , haughty and passionate , and when he became intoxicated by power , or swollen by vanity , was intractable , cruel , and overbearing . Of Ireland he pro- claimed himself king ...
... possessed of learning and of talents ; but , like his race , haughty and passionate , and when he became intoxicated by power , or swollen by vanity , was intractable , cruel , and overbearing . Of Ireland he pro- claimed himself king ...
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... possessed of the originality , energy , honesty , and capacity of Swift , the management of political affairs , and the true interests of the country , would have speedily been improved , instead of being shamefully neglected . Swift ...
... possessed of the originality , energy , honesty , and capacity of Swift , the management of political affairs , and the true interests of the country , would have speedily been improved , instead of being shamefully neglected . Swift ...
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Page 297 - In every government, though terrors reign, Though tyrant kings, or tyrant laws restrain, How small, of all that human hearts endure, That part which laws or kings can cause or cure.
Page 309 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind ; Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. " Down with him ! " cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena,
Page 286 - I received one morning a message from poor Goldsmith that he was in great distress, and as it was not in his power to come to me, begging that I would come to him as soon as possible. I sent him a guinea, and promised to come to him directly. I accordingly went as soon as I was dressed, and found that his landlady had arrested him for his rent, at which he was in a violent passion. I perceived that he had already changed my guinea, and had got a bottle of Madeira and a glass before him.
Page 312 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place.
Page 275 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 290 - Goldsmith's abridgment is better than that of Lucius Florus or Eutropius; and I will venture to say that if you compare him with Vertot, in the same places of the Roman History, you will find that he excels Vertot. Sir, he has the art of compiling, and of saying every thing he has to say in a pleasing manner. He is now writing a Natural History, and will make it as entertaining as a Persian Tale.
Page 310 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank ; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Page 296 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise, Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 287 - I put the cork into the bottle, desired he would be calm, and began to talk to him of the means by which he might be extricated. He then told me that he had a novel ready for the press, which he produced to me. I looked into it, and saw its merit ; told the landlady I should soon return, and having gone to a bookseller, sold it for sixty pounds. I brought Goldsmith the money, and he discharged his rent, not without rating his landlady in a high tone for having used him so ill '." My next meeting...
Page 310 - And now he feels the bottom ; Now on dry earth he stands ; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands ; And now with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the River-gate, Borne by the joyous crowd.