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The cause of this predilection may perhaps he traced to that propensity of human
nature which prompts every one to be desirous of seeing the effects of his labour
. The man who plants a gooseberry - garden may , in a very few years , obtain a ...
The cause of this predilection may perhaps he traced to that propensity of human
nature which prompts every one to be desirous of seeing the effects of his labour
. The man who plants a gooseberry - garden may , in a very few years , obtain a ...
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Had any great quantity of it been drifted on our shores , as has often been the
case in Iceland , it would certainly have had a refrigerating effect on the
atmosphere to the distance of several miles , and perhaps more or less
throughout a great ...
Had any great quantity of it been drifted on our shores , as has often been the
case in Iceland , it would certainly have had a refrigerating effect on the
atmosphere to the distance of several miles , and perhaps more or less
throughout a great ...
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sion of dazzling splendour which the history of these times leaves upon our
minds , is often all concentrated in our imaginations into one point , and we forget
that the individual rays by whose united effect this bright effulgence is produced ...
sion of dazzling splendour which the history of these times leaves upon our
minds , is often all concentrated in our imaginations into one point , and we forget
that the individual rays by whose united effect this bright effulgence is produced ...
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The effect of these laws upon the morals of the people is equally pernicious .
They open a wide door to treachery and ingratitude . To purchase a possibility of
being enforced , the law neither has nor can have any other -resource than that of
...
The effect of these laws upon the morals of the people is equally pernicious .
They open a wide door to treachery and ingratitude . To purchase a possibility of
being enforced , the law neither has nor can have any other -resource than that of
...
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79 than what might have been acquired by assiduous application ; its effects
would have been very circumscribed , and very greatly inferior , in every respect ,
to that of every one present hearing , at the same time , in his own language .
79 than what might have been acquired by assiduous application ; its effects
would have been very circumscribed , and very greatly inferior , in every respect ,
to that of every one present hearing , at the same time , in his own language .
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Page 292 - nature. The man that hath not music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be
Page 201 - grounds; And, many a year elaps'd, return to view Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew ; Here, as with doubtful, pensive steps I range, Trace every scene and wonder at the change, Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.
Page 469 - womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale :—Look back ! l,o ; where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread,—a matchless cataract,
Page 200 - And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a babe, 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 345 - said unto him. Art thou an Ephraimite ? If he said nay, then said they unto him, say now Shibboleth : and he said, Sibboleth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan.
Page 467 - rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strew« Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away,
Page 469 - on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hnes with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 465 - echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone— but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade— but Nature doth not die,
Page 466 - Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolate bosoms : mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence,—not bestow'd In vain should such example be ; if they, Things of ignoble or of
Page 14 - if the blood, ! In sluggish streams about my heart, forbid : That best ambition, under closing shades Inglorious lay me by the lowly brook, And whisper to my dreams. From Thee begin, Dwell all on Thee, with Thee conclude my song ; And let me never, never stray from Thee ! Autumn,