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The novel ends with Lord Oldborough ' s unexpected discovery of a son in Mr .
Henry , a person of little importance to the story in any other respect . These are
the outlines of the story ; and out of these materials , neither very original ,
perhaps ...
The novel ends with Lord Oldborough ' s unexpected discovery of a son in Mr .
Henry , a person of little importance to the story in any other respect . These are
the outlines of the story ; and out of these materials , neither very original ,
perhaps ...
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Any comparison with so happy an effort of so great a master , would necessarily
be unfair ; but the truth is , that in this respect Miss Edgeworth is inferior , not only
to those that are generally her superiors , but to many among those that are ...
Any comparison with so happy an effort of so great a master , would necessarily
be unfair ; but the truth is , that in this respect Miss Edgeworth is inferior , not only
to those that are generally her superiors , but to many among those that are ...
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... and also , to have given the poet a carte - blanche , to be filled up in respect
both to time and subject , according to his own judgment . That no degrading
conditions have been imposed on Mr . Southey , we have the evidence of bis first
ode ...
... and also , to have given the poet a carte - blanche , to be filled up in respect
both to time and subject , according to his own judgment . That no degrading
conditions have been imposed on Mr . Southey , we have the evidence of bis first
ode ...
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... but for the prevalence of the same folly among persons of greater importance ;
certainly not among the allied sovereigns , whose conduct in this , as in most
oiher respects , has hitherto been ' marked with sound sense and consistency .
... but for the prevalence of the same folly among persons of greater importance ;
certainly not among the allied sovereigns , whose conduct in this , as in most
oiher respects , has hitherto been ' marked with sound sense and consistency .
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It is impossible to detest Bonaparte more than we do , as a tyrant and a man
utterly regardless of the blood he sheds ; but in this respect , he resembles other
heroes ; and certainly Charles XII . was not sparing of his people . At Berlin the
same ...
It is impossible to detest Bonaparte more than we do , as a tyrant and a man
utterly regardless of the blood he sheds ; but in this respect , he resembles other
heroes ; and certainly Charles XII . was not sparing of his people . At Berlin the
same ...
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Page 516 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 433 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 420 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 433 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 418 - For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
Page 424 - On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 422 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 419 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 434 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 286 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.