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... interests of every kind were most elaborately walled around . Cities were begirt with walls and bulwarks as a protection from assault ; nations were separated from each other by impregnable barriers of national pride and prejudice ...
... interests of every kind were most elaborately walled around . Cities were begirt with walls and bulwarks as a protection from assault ; nations were separated from each other by impregnable barriers of national pride and prejudice ...
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... interest to the million . What , then , are we to think of those purse - proud members of the Humpty Dumpty family , whose ruling passion is to rear stone walls between themselves and those by whose toils and struggles they have ...
... interest to the million . What , then , are we to think of those purse - proud members of the Humpty Dumpty family , whose ruling passion is to rear stone walls between themselves and those by whose toils and struggles they have ...
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... interests to their Bank Accounts . He who would preserve his heavenly birthright must be prepared to exercise self - denial in regard to pottage . They who would have treasure in heaven must make up their minds to be content with little ...
... interests to their Bank Accounts . He who would preserve his heavenly birthright must be prepared to exercise self - denial in regard to pottage . They who would have treasure in heaven must make up their minds to be content with little ...
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... interests of their rulers from the interests of the ruled that led to their downfall . The masses of the people were treated as mere tools in the hands of their monarchs , who sat " aloft in awful state , " and heard their sighs and ...
... interests of their rulers from the interests of the ruled that led to their downfall . The masses of the people were treated as mere tools in the hands of their monarchs , who sat " aloft in awful state , " and heard their sighs and ...
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... interest , save his own self - interest , out of his regard . " L'etat , c'est moi , " became the motto of that grand Humpty Dumpty . At last the fullness of the time arrived , and crowned and titled Deformity went down together in one ...
... interest , save his own self - interest , out of his regard . " L'etat , c'est moi , " became the motto of that grand Humpty Dumpty . At last the fullness of the time arrived , and crowned and titled Deformity went down together in one ...
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Page 131 - With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows, richly dight, Casting a dim religious light. There let the pealing organ blow To the full-voiced quire below, In service high and anthems clear, As may with sweetness, through mine ear, Dissolve me into ecstasies, And bring all heaven before mine eyes.
Page 47 - So, when the sun in bed, Curtain'd with cloudy red, Pillows his chin upon an orient wave...
Page 112 - Ah! when shall all men's good Be each man's rule, and universal Peace Lie like a shaft of light across the land, And like a lane of beams athwart the sea, Thro' all the circle of the golden year?
Page 79 - JACK and Jill went up the hill, To fetch a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after.
Page 31 - Is. A set of the Diagrams referred to in the book may be had separately, printed on stout paper and enclosed in an envelope. Price Is.
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Page 19 - Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall: Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the King's horses and all the King's men Couldn't put Humpty Dumpty in his place again." "That last line is much too long for the poetry," she added, almost out loud, forgetting that Humpty Dumpty would hear her.
Page 1 - Little Jack Horner sat in a corner, Eating his Christmas pie. He put in his thumb and pulled out a plum, And said,
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Page 23 - Howe'er it be, it seems to me, Tis only noble to be good. Kind hearts are more than coronets, And simple faith than Norman blood.