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Page 9389
... face of wind and tide , and brigades of troops , attended by all their baggage and artillery , to traverse kingdoms at a pace equal to that of the fleetest race- horse . The Marquess of Worcester had recently observed the expansive ...
... face of wind and tide , and brigades of troops , attended by all their baggage and artillery , to traverse kingdoms at a pace equal to that of the fleetest race- horse . The Marquess of Worcester had recently observed the expansive ...
Page 9398
... brotherly sympathy , when the rich did not grind the faces of the poor , and when the poor did not envy the splendor of the rich . PURITANS GOING TO CHURCH . Photogravure from a painting by 9398 THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.
... brotherly sympathy , when the rich did not grind the faces of the poor , and when the poor did not envy the splendor of the rich . PURITANS GOING TO CHURCH . Photogravure from a painting by 9398 THOMAS BABINGTON MACAULAY.
Page 9399
... face of the earth , —were no vulgar fanatics . Most of their « Behold the fount of mirth , behold the rill Containing mortal perils in itself ; And therefore here to bridle our desires , And to be cautious well doth us befit ...
... face of the earth , —were no vulgar fanatics . Most of their « Behold the fount of mirth , behold the rill Containing mortal perils in itself ; And therefore here to bridle our desires , And to be cautious well doth us befit ...
Page 9400
... face to face . Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions . The differ- ence between the greatest and the meanest of mankind seemed to vanish , when compared with the boundless interval which sep- arated the whole race ...
... face to face . Hence originated their contempt for terrestrial distinctions . The differ- ence between the greatest and the meanest of mankind seemed to vanish , when compared with the boundless interval which sep- arated the whole race ...
Page 9401
... face from him . But when he took his seat in the coun- cil , or girt on his sword for war , these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them . People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages ...
... face from him . But when he took his seat in the coun- cil , or girt on his sword for war , these tempestuous workings of the soul had left no perceptible trace behind them . People who saw nothing of the godly but their uncouth visages ...
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Page 9600 - And the Lord commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
Page 9770 - When we have run our passion's heat, Love hither makes his best retreat. The Gods, that mortal beauty chase, Still in a tree did end their race; Apollo hunted Daphne so, Only that she might laurel grow; And Pan did after Syrinx speed, Not as a nymph, but for a reed.
Page 9760 - He discovereth deep things out of darkness, and bringeth out to light the shadow of death.
Page 9411 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Page 9769 - How vainly men themselves amaze. To win the palm, the oak, or bays: And their incessant labors see Crowned from some single herb, or tree, Whose short and narrow-verged shade Does prudently their toils upbraid; While all the flowers and trees do close, To weave the garlands of repose.
Page 9424 - LARS PORSENA of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array.
Page 9439 - And Appenzel's stout infantry, and Egmont's Flemish spears. There rode the brood of false Lorraine, the curses of our land! And dark Mayenne was in the midst, a truncheon in his hand! And as we looked on them, we thought of Seine's...
Page 9722 - Unto some brutish beast. All beasts are happy, For when they die Their souls are soon dissolved in elements, But mine must live still to be plagued in hell.
Page 9437 - quoth false Sextus, " Will not the villain drown? But for this stay, ere close of day We should have sacked the town !" " Heaven help him ! " quoth Lars Porsena, "And bring him safe to shore; For such a gallant feat of arms Was never seen before.
Page 9721 - Perpetual day; or let this hour be but A year, a month, a week, a natural day, That Faustus may repent and save his soul!