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... opinions on subjects which were in his time , as well as now , of great public interest , I have adhered , and shall adhere , to those opinions as the guides of my public conduct . Where I can only reason from analogy on new questions ...
... opinions on subjects which were in his time , as well as now , of great public interest , I have adhered , and shall adhere , to those opinions as the guides of my public conduct . Where I can only reason from analogy on new questions ...
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... opinion of Lord Byron . " Canning , " said Lord Byron , " is a genius , almost an universal one , an orator , a wit , a poet , and a statesman ; " and again , in his Age of Bronze , one of his latest poems , he writes thus : " Yet ...
... opinion of Lord Byron . " Canning , " said Lord Byron , " is a genius , almost an universal one , an orator , a wit , a poet , and a statesman ; " and again , in his Age of Bronze , one of his latest poems , he writes thus : " Yet ...
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... opinion and good- will . I must add , that the value of the gift itself has been greatly enhanced by the manner in which your worthy and honorable Recorder has developed the motives which suggested it , and the sentiments which it is ...
... opinion and good- will . I must add , that the value of the gift itself has been greatly enhanced by the manner in which your worthy and honorable Recorder has developed the motives which suggested it , and the sentiments which it is ...
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... constitution as it acts , and as it is influenced in its action ; but should omit from his enumeration that mighty power of Public Opinion , embodied in a Free Press , which pervades , and checks , and , perhaps , 14 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF.
... constitution as it acts , and as it is influenced in its action ; but should omit from his enumeration that mighty power of Public Opinion , embodied in a Free Press , which pervades , and checks , and , perhaps , 14 BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR OF.
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... opinion of Mr. Canning's abilities , as an orator , ought not to be considered overrated , but we forbear . The passages we have already quoted sufficiently prove the brilliancy of his imagination , and the extraordinary powers of ...
... opinion of Mr. Canning's abilities , as an orator , ought not to be considered overrated , but we forbear . The passages we have already quoted sufficiently prove the brilliancy of his imagination , and the extraordinary powers of ...
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Page 289 - When I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
Page 289 - When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me ; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion: when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow...
Page 47 - And should my youth, as youth is apt, I know, Some harshness show, All vain asperities I day by day Would wear away, Till the smooth temper of my age should be Like the high leaves upon the Holly tree.
Page 48 - How beautiful is night ! A dewy freshness fills the silent air, No mist obscures, nor cloud, nor speck, nor stain, Breaks the serene of heaven : In full-orbed glory yonder moon divine Rolls through the dark blue depths.
Page 363 - Singing of Mount Abora. Could I revive within me Her symphony and song, To such a deep delight 'twould win me, That with music loud and long, I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome ! those caves of ice ! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware ! Beware ! His flashing eyes, his floating hair ! Weave a circle round him thrice, And close your eyes with holy dread, For he on honey-dew hath fed, And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Page 409 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 363 - They parted — ne'er to meet again! But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between: But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 409 - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that, whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 363 - For a lady's chamber meet : The lamp with twofold silver chain Is fastened to an angel's feet.
Page 12 - Such as is one of these magnificent machines when springing from inaction into a display of its might, such is England herself, while apparently passive and motionless, she silently concentrates the power to be put forth on an adequate occasion.