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" Such a spirit is Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture 'to crush her ! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful... "
Selections Fron the Edinburgh Review, Comprising the Best Articles in that ... - Page 56
1835
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A Practical System of Rhetoric: Or, The Principles and Rules of Style ...

Samuel Phillips Newman - English language - 1834 - 320 pages
...grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her. And happy are those, who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful chape, shall at length be rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and glory." In the arrangement...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1869 - 420 pages
...growls, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded...evils which newly acquired freedom produces — and t'nat cure is freedom! When a prisoner leaves his cell, he cannot bear the light of day; he is unable...
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Golden Sheaves Gathered from the Fields of Ancient and Modern Literature: A ...

Horace A. Cleveland - Literature - 1869 - 610 pages
...She grovels/ she hisses, she -swings. But wo to those who in disgust shall crush her. And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded...glory. There is only one cure for the evils which newly-acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom ! When a prisoner leaves his cell he cannot...
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Choice Specimens of English Literature: Selected from the Chief English ...

Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - English literature - 1850 - 492 pages
...she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust ihall venture to crush her I And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded...produces — and that cure is freedom! When a prisoner leaves his cell, he cannot bear the light of day; he is unable to discriminate colors, or recognize...
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History of English Literature, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 568 pages
...she hisses, she stings. Hut woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her ! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! ' 1 These noble words come from the heart ; the fount is full, and though it flows, it never becomes...
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History of English literature, tr. by H. van Laun, Volume 2

Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her ! And happy are those who. having dared to receive her in her degraded...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! ' * These noble words come from the heart ; the fount is full, and though it flows, it never becomes...
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History of English Literature, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 586 pages
...hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crash her ! And happy are thos* who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! '* These noble words come from the heart; the fount is full, and thouirh it flows, it never becomes...
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History of English Literature, Volume 2

Hippolyte Taine - English literature - 1871 - 572 pages
...she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her ! And happy are those wfoo, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory 1 '* These noble words come from the heart ; the fount is full, and though it flows, it never becomes...
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Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric: A Series of Practial Lessons on ...

George Payn Quackenbos - English language - 1871 - 468 pages
...grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her! And happy are those, who, having dared to receive her in her degraded...frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by her iii the time of her beauty and glory 1" § 409. A definition may be amplified by presenting the meaning...
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Progressive Exercises in English Composition

Richard Green Parker - English language - 1871 - 254 pages
...children, to follow the course which will make us happy. 14. Lord Macaulay thus speaks of Liberty: "There is only one cure for the evils which newly...acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom." 15. Did you leave the house before dark ? I did. 16. Idleness, idleness, I say, produces more than...
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