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... means been owing to chance , as they had invidiously al- leged , that the series of our victories in the peninsula had con- tinued unbroken . Before these things could be accomplished , the battle of Leipsic had taken place , and ...
... means been owing to chance , as they had invidiously al- leged , that the series of our victories in the peninsula had con- tinued unbroken . Before these things could be accomplished , the battle of Leipsic had taken place , and ...
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... means of honorable resentment , may fairly be considered as a proof of his having had no wish to render the injury mortal . — The parties being reconciled , it became their duty to contrive the best means of rendering their ...
... means of honorable resentment , may fairly be considered as a proof of his having had no wish to render the injury mortal . — The parties being reconciled , it became their duty to contrive the best means of rendering their ...
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... means to enable her to preserve her wonted state , we think we might safely look to the east for a supply . India is important to England as a prop of her ma- rine , of her commerce , of her dignity among nations : but it is not ...
... means to enable her to preserve her wonted state , we think we might safely look to the east for a supply . India is important to England as a prop of her ma- rine , of her commerce , of her dignity among nations : but it is not ...
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... means no more than very narrow . STEEV . Perilous , narrow ' means in this place much more than very nar- row . It is used to signify perilous on account of its narrowness . Every one knows that sailing in a narrow sea is infinitely ...
... means no more than very narrow . STEEV . Perilous , narrow ' means in this place much more than very nar- row . It is used to signify perilous on account of its narrowness . Every one knows that sailing in a narrow sea is infinitely ...
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... means be admitted . The words of the quartos may with some little alteration ( as hues for dews , disastrous for disasters ) be restored to the text . The line And prologue to the omens coming on is misplaced it should immediately ...
... means be admitted . The words of the quartos may with some little alteration ( as hues for dews , disastrous for disasters ) be restored to the text . The line And prologue to the omens coming on is misplaced it should immediately ...
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Page 37 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off ; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Page 236 - Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left.
Page 381 - And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...
Page 150 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Page 215 - He does not know at what time this heavy calamity fell upon him ; he is tortured with the most afflicting of all human sensations. When he looks at the children, whom he is by law bound to protect and to provide for, and from whose existence he ought to receive the delightful return which the union of instinct and reason has provided for the continuation of the world, he knows not whether he is lavishing his fondness and affection upon his own children, or upon the seed of a villain sown in the bed...
Page 591 - Nothing more abhorrent from the principles and maxims of the sacred oracles can be conceived, than the idea of a plurality of true churches, neither in actual communion with each other, nor in a capacity for such communion. Though this rending of the seamless garment of our Saviour, this schism in the members of his mystical body, is by far the greatest calamity which has befallen the Christian interest, and one of the most fatal effects of the great...
Page 237 - That ere through age or woe I shed my wings I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright — There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine; And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine.
Page 379 - Nor wished for wings to flee away. And mix with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Calm, clear, and azure as the air ; And scarce their foam the pebbles shook, But murmured meekly as the brook.
Page 381 - As it slipped through their jaws when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that night's repast.
Page 238 - ... time hath made thee what thou art— a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks That grazed it stood beneath that ample cope Uncrowded, yet safe shelter'd from the storm.