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... the crowns of glory awarded to those who have laboured to improve mankind , to increase know- ledge , and to liberate truth . Such treatment has always failed in its object . The dark and lonely cell has become a holy place , which the ...
... the crowns of glory awarded to those who have laboured to improve mankind , to increase know- ledge , and to liberate truth . Such treatment has always failed in its object . The dark and lonely cell has become a holy place , which the ...
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... Such being the bleffed influence of forrow , we need not wonder that fome of the world's greatest books have been written in prifon . The cell of the poor fufferer has thus been converted into the palace of thought , and rendered more ...
... Such being the bleffed influence of forrow , we need not wonder that fome of the world's greatest books have been written in prifon . The cell of the poor fufferer has thus been converted into the palace of thought , and rendered more ...
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... Such was the Italy , and such the state of Rome , when the learned Boëthius was called to play his part in the drama of life . He was of noble descent , being one of the once famous Anicii , and was born about 455. † He was fent to ...
... Such was the Italy , and such the state of Rome , when the learned Boëthius was called to play his part in the drama of life . He was of noble descent , being one of the once famous Anicii , and was born about 455. † He was fent to ...
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... Such was the man who wrote the " De Confolatione * I here quote from Duncan's tranflation ; but see the fine paffage in the original , beginning , " Tu mihi , " & c . Philofophiæ . " His life was one of active ufeful- Boëthius . I I.
... Such was the man who wrote the " De Confolatione * I here quote from Duncan's tranflation ; but see the fine paffage in the original , beginning , " Tu mihi , " & c . Philofophiæ . " His life was one of active ufeful- Boëthius . I I.
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... such as , being firmly fixed near the Supreme Divinity , furpass the rank of moveable Fate . " With the ancients , Zeus himself was fubordinate to Fate , was bound and fettered by its greater power ; and * * All God , their To Oεov ...
... such as , being firmly fixed near the Supreme Divinity , furpass the rank of moveable Fate . " With the ancients , Zeus himself was fubordinate to Fate , was bound and fettered by its greater power ; and * * All God , their To Oεov ...
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Page 332 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Page 73 - Under a star-y-pointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument.
Page 204 - TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, — That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more.
Page 25 - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crowned with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Page 104 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Page 178 - I how great she be ? Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair ; If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve : If she slight me when I woo, I can scorn and let her go; For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be...
Page 147 - ... not with rage, While fury's flame doth burn ; It is in vain to stop the stream, Until the tide doth turn. But when the flame is out, And ebbing wrath doth end, I turn a late enraged foe Into a quiet friend.
Page 102 - Then being asked which way he would lay himself on the block, he answered, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.
Page 331 - The Count my lover is brave as brave can be; He surely would do wondrous things to show his love of me; King, ladies, lovers, all look on; the occasion is divine; I'll drop my glove, to prove his love; great glory will be mine.
Page 220 - As many as are of the works of the Law, are under the curfe ; for it is written, Curfed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law to do them.