A Volume of VarietiesCharles Knight, 1844 - 240 էջ |
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... England - elle est exécrable , " — was the answer . Why then should we talk of addressing Popular Literature to the working classes only ? We all want Popular Lite- rature - we all want to get at real and substantial know- ledge by the ...
... England - elle est exécrable , " — was the answer . Why then should we talk of addressing Popular Literature to the working classes only ? We all want Popular Lite- rature - we all want to get at real and substantial know- ledge by the ...
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... England has past that phase . Wise will be her rulers , if they neither drag too far behind , nor run too eagerly before , public opinion . In that middle course is safety . That public opinion may not be the rash and almost frantic ...
... England has past that phase . Wise will be her rulers , if they neither drag too far behind , nor run too eagerly before , public opinion . In that middle course is safety . That public opinion may not be the rash and almost frantic ...
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... England , despite of its climate , was once a serenading country . Old Alexander Barclay , in his ' Ship of Fools , ' published in 1508 , describes to us " the vagabonds " whose enormity is so great , " That by no means can they abide ...
... England , despite of its climate , was once a serenading country . Old Alexander Barclay , in his ' Ship of Fools , ' published in 1508 , describes to us " the vagabonds " whose enormity is so great , " That by no means can they abide ...
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... England . " In Italy , " he says , " nothing is more frequent than to hear a cobler working to an opera tune ; but , on the contrary , our honest coun- trymen have so little an inclination to music , that they seldom begin to sing till ...
... England . " In Italy , " he says , " nothing is more frequent than to hear a cobler working to an opera tune ; but , on the contrary , our honest coun- trymen have so little an inclination to music , that they seldom begin to sing till ...
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... England by Napoleon , when , as was the case with France upon the manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick , " the land bristled . " The personal character of the king did a great deal towards giving the turn to public opinion . His ...
... England by Napoleon , when , as was the case with France upon the manifesto of the Duke of Brunswick , " the land bristled . " The personal character of the king did a great deal towards giving the turn to public opinion . His ...
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Էջ 212 - Look at the generations of old, and see; did ever any trust in the Lord, and was confounded? or did any abide in his fear, and was forsaken? or whom did he ever despise, that called upon him?
Էջ 124 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom ; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy Name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Էջ 171 - Secure, whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet, when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions and a will resigned; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sov'reign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Էջ 124 - ALMIGHTY GOD, with whom do live the spirits of them that depart hence in the LORD, and with whom the souls of the faithful, after they are delivered from the burden of the flesh, are in joy and felicity...
Էջ 124 - We give thee hearty thanks, for that it hath pleased thee to deliver this our brother out of the miseries of this sinful world...
Էջ 94 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.
Էջ 178 - Midsummer Night's Dream, which I had never seen before, nor shall ever again, for it is the most insipid ridiculous play that ever I saw in my life.
Էջ 40 - CHERRY-RIPE, ripe, ripe, I cry, Full and fair ones; come and buy. If so be you ask me where They do grow, I answer : There, Where my Julia's lips do smile ; There's the land, or cherry-isle, Whose plantations fully show All the year where cherries grow.
Էջ 108 - ... their dogs ; but if men be kind unto them, and be in their habit, then are they conquered with kindness, and the sport will be plentiful.
Էջ 139 - Jog on, jog on, the foot-path way, And merrily hent the stile-a : A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tures in a milc-a.