The Coming DemocracyMacmillan and Company, 1882 - Всего страниц: 5 |
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amongst axiom become believe better cause character chief chiefly Christianity Church civilisation Coming Democracy condition conservatism consider Constitution Corn Laws course cracy cultivation Demo democratic doubt effect Empire England English Englishmen expect fact favour feeling Feudalism form of government future give Hence House of Commons House of Lords human ideal increased individuals influence King labour land landlords laws least less live look manufacturing masses matter means Member of Parliament ment merely Middle Classes mind ministers of Religion monarch moral nation natural never opposed organisation ourselves owners Parliament Peasant Proprietorship political poor position possession present Primogeniture principle probably reason Religion rent rich Rome rule rulers seems social sort spirit sure Switzerland taxation tenants tendency tenure things thought tical tion towns trade true truth unless Upper Classes welfare whilst
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Стр. 338 - Redress the rigours of th' inclement clime ; Aid slighted truth with thy persuasive strain ; Teach erring man to spurn the rage of gain ; Teach him, that states of native strength...
Стр. 32 - Had unambitious mortals minded nought, But in loose joy their time to wear away ; Had they alone the lap of dalliance sought, Pleas'd on her pillow their dull heads to lay ; Rude...
Стр. 319 - Though poor the peasant's hut, his feasts though small, He sees his little lot the lot of all; Sees no contiguous palace rear its head, To shame the meanness of his humble shed...
Стр. 327 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Стр. 127 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Стр. 337 - So, naturalists observe, a flea Has smaller fleas that on him prey; And- these have smaller still to bite 'em, And so proceed ad infinitum.
Стр. 385 - Ye who do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbors, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways ; draw near with faith, and take this holy Sacrament to your comfort ; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, devoutly kneeling.
Стр. 202 - We have no title-deeds to house or lands; Owners and occupants of earlier dates From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands, And hold in mortmain still their old estates.
Стр. 341 - BEFORE man parted for this earthly strand, While yet upon the verge of heaven he stood, God put a heap of letters in his hand, And bade him make with them what word he could. And man has turn'd them many times ; made Greece, Rome, England, France; — yes, nor in vain essay'd Way after way, changes that never cease ! The letters have combined, something was made. But ah ! an inextinguishable sense Haunts him that he has not made what he should...
Стр. 143 - The seed ye sow, another reaps; The wealth ye find, another keeps; The robes ye weave, another wears; The arms ye forge, another bears.