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Pagina 28
... referred us to History : very un- fortunately , I think . He spoke of Rulers . Where is the female Cæsar ? said he , and the female Alexander ? I am proud to reply - No- where . No , Sir , the fair sex can claim no such murderers , no ...
... referred us to History : very un- fortunately , I think . He spoke of Rulers . Where is the female Cæsar ? said he , and the female Alexander ? I am proud to reply - No- where . No , Sir , the fair sex can claim no such murderers , no ...
Pagina 62
... referred to , the gentleman perhaps wishes to know how mistakes in judgment can be made . I will tell him . It is chiefly because we have not the faculty to dis- tinguish between good and evil motives , and are thus led to mistake deeds ...
... referred to , the gentleman perhaps wishes to know how mistakes in judgment can be made . I will tell him . It is chiefly because we have not the faculty to dis- tinguish between good and evil motives , and are thus led to mistake deeds ...
Pagina 66
... referred to the chief points con- nected with this interesting subject , there are yet a few considerations remaining which have not been quite cleared up . In the first place , it is quite plain that when the Almighty gave his laws to ...
... referred to the chief points con- nected with this interesting subject , there are yet a few considerations remaining which have not been quite cleared up . In the first place , it is quite plain that when the Almighty gave his laws to ...
Pagina 98
... by no means a fair argument against its abstract mo- rality . Every thing of earth is liable to abuse : and the Stage is of course not an exception . Our friend referred to the great taste that exists for 98 THE DEBATER .
... by no means a fair argument against its abstract mo- rality . Every thing of earth is liable to abuse : and the Stage is of course not an exception . Our friend referred to the great taste that exists for 98 THE DEBATER .
Pagina 99
Frederick Rowton. Our friend referred to the great taste that exists for theatrical entertainments : now does not this of itself prove that the Stage is looked to by man- kind as a moral teacher ? So extended and uni- versal a passion ...
Frederick Rowton. Our friend referred to the great taste that exists for theatrical entertainments : now does not this of itself prove that the Stage is looked to by man- kind as a moral teacher ? So extended and uni- versal a passion ...
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Pagina 172 - For softness she and sweet attractive grace, He for God only, she for God in him: His fair large front and eye sublime declared Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Pagina 181 - O, it is excellent To have a giant's strength ; but it is tyrannous To use it like a giant.
Pagina 182 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Pagina 173 - To speak; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers: Attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth: at last Words, interwove with sighs, found out their way.
Pagina 19 - Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha can fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? Let him turn and flee! Wha, for Scotland's King and Law, Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Free-man stand, or Free-man fa', Let him follow me!
Pagina 181 - All murdered : for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp, Allowing him a breath, a little scene, To monarchize, be feared, and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and humoured thus, Comes at the last and with a little pin Bores through his castle wall, and — farewell king! Cover your heads...
Pagina 181 - Shall be unsaid for me : against the threats Of malice or of sorcery, or that power Which erring men call Chance, this I hold firm, Virtue may be assail'd, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthrall'd ; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory...
Pagina 180 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Pagina 207 - By his admirable contrivance, it has become a thing stupendous alike for its force and its flexibility, — for the prodigious power which it can exert, and the ease, and precision, and ductility, with which that power can be varied, distributed, and applied. The trunk of an elephant, that can pick up a pin or rend an oak, is as nothing to it.
Pagina 181 - tis too late. Lucio. You are too cold. [To Isabella. Isab. Too late? why, no; I, that do speak a word, May call it back again: Well believe this, No ceremony that to great ones 'longs, Not the king's crown, nor the deputed sword, The marshal's truncheon, nor the judge's robe, Become them with one half so good a grace, As mercy does.