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Pagina 19
... honorarium accordingly . The largest " special " fee ever received in England was by one of the present ex - Chancellors , Lord Truro ( then Sir Thomas Wilde ) , proaches , one can generally perceive , by the faces AN IRISH CIRCUIT.
... honorarium accordingly . The largest " special " fee ever received in England was by one of the present ex - Chancellors , Lord Truro ( then Sir Thomas Wilde ) , proaches , one can generally perceive , by the faces AN IRISH CIRCUIT.
Pagina 20
... faces in the Hall , * that it is felt as such . There are , of course , exceptions . A prosperous man , certain of a rich ... face the south of Ireland . I have often heard the metropolis described as an effort of Irish ostentation . The ...
... faces in the Hall , * that it is felt as such . There are , of course , exceptions . A prosperous man , certain of a rich ... face the south of Ireland . I have often heard the metropolis described as an effort of Irish ostentation . The ...
Pagina 31
... faces in the community : it was the very reverse . I would even say that , as a general rule , the weightier the charge , the better the physiognomy , and more prepossessing the appearance of the accused . An ignoble misdemeanant , or ...
... faces in the community : it was the very reverse . I would even say that , as a general rule , the weightier the charge , the better the physiognomy , and more prepossessing the appearance of the accused . An ignoble misdemeanant , or ...
Pagina 34
... face , and put in action every resource within his reach to avert it . Having despatched a * A law passed by the British parliament , at the instance of the late Lord Ellenborough , chief - justice of England . It provided punishment ...
... face , and put in action every resource within his reach to avert it . Having despatched a * A law passed by the British parliament , at the instance of the late Lord Ellenborough , chief - justice of England . It provided punishment ...
Pagina 36
... face ― -Larry's countenance exhibited a picture of heroical immo- bility . Once , and once only , when the evidence was rushing in a full tide against him , some signs of mortal trepidation overcast his visage . The blood in his cheeks ...
... face ― -Larry's countenance exhibited a picture of heroical immo- bility . Once , and once only , when the evidence was rushing in a full tide against him , some signs of mortal trepidation overcast his visage . The blood in his cheeks ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 384 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake : whether it be to the king, as supreme ; or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by Him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Pagina 384 - Let every soul be subject to higher powers : for there is no power but from God; and those that are, are ordained of God.
Pagina 239 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrowed his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Pagina 234 - Now high, now low, now master up, now miss, And he himself one vile antithesis. Amphibious thing ! that acting either part, The trifling head, or the corrupted heart ; Fop at the toilet, flatterer at the board, Now trips a lady, and now struts a lord.
Pagina 257 - Three poets, in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn. The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty, in both the last. The force of Nature could no farther go ; To make a third she joined the former two.
Pagina 303 - ... my slenderer and younger taper imbibed its borrowed light from the more matured and redundant fountain of yours. Yes, my lord, we can remember those nights, without any other regret than that they can never more return; for " We spent them not in toys; or lust, or wine; But search of deep philosophy, Wit, eloquence, and poesy; Arts which I lov'd, for they, my friend, were thine...
Pagina 116 - You are appointed to exercise the functions of legislators, and not to transfer them. And if you do so your act is a dissolution of the government. You resolve society into its original elements, and no man in the land is bound to obey you.
Pagina 138 - Whatever Sheridan has done or chosen to do has been, par excellence, always the best of its kind. He has written the best comedy (School for Scandal), the best drama (in my mind, far before that St.
Pagina 358 - I've seen around me fall Like leaves in wintry weather, I feel like one Who treads alone Some banquet-hall deserted, Whose lights are fled, Whose garlands dead, And all but he departed!
Pagina 384 - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.