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Pagina 9
... passed in 1829 , was the natural consequence of the Clare Election . It opened a new and enlarged sphere of action to Mr. Sheil , who was now eli- gible to sit in Parliament . At this time he was only thirty - six years old , with a ...
... passed in 1829 , was the natural consequence of the Clare Election . It opened a new and enlarged sphere of action to Mr. Sheil , who was now eli- gible to sit in Parliament . At this time he was only thirty - six years old , with a ...
Pagina 11
... passed purity and intensity of purpose , failed like all the rest . In November , 1850 , when Lord John Russell was attacking the Catholic religion , as consisting of " the mummeries of superstition , " and was preparing to bring in his ...
... passed purity and intensity of purpose , failed like all the rest . In November , 1850 , when Lord John Russell was attacking the Catholic religion , as consisting of " the mummeries of superstition , " and was preparing to bring in his ...
Pagina 14
... with my task , which I did not resume until recently . A generation has passed away since the first of these " Sketches " appeared , and , had I edited this work in England MEMOIR OF MR . SHEIL . 15 I must have 14 MEMOIR OF MR . SHEIL .
... with my task , which I did not resume until recently . A generation has passed away since the first of these " Sketches " appeared , and , had I edited this work in England MEMOIR OF MR . SHEIL . 15 I must have 14 MEMOIR OF MR . SHEIL .
Pagina 21
... passed away . As for travelling , the rule which allowed barrister and attorney to go together in a mail or stage coach , because that was not necessarily tête - à - tête , as necessarily would be in a post - chaise which carried only ...
... passed away . As for travelling , the rule which allowed barrister and attorney to go together in a mail or stage coach , because that was not necessarily tête - à - tête , as necessarily would be in a post - chaise which carried only ...
Pagina 23
... passed between him and his companion , who never separated from him , and seemed assiduous in his care that the best fare the inn afforded should be placed before him . He , however , seemed untouched by the attentions bestowed upon him ...
... passed between him and his companion , who never separated from him , and seemed assiduous in his care that the best fare the inn afforded should be placed before him . He , however , seemed untouched by the attentions bestowed upon him ...
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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.