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... equal- led among other nations ; but we alone can look back upon the period of our most warlike , most politic , and least scrupulous dynasty , as that under whose military rule our greatest civil advantages were won . Nothing is more ...
... equal- led among other nations ; but we alone can look back upon the period of our most warlike , most politic , and least scrupulous dynasty , as that under whose military rule our greatest civil advantages were won . Nothing is more ...
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equal in strength but far superior in moderation to that of the free republics of antiquity , and that we seek for in vain amongst our- selves under the later dynasty of Tudor . The commons , who rose into political existence under ...
equal in strength but far superior in moderation to that of the free republics of antiquity , and that we seek for in vain amongst our- selves under the later dynasty of Tudor . The commons , who rose into political existence under ...
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... equal estate at two pounds . A great merchant with a knight - batchelor or esquire at twenty shillings . The merchants were liberal supporters of Edward's government , and their support did not pass unrewarded . Sir Henry Picart , a ...
... equal estate at two pounds . A great merchant with a knight - batchelor or esquire at twenty shillings . The merchants were liberal supporters of Edward's government , and their support did not pass unrewarded . Sir Henry Picart , a ...
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... equal strength , the King and the Archbishop of Canterbury . " But although the spiritual ox could take a moderate thrust from his temporal yokefellow , he had no mind to be goaded by a foreign plough- man . Grostête , the learned ...
... equal strength , the King and the Archbishop of Canterbury . " But although the spiritual ox could take a moderate thrust from his temporal yokefellow , he had no mind to be goaded by a foreign plough- man . Grostête , the learned ...
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... equals ; their occasional cruelty towards the baser sort ; their pride and arrogance in the face of the foe ; their ... equal members of one great commu- nity . Religion was not originally an integral part of the bond , but it became so ...
... equals ; their occasional cruelty towards the baser sort ; their pride and arrogance in the face of the foe ; their ... equal members of one great commu- nity . Religion was not originally an integral part of the bond , but it became so ...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser. New and improved ser, Volume 3 Affichage du livre entier - 1844 |
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ancient appears Aquitaine arms army battle beautiful British Cabul Calais called cantonments Captain Captal de Buch character Charles of Blois Charles the Fair chivalry church considerable death dress Duke Earl Edward England English favour feeling feet France French Froissart give grand ground hand head heart honour horses hundred interest John John of Bohemia king knights Knights Templars labour lady land language less living look Lord Lord Liverpool Mabinogion manner ment mind nation native nature never noble notice observed occasion officer party pass passage person Philip Philip of Valois possession present Prince principles probably Queen reader regard remains remarkable respect romance ruins Saxon scene Scotland side specimen spirit stone thing thou tion took traveller truth volume walls Walter Manny whole words
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Page 122 - And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
Page 245 - Take heed, that in thy verse Thou dost the tale rehearse, Else dread a dead man's curse; For this I sought thee. " Far in the Northern Land, By the wild Baltic's strand, I, with my childish hand, Tamed the gerfalcon; And, with my skates fast-bound, Skimmed the half-frozen Sound, That the poor whimpering hound Trembled to walk on.
Page 247 - THE RAINY DAY. THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 397 - ... hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both; whereas common speakers have only one set of ideas, and one set of words to clothe them in, and these are always ready at the mouth. So people...
Page 368 - I speak in the spirit of the British law, which makes liberty commensurate with and inseparable from British soil ; which proclaims even to the stranger and sojourner, the moment he sets his foot upon British earth, that the ground on which he treads is holy, and consecrated by the Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION.
Page 246 - Oft to his frozen lair Tracked I the grisly bear, While from my path the hare Fled like a shadow ; Oft through the forest dark Followed the werewolf's bark, Until the soaring lark Sang from the meadow. " But when I older grew, Joining a corsair's crew, O'er the dark sea I flew With the marauders.
Page 220 - return to him, and to them that sent you hither, and say to them that they send no more to me for any adventure that falleth, as long as my son is alive. And also say to them that they suffer him this day to win his spurs; for if God be pleased, I will this journey be his and the honour thereof, and to them that be about him.
Page 368 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced ;—no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have burnt upon him ;— no matter in what disastrous battle his liberty may have been cloven down -,—no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty; his body swells...
Page 375 - I believe you have, the fortitude and constancy of which you have been set the example, you will not consent with folded arms to view the annual growth of this mighty evil. You will not reconcile it to your consciences to hope for relief from diminished taxation.
Page 246 - Once, as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendour. ;: I wooed the blue-eyed maid, Yielding, yet half afraid, And in the forest's shade Our vows were plighted. Under its loosened vest Fluttered her little breast, I Like birds within their nest By the hawk frighted.