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IRELAND . I only echo thee the voice of empires , Which he who long neglects ,
not long will govern . Byron's Sardanapalus . Events during the past months with
which the newspapers have made our readers well acquainted , particularly the ...
IRELAND . I only echo thee the voice of empires , Which he who long neglects ,
not long will govern . Byron's Sardanapalus . Events during the past months with
which the newspapers have made our readers well acquainted , particularly the ...
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It was among the evils attendant upon Ireland's remote position , that she was
rather guessed at , than known to the ancients , while her very name sounded
like a poetical fiction . The benefits conferred by the invasion of an enlightened
and ...
It was among the evils attendant upon Ireland's remote position , that she was
rather guessed at , than known to the ancients , while her very name sounded
like a poetical fiction . The benefits conferred by the invasion of an enlightened
and ...
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The actual condition of Ireland , no less than the progress of events and opinions
in the rest of Europe , has decreed its eternal divorce from the past . It is no longer
to restoration , but to reformation , that Irishmen must look ; and the only useful ...
The actual condition of Ireland , no less than the progress of events and opinions
in the rest of Europe , has decreed its eternal divorce from the past . It is no longer
to restoration , but to reformation , that Irishmen must look ; and the only useful ...
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serted by the “ defenders of the faith , ” who mistake national subserviency for
national devotion , that even at this epoch of turbulence and discomfort , the
overflow of learning and piety from Ireland was so overwhelming , that immense ...
serted by the “ defenders of the faith , ” who mistake national subserviency for
national devotion , that even at this epoch of turbulence and discomfort , the
overflow of learning and piety from Ireland was so overwhelming , that immense ...
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Of the state of literature at this important epoch , when the history of Ireland truly
began , all that is known renders the work of the Commines of the Leinster
dynasty , Maurice Regan , more precious and singular . If at any period
subsequent to ...
Of the state of literature at this important epoch , when the history of Ireland truly
began , all that is known renders the work of the Commines of the Leinster
dynasty , Maurice Regan , more precious and singular . If at any period
subsequent to ...
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Página 50 - A DICTIONARY, Practical, Theoretical, and Historical, of Commerce and Commercial Navigation.
Página 211 - We must not make a scare-crow of the law, ' Setting it up to fear the birds of prey, And let it keep one shape, till custom make it Their perch, and not their terror.
Página 211 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Página 309 - ... country. Southey, by his marvellous excursions in the regions both of history and romance — Coleridge, by his wild fictions of a class entirely his own, in which there is an indescribable witchery of phrase and conceit, that affects the imagination as if one had eaten of " the insane root that takes the reason prisoner...
Página 81 - And they chaunted the deeds of Roland. Still the ramparted ground . With a vision my fancy inspires, And I hear the trump sound, As it marshalled our Chivalry's sires. On each turf of that mead Stood the captors of England's domains, That ennobled her breed And high-mettled the blood of her veins.
Página 149 - ... with the advice of our Privy Council, to issue this our Royal Proclamation, hereby...
Página 155 - ... them an hour together. If I had time I stayed by them to see them die, and see the manner of their death, and closed up their mouth and eyes ; for they died with their mouth and eyes very much open and staring. Then if people had nobody to help them (for help was scarce at such a time and place), I helped to lay them forth out of the bed, and afterwards into the coffin ; and, last of all, accompanied them to the ground.
Página 39 - Fancy can hardly forbear to conjecture with what temper Milton surveyed the silent progress of his work, and marked his reputation stealing its way in a kind of subterraneous current through fear and silence. I cannot but conceive him calm and confident, little disappointed, not at all dejected, relying on his own merit with steady consciousness, and waiting, without impatience, the vicissitudes of opinion, and the impartiality of a future generation.
Página 115 - King in person, who delivered the following speech: — " MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I AM at length enabled to put an end to a session of unexampled duration and labour, in which matters of the deepest interest have been brought under your consideration. I have felt sincere satisfaction in confirming, by my royal assent, bills for the amendment of the game laws, and for the reduction of taxes which pressed heavily on the industry of my people...
Página 115 - GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " I thank you for the provision made for the future dignity and comfort of my Royal Consort, in the event of her surviving me, and for the supplies which you have granted for the service of the present year. You may be assured of my anxious care to have them administered with the strictest attention to a wellconsidered economy. The state of Europe has...
Informação bibliográfica
| Título | The Metropolitan, Volume 2 English literary periodicals |
| Editora | James Cochrane and Company, 1831 |
| Original de | Universidade de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 28 Fev 2007 |
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