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Página 98
... gloom there are frequent flashes of illumination ; -and the sublime sadness
which , to him , is breathed from the mysteries of mortal existence , is always
joined with a longing after immortality , and expressed in language that is itself
divine .
... gloom there are frequent flashes of illumination ; -and the sublime sadness
which , to him , is breathed from the mysteries of mortal existence , is always
joined with a longing after immortality , and expressed in language that is itself
divine .
Página 185
As long as self - interest has any influence over men's minds at least , this party
must , of necessity , exist at all times . The question ... still they support him ;
because the loss of it would endanger his official existence . But if his opponents
only ...
As long as self - interest has any influence over men's minds at least , this party
must , of necessity , exist at all times . The question ... still they support him ;
because the loss of it would endanger his official existence . But if his opponents
only ...
Página 284
A government may no doubt go on , in opposition to the opinion of this virtual
aristocracy , for a long time after it has come into existence . For it is not enough
that there is wealth , and intelligence , and individual influence enough in a ...
A government may no doubt go on , in opposition to the opinion of this virtual
aristocracy , for a long time after it has come into existence . For it is not enough
that there is wealth , and intelligence , and individual influence enough in a ...
Página 467
Laws , without which society could not exist , become , by their very multiplicatoin
and refinement , a snare and a burden to those they were intended to protect ,
and let in upon us the hateful and most intolerable plagues of pettyfogging ...
Laws , without which society could not exist , become , by their very multiplicatoin
and refinement , a snare and a burden to those they were intended to protect ,
and let in upon us the hateful and most intolerable plagues of pettyfogging ...
Página 507
... an appointment which plainly implies that the Burgh continues to exist , and to
retain possession of all its privileges . ... instead of reviving the Burgh , obviously
presumes its existence , and merely enables it , by a new election , to recover its
...
... an appointment which plainly implies that the Burgh continues to exist , and to
retain possession of all its privileges . ... instead of reviving the Burgh , obviously
presumes its existence , and merely enables it , by a new election , to recover its
...
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Página 115 - Roll on, thou deep and dark blue Ocean — roll ! Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain; Man marks the earth with ruin — his control Stops with the shore; — upon the watery plain The wrecks are all thy deed...
Página 116 - twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Página 101 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night; Sunset divides the sky with her; a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be, — Melted to one vast Iris of the West, — Where the Day joins the past Eternity, While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest!
Página 115 - The armaments which thunderstrike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war: These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Página 115 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free. And many a tyrant since : their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts; — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves
Página 115 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless...
Página 114 - But when the rising moon begins to climb Its topmost arch, and gently pauses there; When the stars twinkle through the loops of time, And the low night-breeze waves along the air The garland-forest, which the gray walls wear, Like laurels on the bald first Caesar's head; When the light shines serene but doth not glare, Then in this magic circle raise the dead: Heroes have trod this spot — 'tis on their dust ye tread.
Página 116 - Ye ! who have traced the Pilgrim to the scene Which is his last, if in your memories dwell A thought which once was his, if on ye swell...
Página 84 - By necessaries I understand, not only the commodities which are indispensably necessary for the support of life, but whatever the custom of the country renders it indecent for creditable people, even of the lowest order, to be without.
Página 109 - Where the car climb'd the Capitol; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: Chaos of ruins! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, 'here was, or is,