The History of English Patriotism, Volume 1John Lane Company, 1913 |
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... English unwillingness to fight - Dispelled by Louis - English victories - Marlborough - National luke- warmness - Whig pugnacity - Tory dislike of war - Coldness of literature - War poems - Addison's " Cato " —Addison on patriotism ...
... English unwillingness to fight - Dispelled by Louis - English victories - Marlborough - National luke- warmness - Whig pugnacity - Tory dislike of war - Coldness of literature - War poems - Addison's " Cato " —Addison on patriotism ...
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... English fleet had been able to keep the sea , William ought never to have landed ; if an English army could have maintained its watch upon the coast , he might never have got beyond Senlac . But the fleet , on which Alfred had set such ...
... English fleet had been able to keep the sea , William ought never to have landed ; if an English army could have maintained its watch upon the coast , he might never have got beyond Senlac . But the fleet , on which Alfred had set such ...
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... English nation was dying for lack of discipline , and this was just what the Normans were qualified to give . It is possible that if the English had not broken their ranks , with a hot - headed rashness which the Normans , not only in ...
... English nation was dying for lack of discipline , and this was just what the Normans were qualified to give . It is possible that if the English had not broken their ranks , with a hot - headed rashness which the Normans , not only in ...
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... English language was in abeyance , in- habitants of this island were establishing her position in the forefront of European culture . In all the lore of the Middle Ages , England was hardly second even to Italy . But these triumphs were ...
... English language was in abeyance , in- habitants of this island were establishing her position in the forefront of European culture . In all the lore of the Middle Ages , England was hardly second even to Italy . But these triumphs were ...
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... English cloth was a poor and coarse product . But in this trade in wool is first exemplified a truth , which has ... English towns never had the chance to break away altogether from the Government , to raise their own troops , make their ...
... English cloth was a poor and coarse product . But in this trade in wool is first exemplified a truth , which has ... English towns never had the chance to break away altogether from the Government , to raise their own troops , make their ...
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Página 365 - Give them consistency of judgment, one heart, and mutual love; and go on to deliver them, and with the work of reformation ; and make the Name of Christ glorious in the world. Teach those who look too much on Thy instruments, to depend more upon Thyself. Pardon such as desire to trample, upon the dust of a poor worm, for they are Thy People too. And pardon the folly of this short Prayer : — Even for Jesus Christ's sake. And give us a good night, if it be Thy pleasure. Amen.
Página 598 - Stern o'er each bosom reason holds her state With daring aims irregularly great ; Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of human kind pass by...
Página 413 - WHEN civil dudgeon first grew high, And men fell out they knew not why ; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears...
Página 364 - Lord, though I am a miserable and wretched creature, I am in covenant with Thee through grace, and I may, I will come to Thee for Thy people. Thou hast made me, though very unworthy, a mean instrument to do them some good, and Thee service...
Página xix - I would have you day by day fix your eyes upon the greatness of Athens, until you become filled with the love of her; and when you are impressed by the spectacle of her glory, reflect that this empire has been acquired by men who knew their duty and had the courage to do it...
Página 358 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Página 245 - This England never did, (nor never shall,) Lie at the proud foot of a conqueror, But when it first did help to wound itself. Now these her princes are come home again, Come the three corners of the world in arms, And we shall shock them : Nought shall make us rue, If England to itself do rest but true.
Página 222 - Deare countrey ! O! how dearely deare Ought thy remembraunce and perpetuall band Be to thy foster Childe, that from thy hand Did commun breath and nouriture receave. How brutish is it not to understand How much to her we owe, that all us gave ; That gave unto us all what ever good we have.
Página 345 - I can give not what men call love, But wilt thou accept not The worship the heart lifts above And the Heavens reject not, The desire of the moth for the star, Of the night for the morrow, The devotion to something afar From the sphere of our sorrow ? 1821.
Página 378 - Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the ancient Rights in vain— But those do hold or break As men are strong or weak.