The History of English Patriotism, Volume 1John Lane Company, 1913 |
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... their empire may last through a thousand ages , till pebbles become great boulders , covered with * See " Master Singers of Japan , " by Catherine Walsh . green moss . Whistler was peculiarly unfortunate when he tried xxii INTRODUCTION.
... their empire may last through a thousand ages , till pebbles become great boulders , covered with * See " Master Singers of Japan , " by Catherine Walsh . green moss . Whistler was peculiarly unfortunate when he tried xxii INTRODUCTION.
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... Master was perfect . This , which we may call the heroic or poetic view of statesmanship , stands in perpetual opposition to another , whose upholders maintain that human affairs ought to be regarded with the same cold detachment as we ...
... Master was perfect . This , which we may call the heroic or poetic view of statesmanship , stands in perpetual opposition to another , whose upholders maintain that human affairs ought to be regarded with the same cold detachment as we ...
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... master's body . As the oldest and noblest of them all cries : " I am old of life , Hence stir will I not , And I by the half of my lord , By such a loved man , To lie am thinking . " The saga of Brunanburgh is better known , thanks to ...
... master's body . As the oldest and noblest of them all cries : " I am old of life , Hence stir will I not , And I by the half of my lord , By such a loved man , To lie am thinking . " The saga of Brunanburgh is better known , thanks to ...
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... master - stroke of summoning to a meeting at Salisbury " all the landowning men of pro- perty there were over all England , whose soever men they were , and all bowed down to him and became his men , and swore oaths of fealty to him ...
... master - stroke of summoning to a meeting at Salisbury " all the landowning men of pro- perty there were over all England , whose soever men they were , and all bowed down to him and became his men , and swore oaths of fealty to him ...
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... master in his own house . And this , by the tact and friendship of Lanfranc and with the tacit assent of the Church , he contrived to be , and the contest of Crown and Church was postponed . The problem stood upon a different footing in ...
... master in his own house . And this , by the tact and friendship of Lanfranc and with the tacit assent of the Church , he contrived to be , and the contest of Crown and Church was postponed . The problem stood upon a different footing in ...
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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.