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... side of his story recounted by a writer of equal power , but less party spirit , and force of expression . In truth , it is probable the world has not lost much by Mon- tesquieu's numerous unpublished manuscripts having been left in an ...
... side of his story recounted by a writer of equal power , but less party spirit , and force of expression . In truth , it is probable the world has not lost much by Mon- tesquieu's numerous unpublished manuscripts having been left in an ...
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... side , and gradually and at length decisively restoring it to that of the Romans when they were won over to their eagles , is entirely well founded . Napoleon was of the same opinion , and has repeatedly ex- pressed it in various parts ...
... side , and gradually and at length decisively restoring it to that of the Romans when they were won over to their eagles , is entirely well founded . Napoleon was of the same opinion , and has repeatedly ex- pressed it in various parts ...
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... side were about to follow their example . Rome , obliged to combat , as it were , the hands by which it had conquered the world , was lost ; it was about to be reduced to its walls , when it extricated itself from the difficulty by ...
... side were about to follow their example . Rome , obliged to combat , as it were , the hands by which it had conquered the world , was lost ; it was about to be reduced to its walls , when it extricated itself from the difficulty by ...
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... side of the Atlantic . Providence has a sure way to punish the selfishness and pre- sumption of men who seek to build up a Babel of human construction ; and that is , to leave them to the consequences of their own extravagance . The ...
... side of the Atlantic . Providence has a sure way to punish the selfishness and pre- sumption of men who seek to build up a Babel of human construction ; and that is , to leave them to the consequences of their own extravagance . The ...
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... side to the other , without letting it ever incline decisively to either . Tasso has adopted the same plan in his Jerusalem Delivered , and the contests of the Christian knights and Saracen leaders with the lance and the sword closely ...
... side to the other , without letting it ever incline decisively to either . Tasso has adopted the same plan in his Jerusalem Delivered , and the contests of the Christian knights and Saracen leaders with the lance and the sword closely ...
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Página 671 - And he said, BLESSED be the Lord God of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant. God shall enlarge Japheth, And he shall dwell in the tents of Shem ; And Canaan shall be his servant.
Página 345 - Mahomet, with the sword in one hand and the Koran in the other, erected his throne on the ruins of Christianity and of Rome.
Página 182 - In Venice Tasso's echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear: Those days are gone — but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade — but Nature doth not die, Nor yet forget how Venice once was dear, The pleasant place of all festivity, The revel of the earth, the masque of Italy!
Página 166 - The lark, his lay who thrill'd all day, Sits hush'd his partner nigh ; Breeze, bird, and flower, confess the hour, But where is County Guy ? " The village maid steals through the shade, Her shepherd's suit to hear ; To beauty shy, by lattice...
Página 45 - O thou! whose glory fills the ethereal throne, And all ye deathless powers! protect my son! Grant him, like me, to purchase just renown, To guard the Trojans, to defend the crown, Against his country's foes the war to wage, And rise the Hector of the future age! So when triumphant from successful toils Of heroes slain he bears the reeking spoils, Whole hosts may hail him with deserved acclaim, And say, This chief transcends his father's fame': While pleased amidst the general shouts of Troy, His...
Página 56 - Here sighs, with lamentations and loud moans, Resounded through the air pierced by no star, That e'en I wept at entering. Various tongues, Horrible languages, outcries of woe, Accents of anger, voices deep and hoarse, With hands together smote that swell'd the sounds, Made up a tumult, that forever whirls Round through that air with solid darkness stain'd, Like to the sand that in the whirlwind flies.
Página 46 - This chief transcends his father's fame :" While pleased, amidst the general shouts of Troy, His mother's conscious heart o'erflows with joy.' He spoke, and fondly gazing on her charms, Restored the pleasing burden to her arms ; Soft on her fragrant breast the babe she laid, Hush'd to repose, and with a smile survey'd. The troubled pleasure soon chastised by fear, She mingled with a smile a tender tear.
Página 49 - Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies ; The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light. So many flames before proud Ilion blaze, And...
Página 61 - I have, indeed, been a vessel without sail and without steerage, carried about to divers ports, and roads, and shores, by the dry wind that springs out of sad poverty...
Página 49 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene, Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole ; O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...