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... The leader - writers of the news- papers therefore say ' we , ' instead of ' I ; ' and certainly that method of speaking to the public seems to be best suited to the English and Americans , two nations of THE EGOISTS . 5.
... The leader - writers of the news- papers therefore say ' we , ' instead of ' I ; ' and certainly that method of speaking to the public seems to be best suited to the English and Americans , two nations of THE EGOISTS . 5.
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... seem impossible ; yet that exclamation of Farinelli's , the musician , exceeds it . ' What a divine air ! ' said an ad- mirer to him , when he ceased playing . ' Yes , ' said the Italian , as he laid down his violin , ' one God , one ...
... seem impossible ; yet that exclamation of Farinelli's , the musician , exceeds it . ' What a divine air ! ' said an ad- mirer to him , when he ceased playing . ' Yes , ' said the Italian , as he laid down his violin , ' one God , one ...
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... seem to stick to one another , as certain cunning old horses and cows will stand head and tail under a tree to flap away the flies . This passion of the mind takes some very curious forms , and when indulged in , leads to madness ...
... seem to stick to one another , as certain cunning old horses and cows will stand head and tail under a tree to flap away the flies . This passion of the mind takes some very curious forms , and when indulged in , leads to madness ...
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... seem to you an unpractical word , one which only concerns shadows ? You do not act as if this were so . You do not speak as if this were so . You are rather angry if reverence is withdrawn from the word . In making your calculations ...
... seem to you an unpractical word , one which only concerns shadows ? You do not act as if this were so . You do not speak as if this were so . You are rather angry if reverence is withdrawn from the word . In making your calculations ...
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... seems to have died away from them ; and then comes the most cruel part of all history : their very humiliation and subjection are pleaded as a cause and excuse for further tyranny . But we cannot pursue that part of the subject further ...
... seems to have died away from them ; and then comes the most cruel part of all history : their very humiliation and subjection are pleaded as a cause and excuse for further tyranny . But we cannot pursue that part of the subject further ...
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Page 108 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 62 - In the corrupted currents of this world, Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Page 178 - O Lord GOD, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
Page 181 - But that vast portion, lastly, of the working class which, raw and half-developed, has long lain half-hidden amidst its poverty and squalor, and is now issuing from its hiding-place to assert an Englishman's heaven^ born privilege of doing as he likes, and is beginning to perplex us by marching where it likes, meeting where it likes, bawling what it likes, breaking what it likes, — to this vast residuum we may with great propriety give the name of Populace.
Page 8 - Sunday shines no Sabbath-day to me: Then from the Mint walks forth the man of rhyme, Happy! to catch me, just at dinner-time.