Sir Thomas More, Or, Colloquies on the Progress and Prospects of Society, Volume 2J. Murray, 1829 - 868 pages "...[A] calm exposition of [Southey's] mature social and political convictions: rejection of the Catholic claims and of constitutional reform, support for high taxation to redistribute wealth, and so on. The conversations are conducted with the ghost of Sir Thomas More, whose Utopia was a remote ancestor of pantisocracy. They are set in the neighbourhood of Keswick, and the beauty of the countryside tempers the generally gloomy tone of the conversation, as does the quiet of his splendid library." -- DNB. |
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... character to the solitude ! Its ruins are still there , in such a state of total dilapidation that they only make the island , mere wilderness as it has now become , more melancholy . But St. Herbert , I think , could not hold a place ...
... character to the solitude ! Its ruins are still there , in such a state of total dilapidation that they only make the island , mere wilderness as it has now become , more melancholy . But St. Herbert , I think , could not hold a place ...
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... character , was preserved among the sectarians ; and partly , also , from a clear view of their own worldly interest , .. a sort of clear - sightedness , which , if it be frequently opposed to the spirit of religion , is always ...
... character , was preserved among the sectarians ; and partly , also , from a clear view of their own worldly interest , .. a sort of clear - sightedness , which , if it be frequently opposed to the spirit of religion , is always ...
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... character is not exacted . Neither the Church nor State have been better served since this class of men , which was formerly disposed of in comfortable abbies , has been provided for in the ranks of diplomacy , and in public offices ...
... character is not exacted . Neither the Church nor State have been better served since this class of men , which was formerly disposed of in comfortable abbies , has been provided for in the ranks of diplomacy , and in public offices ...
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... character of his madness , I cannot read of his punishment without feeling something like the shame and sorrow that we partake in a national disgrace . Yet how much better is it , even for the national credit , ( all consequences apart ...
... character of his madness , I cannot read of his punishment without feeling something like the shame and sorrow that we partake in a national disgrace . Yet how much better is it , even for the national credit , ( all consequences apart ...
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... character and uses ; the effect at present , both at schools and universities , being to deaden the instinct of piety , instead of cherishing and maturing it . Here we have a difficulty which had no existence in days when monasteries ...
... character and uses ; the effect at present , both at schools and universities , being to deaden the instinct of piety , instead of cherishing and maturing it . Here we have a difficulty which had no existence in days when monasteries ...
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Page 157 - Love had he found in huts where poor men ' lie; His daily teachers had been woods and rills, The silence that is in the starry sky. The sleep that is among the lonely hills.
Page 246 - Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong ; that useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work...
Page 421 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 170 - And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread. 17 And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread ? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened ? 18 Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember?
Page 244 - Lord, how long?' And he answered, 'Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate.
Page 224 - And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places : thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations ; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
Page 129 - There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Page 185 - Tis not in battles that from youth we train The Governor who must be wise and good, And temper with the sternness of the brain Thoughts motherly, and meek as womanhood. Wisdom doth live with children round her knees...
Page 168 - So many hours must I tend my flock; So many hours must I take my rest; So many hours must I contemplate; So many hours must I sport myself...
Page 111 - God (to whom all hearts are open and from whom no secrets are hidden...