Visits to Remarkable Places: Old Halls, Battle Fields, and Scenes Illustrative of Striking Passages in English History and PoetryLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1840 - 526 pages |
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... seemed to have any mere worldly ambition . It was the pure love of glory that animated him ; and in striving for it , he never for a moment appeared capable of the common jealousies of emulation ; on the contrary , he was the friend ...
... seemed to have any mere worldly ambition . It was the pure love of glory that animated him ; and in striving for it , he never for a moment appeared capable of the common jealousies of emulation ; on the contrary , he was the friend ...
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... seemed born to command and to be admired . She had quick passions and a strong will , but she knew both her own nature , and was quick to see that of all who came about her . She had great self- command , and could fascinate , or repel ...
... seemed born to command and to be admired . She had quick passions and a strong will , but she knew both her own nature , and was quick to see that of all who came about her . She had great self- command , and could fascinate , or repel ...
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... seemed to have the slightest conception that their rule might be made popular by conciliation and kindness . The Highlanders , who were the most to be feared in case of any attempt of the Stuarts to regain the crown , were treated ...
... seemed to have the slightest conception that their rule might be made popular by conciliation and kindness . The Highlanders , who were the most to be feared in case of any attempt of the Stuarts to regain the crown , were treated ...
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... seemed to him so much beyond his services , that , in the height of his gratitude , he was quite uneasy that he could not shew us some further good office . " Was there nothing more that he I could do ? Would we go in and sit down to ...
... seemed to him so much beyond his services , that , in the height of his gratitude , he was quite uneasy that he could not shew us some further good office . " Was there nothing more that he I could do ? Would we go in and sit down to ...
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... spun , and which , when woven , had been made up too by his mother and sister in this very cabin ; yet , as he stood playing his native airs , he seemed quite inspired , and we could not help being VISIT TO THE FIELD OF CULloden . 77.
... spun , and which , when woven , had been made up too by his mother and sister in this very cabin ; yet , as he stood playing his native airs , he seemed quite inspired , and we could not help being VISIT TO THE FIELD OF CULloden . 77.
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Page 258 - Nay then, farewell ! I have touch'd the highest point of all my greatness : And, from that full meridian of my glory, I haste now to my setting. I shall fall Like a bright exhalation in the evening, And no man see me more.
Page 261 - Let's dry our eyes : and thus far hear me, Cromwell ; And — when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of — say, I taught thee, Say, Wolsey — that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honor...
Page 89 - O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdu'd To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 193 - Front, flank, and rear, the squadrons sweep To break the Scottish circle deep That fought around their King. But yet, though thick the shafts as snow, Though charging knights like whirlwinds go, Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell.
Page 256 - I have ventured. Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders. This many summers in a sea of glory ; But far beyond my depth ; my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me.
Page 193 - Though bill-men ply the ghastly blow, Unbroken was the ring ; The stubborn spear-men still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, Each stepping where his comrade stood, The instant that he fell. No thought was there of dastard flight ; Linked in the serried phalanx tight, Groom fought like noble, squire like knight, As fearlessly and well ; Till utter darkness closed her wing O'er their thin host and wounded King.