Belgravia, Volume 10Willmer & Rogers, 1870 |
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Page 43 - ... the seasons alter: hoary-headed frosts fall in the fresh lap of the crimson rose; and on old Hiems' thin and icy crown an odorous chaplet of sweet summer buds is, as in mockery, set...
Page 345 - Oh! happy state! when souls each other draw, When love is liberty, and nature law: All then is full, possessing, and...
Page 310 - Geneva (says he) keep Pasche and Yule [Easter and Christmas], what have they for them ? They have no institution. As for our neighbour kirk of England, their service is an evil-said mass in English ; they want nothing of the mass but the liftings.
Page 16 - Both, sir, both ; I'm related to all the Wilfuls in Europe, and I'm head of the family at present.
Page 102 - The third principle is, that neithe individuals nor bodies of men belonging to any nation can form colonies, except with the consent, and under the direction and control, of their own government ; and that from any settlement which they may form without the consent of their government they may be ousted. This is simply to say, as far as Englishmen are concerned, that colonies cannot be formed without the consent of the crown.
Page 50 - The Queen of Navarre, he says, " composed most of these novels in her litter as she travelled ; for her hours of retirement •were employed in affairs of importance. I have heard this account from my grandmother, who always went with her in her litter, as her lady of honour, and held her standish for her ; and she wrote them down as quickly and readily, or rather more so, than if they had been dictated to her.
Page 101 - We are a people without possessions. We have nothing but timber, flax, pork, and potatoes ; we sell these things, however, to your people, and then we see the property of Europeans. It is only thy land which is liberal towards us. From thee also come the missionaries who teach us to believe on Jehovah God, and on Jesus Christ His Son. " We have heard that the tribe of...
Page 520 - Let the human tempest and hurricane rage at a distance, the desolation is beyond the horizon of peace. — My...
Page 520 - Yes! I will steal from the world, and not a babbling tongue shall tell where I am — Echo shall not so much as whisper my hiding-place — suffer thy imagination to paint it as a little sun-gilt cottage, on the side of a romantic hill — dost thou think I will leave love and friendship behind me? No! they shall be my companions in solitude, for they will sit down and rise up with me in the amiable...
Page 523 - I have sent you a pot of sweetmeats and a pot of honey — • neither of them half so sweet as yourself — but don't be vain upon this — or presume to grow sour upon this character of sweetness I give you ; for if you do I shall send you a pot of pickles (by way of...