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It is not yet , I believe , more than two or three centuries , since the only mode of
spinning known was by the rock and ... with the fingers ; —and no improvement
was made on this tedious process , in Great Britain , before the fifteenth century .
It is not yet , I believe , more than two or three centuries , since the only mode of
spinning known was by the rock and ... with the fingers ; —and no improvement
was made on this tedious process , in Great Britain , before the fifteenth century .
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... the weight of ancient institutions , established in darker ages , and not only
vicious in themselves , but accumulating their evils from century to century , until
the present mass becomes intolerable , and yet irremediable without a revolution
.
... the weight of ancient institutions , established in darker ages , and not only
vicious in themselves , but accumulating their evils from century to century , until
the present mass becomes intolerable , and yet irremediable without a revolution
.
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The Lombard cities , it is supposed , first became republican in the eleventh
century , and there , as in Tuscany also , we find them making war upon and
reducing the neighboring nobles to subjection ; so that in the twelfth century there
was ...
The Lombard cities , it is supposed , first became republican in the eleventh
century , and there , as in Tuscany also , we find them making war upon and
reducing the neighboring nobles to subjection ; so that in the twelfth century there
was ...
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... the blacksmith and carpenter , at all times so important , were of course doubly
prized in those rude times ; and we learn that there were six smiths ' forges in
Gloucester , as early as the reign of Edward the Confessor , in the twelfth century
.
... the blacksmith and carpenter , at all times so important , were of course doubly
prized in those rude times ; and we learn that there were six smiths ' forges in
Gloucester , as early as the reign of Edward the Confessor , in the twelfth century
.
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The same absurdities in legislation however , still continued ; sumptuary laws
were then and for centuries after frequently enacted , to restrain extravagance in
living , and to prevent the lower orders from imitating the dress of their superiors ...
The same absurdities in legislation however , still continued ; sumptuary laws
were then and for centuries after frequently enacted , to restrain extravagance in
living , and to prevent the lower orders from imitating the dress of their superiors ...
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Page 20 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 12 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 21 - The barge she sat in, like a burnish'd throne, Burn'd on the water: the poop was beaten gold ; Purple the sails, and so perfumed that The winds were love-sick with them : the oars were silver ; Which to the tune of flutes kept stroke, and made The water, which they beat, to follow faster, As amorous of their strokes.
Page 11 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew. The annals of the human race, Their ruins, since the world began, Of HIM afford no other trace Than this, — THERE LIVED A MAN ! November 4, 1805.
Page 6 - Our toils obscure an' a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a* that. What though on hamely fare we dine. Wear hoddin grey, an' a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine; A Man's a Man for a
Page 4 - Of genius, that power which constitutes a poet; that quality without which judgment is cold, and knowledge is inert ; that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates ; the superiority must, with some hesitation, be allowed to Dryden.
Page 12 - UNION, strong and great ! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate ! We know what Master laid thy keel, What Workmen wrought thy ribs of steel, Who made each mast, and sail, and rope, What anvils rang, what hammers beat, In what a forge and what a heat Were shaped the anchors of thy hope ! Fear not each sudden sound and shock, 'Tis of the...
Page 29 - There was a little city (says he), and few men within it ; and there came a great King against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it : " Now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city ; yet no man remembered that same poor man. " Then, said I, wisdom is better than strength ; wisdom is better than weapons of war ; nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Page 12 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION, strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate...
Page 2 - A servant with this clause makes drudgery divine; who sweeps a room, as for thy laws, makes that and the action fine.