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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... religious teacher , there was nothing which so strongly impressed her imagination as the maternity of the Blessed Virgin ; insomuch that , ( in the words of the legend , ) with a presumptuous boldness and a womanish temerity , she ...
... religious teacher , there was nothing which so strongly impressed her imagination as the maternity of the Blessed Virgin ; insomuch that , ( in the words of the legend , ) with a presumptuous boldness and a womanish temerity , she ...
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... religious companions , he supt upon the pork , and restored the pig to life next morning ; a palingenesia this which the eternal and unfortunate boar Serimner under- goes every day in Valhalla , and which the Saints of St. Servan's age ...
... religious companions , he supt upon the pork , and restored the pig to life next morning ; a palingenesia this which the eternal and unfortunate boar Serimner under- goes every day in Valhalla , and which the Saints of St. Servan's age ...
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... religious mind ? MONTESINOS . The thought is solemn rather than mournful . It is only our mortal duration that we measure by visible and mensurable objects ; and there is nothing mournful in the contemplation for one who knows that the ...
... religious mind ? MONTESINOS . The thought is solemn rather than mournful . It is only our mortal duration that we measure by visible and mensurable objects ; and there is nothing mournful in the contemplation for one who knows that the ...
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... religious institutions of their country ; it is an evil , there- fore , when they fall into disuse . For the same reason the loss of local observances is to be re- gretted .. who is there that does not remember their effect upon himself ...
... religious institutions of their country ; it is an evil , there- fore , when they fall into disuse . For the same reason the loss of local observances is to be re- gretted .. who is there that does not remember their effect upon himself ...
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... religious character to the solitude ! Its ruins are still there , in such a state of total dilapidation that they ... religious retirement for those who desire and need it . MONTESINOS . Certainly not . I consider the dissolution of the ...
... religious character to the solitude ! Its ruins are still there , in such a state of total dilapidation that they ... religious retirement for those who desire and need it . MONTESINOS . Certainly not . I consider the dissolution of the ...
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Page 159 - 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 248 - 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 425 - 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 172 - 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 246 - 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 226 - 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 187 - 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 170 - 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 - Father to whom all hearts are open, and from whom no secrets are hid.
Page 170 - God ! methinks it were a happy life To be no better than a homely swain ; To sit upon a hill, as I do now, To carve out dials quaintly, point by point...