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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... taken out several miles to sea , put into a leathern coracle , and set adrift . But the winds and waves were more merciful than man : He who rules them was her pro- tector ; in shorter time than the passage could have been performed by ...
... taken out several miles to sea , put into a leathern coracle , and set adrift . But the winds and waves were more merciful than man : He who rules them was her pro- tector ; in shorter time than the passage could have been performed by ...
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... taken , from whose inside he took the ring , and sent it to the poor penitent adulteress , who produced it to the King triumphantly , as a miraculous proof of her innocence . Astonished at such a miracle 24 ST . KENTIGERN .
... taken , from whose inside he took the ring , and sent it to the poor penitent adulteress , who produced it to the King triumphantly , as a miraculous proof of her innocence . Astonished at such a miracle 24 ST . KENTIGERN .
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... taken towards this necessary mea- sure ; and something has also been done towards training up a supply of clergy for those remoter parts of the country where the cures are miserably poor , and the peasantry are the only inhabitants ...
... taken towards this necessary mea- sure ; and something has also been done towards training up a supply of clergy for those remoter parts of the country where the cures are miserably poor , and the peasantry are the only inhabitants ...
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... taken ; nor was the slightest attempt made toward supplying the defects and remedying the evils that exist in our social order , defects and evils which , in every generation , became more apparent and more dangerous . Thus while the ...
... taken ; nor was the slightest attempt made toward supplying the defects and remedying the evils that exist in our social order , defects and evils which , in every generation , became more apparent and more dangerous . Thus while the ...
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... taken more care of an ungrateful nation , than that nation has taken for itself ; and that a due sense of this awful truth ought to have the effect of keeping us watchful , not of lulling us into supine security . Seeing through what ...
... taken more care of an ungrateful nation , than that nation has taken for itself ; and that a due sense of this awful truth ought to have the effect of keeping us watchful , not of lulling us into supine security . Seeing through what ...
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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...