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" ... abode : but she is pursued even here, and threatened with destruction. The inundation of lawless power, after .covering the whole earth, threatens to follow us here ; and we are most exactly, most critically placed, in the only aperture where it can... "
Greece, a poem. [Followed by] Cassandra [a poem]. - Page 276
by William Haygarth - 1814
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A course of elementary reading in science and literature, compiled by J.M. M ...

James Melville M'Culloch - 1882 - 442 pages
...freedom, driven from every spot on the Continent, is pursued even here, and threatened with destruction. The inundation of lawless power, after covering the...earth, threatens to follow us here ; and we are most exactly,most critically, placed in the onlyaperture where it can be successfully repelled — in the...
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Baptist Worthies: A Series of Sketches of Distinguished Men ..., Volumes 1-12

William Landels - 1883 - 246 pages
...always chose for her favourite abode ; but she is pursued even here, and threatened with destruction. The inundation of lawless power, after covering the...critically placed, in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylae of the universe. As far as the interests of freedom are concerned,...
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A biographical history of English literature

John Daniel Morell - 1885 - 530 pages
...always chose for her favourite abode; but she is pursued even here, and threatened with destruction. The inundation of lawless power, after covering the...most exactly, most critically placed, in the only aperture3 where it can be successfully repelled,— in the Thermopylas of the universe. As far as the...
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The Reformed Quarterly Review, Volume 35

1888 - 572 pages
...have remarked, that " they were the finest words spoken since the days of Demosthenes," said this: " The inundation of lawless power, after covering the...threatens to follow us here; and we are most exactly placed in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylae of the universe."...
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Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments: And for the Use of ...

Robert McLean Cumnock - 1898 - 614 pages
...always chose for her favorite abode; but she is pursued even here, and threatened with destruction. The inundation of lawless power, after covering the...critically placed, in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylae of the universe. As far as the interests of freedom are concerned,...
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The Pageant of English Prose: Being Five Hundred Passages by Three Hundred ...

Robert Maynard Leonard - 1912 - 788 pages
...always chose for her favourite abode ; but she is pursued even here, and threatened with destruction. The inundation of lawless power, after covering the...critically placed in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylae of the universe. As far as the interests of freedom are concerned,...
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Choice Readings for Public and Private Entertainments and for the Use of ...

Robert McLean Cumnock - 1913 - 640 pages
...always chose for her favorite abode; but she is pursued even here, and threatened with destruction. The inundation of lawless power, after covering the...critically placed, in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylae of the universe. As far as the interests of freedom are concerned,...
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Letters to My Grandson on the Glory of English Prose

Stephen Coleridge - 1922 - 138 pages
...threatened with destruction. The inundations of lawless power, after covering the whole earth, threaten to follow us here, and we are most exactly, most critically placed in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylae of the universe. " As far as the interests of freedom are...
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The Glory of English Prose: Letters to My Grandson

Stephen Coleridge - 1922 - 266 pages
...threatened with destruction. The inundations of lawless power, after covering the whole earth, threaten to follow us here, and we are most exactly, most critically placed in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylae of the universe. "As far as the interests of freedom are...
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The Chobham Book of English Prose

Stephen Coleridge - 1923 - 290 pages
...threatened with destruction. The inundations of lawless power, after covering the whole earth, threaten to follow us here, and we are most exactly, most critically placed in the only aperture where it can be successfully repelled, in the Thermopylse of the universe. " As far as the interests of freedom are...
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