Historical EssaysHatchard, 1851 - 764 páginas |
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... possessing a voice in the nomination of deputies , out of a popu- lation comprising forty millions . Another accusation , which might be justly raised against the opulent classes , was the little activity they displayed in attempting to ...
... possessing a voice in the nomination of deputies , out of a popu- lation comprising forty millions . Another accusation , which might be justly raised against the opulent classes , was the little activity they displayed in attempting to ...
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... possessed capital , and the people , or those who supplied labour - the chasm upon each occasion being equally wide and impassable . But the circum- stance which , perhaps , of all others , had a tendency to diminish that respect due ...
... possessed capital , and the people , or those who supplied labour - the chasm upon each occasion being equally wide and impassable . But the circum- stance which , perhaps , of all others , had a tendency to diminish that respect due ...
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... possessing property , bring up a family and enjoy the convivialities of the ale - house ; but the day for taking these liberties is assuredly gone by , and the road from the tavern to the poor - house is now remarkably shortened . Mr ...
... possessing property , bring up a family and enjoy the convivialities of the ale - house ; but the day for taking these liberties is assuredly gone by , and the road from the tavern to the poor - house is now remarkably shortened . Mr ...
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... possessed no remedy but to sub- mit quietly to the demands of these rapacious traders . Nor did the mischief end here - the rights of labour being equally disregarded and violated by the oppres- sive bye - laws of these trading ...
... possessed no remedy but to sub- mit quietly to the demands of these rapacious traders . Nor did the mischief end here - the rights of labour being equally disregarded and violated by the oppres- sive bye - laws of these trading ...
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... possessing a certain amount of property , should be compelled by law to hire and maintain a certain number of workmen . Thus , the poor capitalist , like Sinbad , never rises but with an ouvrier seated upon his back , and , though ...
... possessing a certain amount of property , should be compelled by law to hire and maintain a certain number of workmen . Thus , the poor capitalist , like Sinbad , never rises but with an ouvrier seated upon his back , and , though ...
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Página 496 - midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or, if chill blustering winds, or driving rain, Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut, That, from the mountain's side, Views wilds, and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discover'd spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Página 277 - If you aim at a Scottish Presbytery, it agreeth as well with monarchy as God and the devil. Then Jack, and Tom, and Will, and Dick, shall meet, and at their pleasure censure me and my council, and all our proceedings ; then Will shall stand up and say, It must be thus ; then Dick shall reply, Nay, marry, but we will have it thus.
Página 494 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong, And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still through all the song ; And where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft, responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope, enchanted, smiled, and waved her golden hair.
Página 496 - O'erhang his wavy bed, Now air is hush'd, save where the weak-eyed bat With short shrill shriek flits by on leathern wing, Or where the beetle winds His small but sullen horn...
Página 489 - Cameron's gathering" rose, The war-note of Lochiel, which Albyn's hills Have heard,— and heard, too, have her Saxon foes; How in the noon of night that pibroch thrills Savage and shrill! But with the breath which fills Their mountain pipe, so fill the mountaineers With the fierce native daring which instils The stirring memory of a thousand years, And Evan's, Donald's fame rings in each clansman's ears!
Página 494 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels jtiin'd the sound ; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.
Página 204 - O could I flow like thee ! and make thy stream My great example, as it is my theme ; Though deep yet clear, though gentle yet not dull ; Strong without rage, without o'erflowing full.
Página 424 - The soul's dark cottage, battered and decayed, Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home.
Página 218 - That as to dispute what God may do is blasphemy, ... so is it sedition in subjects to dispute what a king may do in the height of his power.
Página 497 - Winter yelling through the troublous air, Affrights thy shrinking train, And rudely rends thy robes : So long, regardful of thy quiet rule, Shall Fancy, Friendship, Science, smiling Peace, Thy gentlest influence own, And love thy favourite name ! ODE TO PEACE.