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... . Masham's gown deprived the Duke of Marlborough of his com- mand , and led to the inglorious peace of Utrecht that Louis XIV . was plunged into the most deso- He lating wars because his minister was nettled at his finding PREFACE . 5.
... . Masham's gown deprived the Duke of Marlborough of his com- mand , and led to the inglorious peace of Utrecht that Louis XIV . was plunged into the most deso- He lating wars because his minister was nettled at his finding PREFACE . 5.
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... Duke of Orleans precipitated the first expulsion of the Bourbons - and , not to multiply instances , that Commodus , Domitian , and Caligula fell victims not to their public tyranny , but to private vengeance- and that an order to make ...
... Duke of Orleans precipitated the first expulsion of the Bourbons - and , not to multiply instances , that Commodus , Domitian , and Caligula fell victims not to their public tyranny , but to private vengeance- and that an order to make ...
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George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) Who now is Duke in Venice ? let me see him , That he may do me right . Ber . F. If you forget Your office , and its dignity and duty , Remember that of man , and curb this passion . The Duke of Venice ...
George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) Who now is Duke in Venice ? let me see him , That he may do me right . Ber . F. If you forget Your office , and its dignity and duty , Remember that of man , and curb this passion . The Duke of Venice ...
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... duke . Doge . They made me so ; I sought it not , the flattering fetters met me Returning from my Roman embassy , And never having hitherto refused Toil , charge , or duty for the state , I did not , At these late years , decline what ...
... duke . Doge . They made me so ; I sought it not , the flattering fetters met me Returning from my Roman embassy , And never having hitherto refused Toil , charge , or duty for the state , I did not , At these late years , decline what ...
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Página 61 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Página 165 - TO THE ILLUSTRIOUS GOETHE A STRANGER PRESUMES TO OFFER THE HOMAGE OF A LITERARY VASSAL TO HIS LIEGE LORD, THE FIRST OF EXISTING WRITERS, WHO HAS CREATED THE LITERATURE OF HIS OWN COUNTRY, AND ILLUSTRATED THAT OF EUROPE.
Página 141 - DOGE turns and addresses the Executioner. Slave, do thine office ! Strike as I struck the foe ! Strike as I would Have struck those tyrants ! Strike deep as my curse ! Strike — and but once ! [The DOGE throws himself upon his knees, and as the Executioner raises his sword the scene closes.
Página 400 - The government may exult over the repression of petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the shore . while the great tide is still rolling on and gaining ground with every breaker.
Página 61 - We must forget all feelings save the one, We must resign all passions save our purpose, We must behold no object save our country, And only look on death as beautiful, So that the sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore.
Página 358 - Sorrow preys upon Its solitude, and nothing more diverts it From its sad visions of the other world Than calling it at moments back to this. The busy have no time for tears. liar. And therefore You would deprive this old man of all business ? Lor. The thing's decreed. The Giunta and " the Ten " Have made it law — who shall oppose that law ? Bar.
Página 282 - Let's not unman each other: part at once: All farewells should be sudden, when for ever, Else they make an eternity of moments, And clog the last sad sands of life with tears.
Página 412 - ... but it was very unpleasant, and nearly carried me off, and all that. On Monday, they put leeches to my temples, no difficult matter, but the blood could not be stopped till eleven...
Página 400 - French revolution to every thing but its real cause. That cause is obvious — the government exacted too much, and the people could neither give nor bear more. Without this, the Encyclopedists might have written their fingers off without the occurrence of a single alteration. And the English revolution — (the first, I mean) — what was it occasioned by? The puritans were surely as pious and moral as Wesley or his biographer? Acts — acts on the part of government, and not writings against them,...