Lives of the Illustrious: (the Biographical Magazine)., Band 7J. Passmore Edwards, 1855 |
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... heads of the way in which he employed his time at this period . As illustrative of his mental activity these statements are not without interest , and it is pleasant to trace as far as possible the steps by which he was led to embrace a ...
... heads of the way in which he employed his time at this period . As illustrative of his mental activity these statements are not without interest , and it is pleasant to trace as far as possible the steps by which he was led to embrace a ...
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... heads , he details the advantages which he derived from his change of residence . In the first place , his personal freedom had been impaired by a seat in the House of Commons and at the Board of Trade . In the next , he tells us how in ...
... heads , he details the advantages which he derived from his change of residence . In the first place , his personal freedom had been impaired by a seat in the House of Commons and at the Board of Trade . In the next , he tells us how in ...
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... head- strong , and wavering , the Queen mother Marie de Medici retained for her ad- visers the men least capable of offering her a firm support in the season of adversity . Villeroy , Jeannin , Sillery , possessed ability , no doubt ...
... head- strong , and wavering , the Queen mother Marie de Medici retained for her ad- visers the men least capable of offering her a firm support in the season of adversity . Villeroy , Jeannin , Sillery , possessed ability , no doubt ...
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... head- quarters of his diocess , and finally , he was banished to Avignon . There he seemed to make up his mind to lead a life of retirement , and employed him- self in writing theological works . But in the meanwhile he observed atten ...
... head- quarters of his diocess , and finally , he was banished to Avignon . There he seemed to make up his mind to lead a life of retirement , and employed him- self in writing theological works . But in the meanwhile he observed atten ...
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... head of a Swiss army , and we have the singular spectacle of a Romish prelate defeating the successor of St. Peter with weapons both spiritual and temporal ; we say spiritual , because Richelieu had obtained from the theo- logical board ...
... head of a Swiss army , and we have the singular spectacle of a Romish prelate defeating the successor of St. Peter with weapons both spiritual and temporal ; we say spiritual , because Richelieu had obtained from the theo- logical board ...
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Seite 120 - Twas then great Marlborough's mighty soul was proved, That, in the shock of charging hosts unmoved, Amidst confusion, horror, and despair, Examined all the dreadful scenes of war ; In peaceful thought the field of death surveyed, To fainting squadrons sent the timely aid, Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage.
Seite 183 - Any government is free to the people under it, whatever be the frame, where the laws, rule, and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Seite 201 - No more — no more — no more" (Such language holds the solemn sea To the sands upon the shore) Shall bloom the thunder-blasted tree, Or the stricken eagle soar!
Seite 32 - This lovely bud, so young and fair, Called hence by early doom, Just came to show how sweet a flower In Paradise would bloom.
Seite 85 - Immediately I received strength to believe, and the full beams of the Sun of Righteousness shone upon me. I saw the sufficiency of the atonement He had made, my pardon sealed in His blood, and all the fulness and completeness of His justification. In a moment I believed, and received the gospel.
Seite 271 - Aliens ! good God ! was Arthur, Duke of Wellington, in the House of Lords, and did he not start up and exclaim, ' Hold ! I have seen the aliens do their duty ?' The Duke of Wellington is not a man of an excitable temperament. His mind is of a cast too martial to be easily moved ; but notwithstanding his habitual inflexibility, I cannot help thinking that when he heard his...
Seite 158 - ... God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess. And the Publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
Seite 72 - without any design except to amuse myself ; and got the languages by hunting after the stories in the several poets I read, rather than read the books to get the languages. I followed everywhere as my fancy led me, and was like a boy gathering flowers in the fields and woods, just as they fell in his way. These five or six years I looked upon as the happiest in my life.
Seite 220 - Yet I do not give up the country. I see her in a swoon, but she is not dead. Though in her tomb she lies helpless and motionless, still there is on her lips a spirit of life, and on her cheek a glow of beauty Thou art not conquered; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Seite 180 - We confess ourselves to be so far from recanting, or declining to vindicate the assembling of ourselves, to preach, pray, or worship the eternal, holy, just God, that we declare to all the world, that we do believe it to be our indispensable duty to meet incessantly upon so good an account; nor shall all the powers upon earth be able to divert us from reverencing and adoring our God, who made us.