Noctes ambrosianaeBlackwood, 1856 |
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... Better even a mere sentimental reli- gion , which , though shallow , is pure , than those audacious doctrines broached by Pride - in - Humility , who , blind as the bat , essays the flight of the eagle , and ignorant o ' the lowest ...
... Better even a mere sentimental reli- gion , which , though shallow , is pure , than those audacious doctrines broached by Pride - in - Humility , who , blind as the bat , essays the flight of the eagle , and ignorant o ' the lowest ...
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... better than either of us . Shepherd . Weel , then , that is the view o ' virtue that seems maist consistent wi ' the revelation o ' its true nature by Chris- tianity . Isna there , sirs , a perpetual struggle - a ceevil war -in ilka ...
... better than either of us . Shepherd . Weel , then , that is the view o ' virtue that seems maist consistent wi ' the revelation o ' its true nature by Chris- tianity . Isna there , sirs , a perpetual struggle - a ceevil war -in ilka ...
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... better , too . But hearken till me— When that state o ' mind passed away frae us , and we became willing to find relief , as it were , frae thochts sae far aboon the level o ' them that must be our daily thochts , then we micht , and ...
... better , too . But hearken till me— When that state o ' mind passed away frae us , and we became willing to find relief , as it were , frae thochts sae far aboon the level o ' them that must be our daily thochts , then we micht , and ...
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... better endowed ; -yet hath not such a people great conceptions ? Yea , the people of England feel the greatness of their country - because they know that she has been always free and enlightened from Alfred - Magna Charta — the Refor ...
... better endowed ; -yet hath not such a people great conceptions ? Yea , the people of England feel the greatness of their country - because they know that she has been always free and enlightened from Alfred - Magna Charta — the Refor ...
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... better nor onything ye'll say the nicht . Tickler . Napoleon and Alfred ! -The one is already dead- the other will live for ever . Alfred ! the mighty Warrior , who quelled and drove afar from him the terrible enemy that had baffled the ...
... better nor onything ye'll say the nicht . Tickler . Napoleon and Alfred ! -The one is already dead- the other will live for ever . Alfred ! the mighty Warrior , who quelled and drove afar from him the terrible enemy that had baffled the ...
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Página 238 - In that fair clime, the lonely herdsman, stretched On the soft grass through half a summer's day, With music lulled Iiia indolent repose : And, in some fit of weariness, if he, When his own breath was silent, chanced to hear A distant strain, far sweeter than the sounds...
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Página 357 - Sir Walter breathed his last, in the presence of all his children. It was a beautiful day — so warm, that every window was wide open — and so perfectly still, that the sound of all others most delicious to his ear, the gentle ripple of the Tweed over its pebbles, was distinctly audible as we knelt around the bed, and his eldest son kissed and closed his eyes.
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