National Review, Volume 7Robert Theobold, 1858 - Great Britain |
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Page 519 - Lives of the Queens of Scotland, and English Princesses connected with the Regal Succession of Great Britain.
Page 335 - And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb Than by disputes the public peace disturb, For points obscure are of small use to learn: But common quiet is mankind's concern.
Page 39 - For my soul is full of troubles : and my life draweth nigh unto the grave.
Page 459 - Magazine in which my first effusion — dropped stealthily one evening at twilight, with fear and trembling, into a dark letter-box, in a dark office, up a dark court in Fleet Street...
Page 40 - Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and thou hast afflicted me with all thy waves.
Page 40 - Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? and thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
Page 396 - Stenny, you are a fool, and will shortly repent this folly, and will find that in this fit of popularity you are making a rod with which you will be scourged yourself...
Page 459 - I walked down to Westminster Hall, and turned into it for half an hour, because my eyes were so dimmed with joy and pride that they could not bear the street, and were not fit to be seen there.
Page 350 - For woman is not undevelopt man, But diverse : could we make her as the man, Sweet Love were slain : his dearest bond is this, Not like to like, but like in difference. Yet in the long years liker must they grow ; The man be more of woman, she of man ; He gain in sweetness and in moral height, Nor lose the wrestling thews that throw the world ; She mental breadth, nor fail in childward care, Nor lose the childlike in the larger mind ; Till at the last she set herself to man, Like perfect music unto...
Page 259 - Ambition, interest, the desire of making people talk about me, carried the day ; and I decided for war.