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... tion in which Marius placed himself at the head of the popular party , and the rev- olution was overcome by Sulla , the old aristocracy , which had conquered with Sulla , did not forgive the patrician family of the Julii for having ...
... tion in which Marius placed himself at the head of the popular party , and the rev- olution was overcome by Sulla , the old aristocracy , which had conquered with Sulla , did not forgive the patrician family of the Julii for having ...
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... tion , but historians in general , in their narratives of his life , have followed , as Shakspere did , in his play on that subject , the authority of the chroniclers Hall and Holinshed , who followed that of Sir Thomas More ; and it is ...
... tion , but historians in general , in their narratives of his life , have followed , as Shakspere did , in his play on that subject , the authority of the chroniclers Hall and Holinshed , who followed that of Sir Thomas More ; and it is ...
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... tion as " ingenious . " If it really were so there would have been no reason for re- verting to the original , which is impracti- cable , as a whole , chiefly because of its great length . The renown of the elder Booth as Richard was ...
... tion as " ingenious . " If it really were so there would have been no reason for re- verting to the original , which is impracti- cable , as a whole , chiefly because of its great length . The renown of the elder Booth as Richard was ...
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... tion of that malign force in Nature which never sleeps , never rests , never pauses- the force of evil , provided in the mysteri- ous scheme of things for the production of good . Richard affords startling contrasts , either moving ...
... tion of that malign force in Nature which never sleeps , never rests , never pauses- the force of evil , provided in the mysteri- ous scheme of things for the production of good . Richard affords startling contrasts , either moving ...
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... tion . Then walking calmly on , she re- marked casually to the peach - tree , " I'd sooner die as to marry a greedy man . " Flushed and angry , Philip sprang to his feet . " You need n't talk , missy ; I give you more ' n I kep ' - more ...
... tion . Then walking calmly on , she re- marked casually to the peach - tree , " I'd sooner die as to marry a greedy man . " Flushed and angry , Philip sprang to his feet . " You need n't talk , missy ; I give you more ' n I kep ' - more ...
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Page 512 - Twere now to be most happy, for I fear My soul hath her content so absolute That not another comfort like to this Succeeds in unknown fate.
Page 147 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said, "The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 746 - If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you for ever; even the Spirit of truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you.
Page 516 - I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light.
Page 42 - I smile, And cry, Content, to that which grieves my heart ; And wet my cheeks with artificial tears, And frame my face to all occasions.
Page 433 - There are three things which are unfilial, and to have no posterity is the greatest of them.
Page 132 - battlements that on their restless fronts bore stars " — might have been copied from my architectural dreams, for it often occurred. We hear it reported of Dryden, and of Fuseli in modern times, that they thought proper to eat raw meat for the sake of obtaining splendid dreams: how much better, for such a purpose, to have eaten opium, which yet I do not remember that any poet is recorded to have done, except the dramatist Shadwell...
Page 307 - mid work of his own hand he lies, Fretted by sallies of his mother's kisses, With light upon him from his father's eyes!
Page 512 - It is the cause, it is the cause, my soul — Let me not name it to you, you chaste stars ! — It is the cause.
Page 454 - They declared against superstition on the one hand, and enthusiasm on the other. They loved the constitution of the Church, and the Liturgy, and could well live under them: But they did not think it unlawful to live under another form. They wished that things might have been carried with more moderation. And they continued to keep a good correspondence with those who had differed from them in opinion, and allowed a great freedom both in philosophy and in divinity: From whence they were called men...