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Sanctum Sanctorum: Or Proof-sheets from an Editor's Table - Page 35
by Theodore Tilton - 1870 - 325 pages
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The Continental Monthly

American periodicals - 1862 - 770 pages
...has been false to her traditions. ' I confess,' wrote Mrs. Browning — dead 310 311 now * year — 'that I dream of the day when an English statesman...it will vex a people hard by, it will hurt a people farther off, it will profit nothing to the general humanity ; therefore, away with it ! it is not for...
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Poems, Volume 3

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1862 - 422 pages
...somewhat narrow order, what must be the man whosdoes not look beyond his own frontier or his own sea ? I confess that I dream of the day when an English...courage, in the face of his countrymen, to assert of some suggestive policy, — " This is good for your trade; this is necessary for your domination; but it...
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Last Poems

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - English poetry - 1862 - 254 pages
...to entertain. For instance, she was called visionary and impracticable for such words as these : " English statesman shall arise with a heart too " large...in the face " of his countrymen, to assert of some sugges" tive policy, — 'This is good for your trade; this u is necessary for your domination ; but...
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Poems, Volume 4

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1863 - 260 pages
...only his face lost its mask, is a question. But the poet blotted out her early praise, as the pontiff blotted out his early pledge. Some of her English...in the face "of his countrymen, to assert of some sugges" tive policy, — 'This is good for your trade; this " is necessary for your domination ; but...
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Poems, Volume 4

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1863 - 260 pages
...only his face lost its mask, is a question. But the poet blotted out her early praise, as the pontiff blotted out his early pledge. Some of her English...in the face " of his countrymen, to assert of some sugges" tive policy, — 'This is good for your trade; this " is necessary for your domination ; but...
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Poems, Volume 3

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1864 - 418 pages
...somewhat narrow order, what must be the man who does not look beyond his own frontier or his own sea ? I confess that I dream of the day when an English...courage, in the face of his countrymen, to assert of some suggestive policy, — " This is good for your trade; this is necessary for your domination; but it...
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America and Her Commentators: With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United ...

Henry Theodore Tuckerman - United States - 1864 - 472 pages
...for England, having courage, in the face of his countrymen, to assert of some suggestive policy, c This is good for your trade ; this is necessary for...it will vex a people hard by; it will hurt a people farther oif ; it will profit nothing to the general humanity ; therefore away with it ! It is not for...
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America and Her Commentators: With a Critical Sketch of Travel in the United ...

Henry Theodore Tuckerman - History - 1864 - 478 pages
...protest against the inhumanity that ignores or wilfully repudiates the claims of other nations : " I confess that I dream of the day when an English statesman Bhall arise with a heart too large for England, having courage, in the face of his countrymen, to assert...
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Poetical Works, Volume 4

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1872 - 406 pages
...somewhat narrow order, what must be the man who does not look beyond his own frontier or hia own sea ? I confess that I dream of the day when an English...statesman shall arise with a heart too large for England j having courage in the face of his countrymen to assert of some suggested policy, — " This is good...
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The Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Complete in One Volume

Elizabeth Barrett Browning - 1870 - 533 pages
...countrymen, to Rusert ofeome suggestive policy, — " This Is good tor your trade ; this Is necessary lor your domination ; but It will vex a people hard by ; it will hurt a people farther off ; it will profit nothing to the general humanity ; therefore, away with It I— It ia not...
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