Our native land, or, Scenes and sketches from British history, by the author of 'Scriptural instruction for the least and lowest'.1855 |
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Pàgina 49
... Parliament , condemning all appeals to Rome ; asserting that the crown was imperial , and that the king should maintain the liberties of his kingdom against the usurpation of the papal see . Now you will easily understand , that as this ...
... Parliament , condemning all appeals to Rome ; asserting that the crown was imperial , and that the king should maintain the liberties of his kingdom against the usurpation of the papal see . Now you will easily understand , that as this ...
Pàgina 143
... the plan formed , was the celebrated Guy Fawkes . The object of the plot was to des- troy at once the king , his sons , and the two " houses of Parliament ; and to place upon the throne GUNPOWDER , TREASON , AND PLOT . 143.
... the plan formed , was the celebrated Guy Fawkes . The object of the plot was to des- troy at once the king , his sons , and the two " houses of Parliament ; and to place upon the throne GUNPOWDER , TREASON , AND PLOT . 143.
Pàgina 144
... Parliament - house , and concealed within it several barrels of gun- powder . Then they arranged , that on the day of the meeting of Parliament , this gun- powder should be set on fire ; and they de- signed , in the tremendous explosion ...
... Parliament - house , and concealed within it several barrels of gun- powder . Then they arranged , that on the day of the meeting of Parliament , this gun- powder should be set on fire ; and they de- signed , in the tremendous explosion ...
Pàgina 145
... Parliament , and yet they will not see who hurts them . This counsel is not to be contemned , because it may do you good , and can do you no harm ; for the danger is past as soon as you have burnt this letter . " VOL . II . 0 You will ...
... Parliament , and yet they will not see who hurts them . This counsel is not to be contemned , because it may do you good , and can do you no harm ; for the danger is past as soon as you have burnt this letter . " VOL . II . 0 You will ...
Pàgina 146
... Parliament House should be in- spected . The charge of this investigation was entrusted to the Duke of Suffolk , the Lord Chamberlain ; but he judged it best not to attempt a search until the very night before the meeting of Parliament ...
... Parliament House should be in- spected . The charge of this investigation was entrusted to the Duke of Suffolk , the Lord Chamberlain ; but he judged it best not to attempt a search until the very night before the meeting of Parliament ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 364 - Ah! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which, but an hour ago, Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness. And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts, and choking sighs Which ne'er might be repeated...
Pàgina 164 - ... the inquiry of truth, which is the love-making, or wooing of it; the knowledge of truth, which is the presence of it, and the belief of truth, which is the enjoying of it; is the sovereign good of human nature.
Pàgina 57 - Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee...
Pàgina 57 - A sure and safe one, though thy master miss'd it. Mark but my fall, and that that ruin'd me. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition : By that sin fell the angels...
Pàgina 353 - To overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder ; devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty ! If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never...
Pàgina 272 - Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Pàgina 360 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed, And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow...
Pàgina 157 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Pàgina 267 - Thus with the year Seasons return, but not to me returns Day, or the sweet approach of even or morn, Or sight of vernal bloom, or summer's rose, Or flocks, or herds, or human face divine: But cloud instead, and ever-during dark Surrounds me, from the cheerful ways of men Cut off, and for the book of knowledge fair Presented with a universal blank Of nature's works, to me expunged and rased, And wisdom at one entrance quite shut out.
Pàgina 293 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.