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Side 26
... gives too ready credence to all the marvels which may be attributed to the heroes of the Church ; his personal character , his regard for truth , and his diligence in seeking it , are all above suspicion . The extreme brevity with which ...
... gives too ready credence to all the marvels which may be attributed to the heroes of the Church ; his personal character , his regard for truth , and his diligence in seeking it , are all above suspicion . The extreme brevity with which ...
Side 29
... the reality of the constant , though loosely organised warfare between the invading tribes , and the native inhabitants of our country , the chronicles I have referred to give proofs which , if brief , are conclusive . 29.
... the reality of the constant , though loosely organised warfare between the invading tribes , and the native inhabitants of our country , the chronicles I have referred to give proofs which , if brief , are conclusive . 29.
Side 30
give proofs which , if brief , are conclusive . There is perhaps no portion of our national history upon which more complete misap- prehension exists than upon the character and fate of our Celtic ancestors . It is not too much to say ...
give proofs which , if brief , are conclusive . There is perhaps no portion of our national history upon which more complete misap- prehension exists than upon the character and fate of our Celtic ancestors . It is not too much to say ...
Side 38
... gives very scanty measure . Apart from the sometimes tantalizing brevity of the old historians , who never linger except over the life of some favourite saint , or enlarge except upon some dubious miracle ; -there was really perhaps ...
... gives very scanty measure . Apart from the sometimes tantalizing brevity of the old historians , who never linger except over the life of some favourite saint , or enlarge except upon some dubious miracle ; -there was really perhaps ...
Side 42
... give up our belief in these old - world stories , sweet with the quaint fragrance of a long past age , and bright with the changeless lustre of love . But were they all to be proved fabrica- tions to - morrow , the fact that ...
... give up our belief in these old - world stories , sweet with the quaint fragrance of a long past age , and bright with the changeless lustre of love . But were they all to be proved fabrica- tions to - morrow , the fact that ...
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Side 67 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Side 24 - Towards the end of the seventeenth and the beginning of the eighteenth centuries, cocoa was largely and successfully cultivated, but in 1725 a blight fell upon the plantations.
Side 26 - Art, at the end of the sixteenth and the beginning of the seventeenth centuries...
Side 72 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
Side 74 - I find this conclusion more impressed upon me, — that the greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way.
Side 90 - Then to advise how war may best upheld Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all her equipage ; besides, to know Both spiritual power and civil, what each means, What severs each, thou hast learned, which few have done. The bounds of either sword to thee we owe; Therefore on thy firm hand Religion leans In peace, and reckons thee her eldest son.
Side 86 - Threatning to bind our soules with secular chaines : Helpe us to save free Conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves whose Gospell is their maw.
Side 64 - I saw several poor creatures carried by, by constables, for being at a conventicle. They go like lambs, without any resistance. I would to God they would either conform, or be more wise, and not be catched ! 8th.