| William Hendry Stowell - 1848 - 400 sider
...sigh for human nature ? "Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Thus man devours his brother, and destroys !" COWPER'S TASK. 189. In the closing scenes of the Peloponnesian... | |
| 1848 - 602 sider
...— lands intersected by a narrow frith abhor each other, and a single mountain interposed " makes enemies of nations who had else, like kindred drops, been mingled into one." The Morisonians are yet in a transition state. The metal is not yet cooled. Those in proximity with... | |
| William Cowper - 1849 - 740 sider
...as his lawful prey. 15 Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations who had else Like kindred...into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; 20 And worse than all, and most to be" deplored As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains... | |
| Richard Green Parker - 1849 - 466 sider
...thick than would their GRAVES, were graves permitted to the sons of Cain. 698. Mountains interposed, make ENEMIES OF NATIONS, who had else, like kindred drops, been mingled into one. 699. No! DEAR as FREEDOM is, and in my heart's just estimation prized above all price, I would much... | |
| New Hampshire Historical Society - 1850 - 350 sider
...yearly improved means of intercourse, no longer can it be said as of old — " Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one." In conclusion on this topic, it may be asked, Why this fondness for removal should be more peculiar... | |
| John Godfrey Saxe - 1850 - 160 sider
...walls to geographic foes. " Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one." NOTE 5. PAGE 128. Ao pitying nymphs had gathered round to weep. It is a part of the fable of Phoethon,... | |
| John Brown - 1850 - 682 sider
...and in private lite. " Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other — mountains interposed, Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one."» In opposition to this righteousness of the Scribes and the Pharisees, our Lord declares the righteousness... | |
| William Cowper - 1851 - 620 sider
...him as his lawful prey. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains intprposed r o devoteshisbrother, antl destroys; And, worse thanailTluid most to1ie deplored As human nature's broadest,... | |
| Daniel Noyes Haskell - 1851 - 56 sider
...penned his familiar lines : " Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one." The writer occupied a seat between a French Catholic and a Jew. The table was a sort of "world's convention,"... | |
| Christopher Newman Hall - 1851 - 92 sider
...loved as brethren ! — " Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops, been mingled into one !" What multitudes of our brothers and sisters writhe daily beneath the goading thong of the demon... | |
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