Spain yesterday and to-day. By the author of 'Portugal'.Darton & Harvey, 1834 - 276 pages |
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... friends were so mixed toge- ther , that they had little leisure for reflection till their journey was fairly begun . They crossed from Dover to Calais , and tra- velled rapidly through France ; it being no part of their plan to linger ...
... friends were so mixed toge- ther , that they had little leisure for reflection till their journey was fairly begun . They crossed from Dover to Calais , and tra- velled rapidly through France ; it being no part of their plan to linger ...
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... friendship of the clergy . One of the most eminent was Dr. John Gill , or Egidius , canon magistral ( preach- er ) of the Cathedral of Seville ; an office to which he had been unanimously chosen by the arch- bishop and chapter , as a ...
... friendship of the clergy . One of the most eminent was Dr. John Gill , or Egidius , canon magistral ( preach- er ) of the Cathedral of Seville ; an office to which he had been unanimously chosen by the arch- bishop and chapter , as a ...
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... friend , Egidius , who was yet without any taint of suspicion , ap- peared before the judges as Valér's counsel : a dangerous , yet honourable proof of his friendship . The prisoner made no attempt to disguise his opinions , but charged ...
... friend , Egidius , who was yet without any taint of suspicion , ap- peared before the judges as Valér's counsel : a dangerous , yet honourable proof of his friendship . The prisoner made no attempt to disguise his opinions , but charged ...
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... friends , though it made them more cautious . Egi- dius lived in habits of great intimacy with Con- stantine Perez de la Fuente and Dr. Vargas , two very learned and exemplarary priests , his early friends at the university of Alcalá de ...
... friends , though it made them more cautious . Egi- dius lived in habits of great intimacy with Con- stantine Perez de la Fuente and Dr. Vargas , two very learned and exemplarary priests , his early friends at the university of Alcalá de ...
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... of his trial was embittered by the persecuting zeal of Peter Diaz , one of the inquisi- tors , who had formerly been his friend , and the base desertion of Arias , whom he had appointed TORTURE . 25 his counsel , but who was afraid.
... of his trial was embittered by the persecuting zeal of Peter Diaz , one of the inquisi- tors , who had formerly been his friend , and the base desertion of Arias , whom he had appointed TORTURE . 25 his counsel , but who was afraid.
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Page 4 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 3 - When Cheerfulness, a nymph of healthiest hue, Her bow across her shoulder flung, Her buskins gemm'd with morning dew, Blew an inspiring air, that dale and thicket rung, The hunter's call to Faun and Dryad known...
Page 51 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 33 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our Fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Page 4 - Each gift of nature, and each grace of art; With fatal heat impetuous courage glows, With fatal sweetness elocution flows; Impeachment stops the speaker's pow'rful breath, And restless fire precipitates on death.
Page 33 - When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones, Forget not : in thy book record their groans Who were thy sheep, and in their ancient fold Slain by the bloody Piedmontese, that rolled Mother with infant down the rocks. Their moans The vales redoubled to the hills and they To heaven.
Page 234 - When he had finished they sunk on their knees, and, raising their clasped hands to heaven, their eyes filled with tears of joy and gratitude, they poured forth thanks and praises to God for so great a providence, all present followed their example; a deep and solemn enthusiasm pervaded that splendid assembly, and prevented all common acclamations of triumph. The anthem...
Page 47 - A soulless thing, a spirit of the woods, He loves to commune with the fields and floods.
Page 148 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united! For in their anger they slew a man, and in their self-will they digged down a wall. Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce, and their wrath, for it was cruel. I will divide them in Jacob and scatter them in Israel.
Page 172 - No withered witch shall here be seen, No goblins lead their nightly crew ; The female fays shall haunt the green, And dress thy grave with pearly dew ! The redbreast oft, at evening hours, Shall kindly lend his little aid, With hoary moss, and gathered flowers, To deck the ground where thou art laid.