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Side 14
... and which no doubt he would have accomplished in fact , if he had not been
prevented by the force of circumstances too powerful for mortal genius and
energy to contend against . Identifying himself , as he ever has striven to identify
himself ...
... and which no doubt he would have accomplished in fact , if he had not been
prevented by the force of circumstances too powerful for mortal genius and
energy to contend against . Identifying himself , as he ever has striven to identify
himself ...
Side 15
... the emperor . “ The Idées Napoleoniennes bear the character of ideas which
regulate the movement of societies , since they advance of their own force ,
though deprived of their 15 LOUIS NAPOLEON , EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH .
... the emperor . “ The Idées Napoleoniennes bear the character of ideas which
regulate the movement of societies , since they advance of their own force ,
though deprived of their 15 LOUIS NAPOLEON , EMPEROR OF THE FRENCH .
Side 16
advance of their own force , though deprived of their author , like a mass which ,
launched into space , must arrive by its own gravity at : its destined goal . There is
no need to reconstruct the system of the emperor ; be patient , and it will ...
advance of their own force , though deprived of their author , like a mass which ,
launched into space , must arrive by its own gravity at : its destined goal . There is
no need to reconstruct the system of the emperor ; be patient , and it will ...
Side 18
His object was not to force himself into the imperial seat against the will of the
nation , much less ' to wade through slaughter to a throne , ' but simply to give his
fellow - countrymen an opportunity of recording their verdict in favour of the ...
His object was not to force himself into the imperial seat against the will of the
nation , much less ' to wade through slaughter to a throne , ' but simply to give his
fellow - countrymen an opportunity of recording their verdict in favour of the ...
Side 30
But the emperor , who had always declared himself most desirous of being at
peace with England , most honourably refused to act in concert with Russia or to
desert his ally ; and joining his policy and his forces with those of Great Britain
early ...
But the emperor , who had always declared himself most desirous of being at
peace with England , most honourably refused to act in concert with Russia or to
desert his ally ; and joining his policy and his forces with those of Great Britain
early ...
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Side 25 - CALL it not vain: — they do not err, Who say that when the poet dies Mute Nature mourns her worshipper And celebrates his obsequies; Who say tall cliff and cavern lone For the departed bard make moan ; That mountains weep in crystal rill; That flowers in tears of balm distil; Through his loved groves that breezes sigh, And oaks in deeper groan reply, 10 And rivers teach their rushing wave To murmur dirges round his grave.
Side 22 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood, Land of my sires ? What mortal hand Can e'er untie the filial band That knits me to thy rugged strand...
Side 8 - E'en the slight harebell raised its head, Elastic from her airy tread : What though upon her speech there hung The accents of the mountain tongue — Those silver sounds, so soft, so dear, The listener held his breath to hear.
Side 30 - Is this thy voice, my son David ? " And Saul lifted up his voice, and wept. And he said to David, " Thou art more righteous than I : for thou hast rewarded me good, whereas I have rewarded thee evil. And thou hast shewed this day how that thou hast dealt well with me : forasmuch as when the Lord had delivered me into thine hand, thou killedst me not. For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the Lord reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
Side 21 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burned, As home his footsteps he hath turned, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Side 21 - The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Marmion, and The Lady of the Lake taken together.
Side 1 - O, young Lochinvar is come out of the west, Through all the wide Border his steed was the best ; And save his good broad-sword he weapons had none, He rode all unarm'd, and he rode all alone.
Side 5 - O, woman ! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made ; When pain and anguish wring the brow A ministering angel thou...
Side 5 - Ever, he said, that, close and near, A lady's voice was in his ear, And that the priest he could not hear ; For that she ever sung, " In the lost battle, borne down by the flying, Where mingles war's rattle with groans of the dying...
Side 2 - mong Graemes of the Netherby clan ; Forsters, Fenwicks, and Musgraves, they rode and they ran : There was racing and chasing on Cannobie Lee, But the lost bride of Netherby ne'er did they see. So daring in love, and so dauntless in war, Have ye e'er heard of gallant like young Lochinvar?