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... measure of glory be awarded to his Creator . Leaving his Island monastery to the care of some of his fellow - monks , he trav- elled , accompanied by others , along the winding banks of the Lee , and never ceased until he reached the ...
... measure of glory be awarded to his Creator . Leaving his Island monastery to the care of some of his fellow - monks , he trav- elled , accompanied by others , along the winding banks of the Lee , and never ceased until he reached the ...
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... measure of music and song was presented for admiration ! But when , amidst the profusion of foreign wonders of harmony , some solitary voice , like that of the last feathered minstrel of day , stole forth and caroled a lay of our native ...
... measure of music and song was presented for admiration ! But when , amidst the profusion of foreign wonders of harmony , some solitary voice , like that of the last feathered minstrel of day , stole forth and caroled a lay of our native ...
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... measure- to propose the redeeming of religion from the abuses of the Church , the reclaiming of three millions of men from bondage , and giving liberty to all who have a right to demand it ? — giving , I say , in the so - much ...
... measure- to propose the redeeming of religion from the abuses of the Church , the reclaiming of three millions of men from bondage , and giving liberty to all who have a right to demand it ? — giving , I say , in the so - much ...
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... measure . This gentleman observed that he never passed that House without the deepest melancholy and regret . " I do not wonder at it , " said Curran , " I never knew a man who had committed murder who was not haunted by the ghost of ...
... measure . This gentleman observed that he never passed that House without the deepest melancholy and regret . " I do not wonder at it , " said Curran , " I never knew a man who had committed murder who was not haunted by the ghost of ...
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... measure a jig or a reel on the resounding floor . He thinks of the fair and the race - course ; of Donnybrook and Punchestown ; of the hurling match between some rival parishes ; the wild " tally - ho " of the huntsmen , as they flash ...
... measure a jig or a reel on the resounding floor . He thinks of the fair and the race - course ; of Donnybrook and Punchestown ; of the hurling match between some rival parishes ; the wild " tally - ho " of the huntsmen , as they flash ...
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Page 145 - He poured, to lord and lady gay, The unpremeditated lay: Old times were changed, old manners gone; A stranger filled the Stuarts' throne; The bigots of the iron time Had called his harmless art a crime.
Page 150 - DEAR Harp of my country ! in darkness I found thee, The cold chain of silence had hung o'er thee long, When proudly, my own Island Harp ! I unbound thee, And gave all thy chords to light, freedom, and song...
Page 786 - I impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose laws, rights and liberties he has subverted; whose properties he has destroyed; whose country he has laid waste and desolate. I impeach him in the name and by virtue of those eternal laws of justice which he has violated. I impeach him in the name of human nature itself, which he has cruelly outraged, injured and oppressed, in both sexes, in every age, rank, situation, and condition of life.
Page 873 - Let no man dare, when I am dead, to charge me with dishonor; let no man attaint my memory by believing that I could have engaged in any cause but that of my country's liberty and independence...
Page 785 - I believe, my lords, that the sun, in his beneficent progress round the world, does not behold a more glorious sight than that of men, separated from a remote people by the material bounds and barriers of nature, united by the bond of a social and moral community; all the Commons of England resenting, as their own, the indignities and cruelties, that are offered to all the people of India.
Page 60 - And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Page 611 - Has he completely done ? He was unparliamentary from the beginning to the end of his speech. There was scarce a word he uttered that was not a violation of the privileges of the House; but I did not call him to order — why? because the limited talents of some men render it impossible for them to be severe without being unparliamentary. But before I sit down I shall show him how to be severe and parliamentary at the same time.
Page 874 - I have but one request to ask at my departure from this world - it is the charity of its silence ! Let no man write my epitaph: for as no man who knows my motives dare now vindicate them, let not prejudice or ignorance asperse them.
Page 762 - ... cabinet so variously inlaid; such a piece of diversified mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans; whigs and tories; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsure to stand on.
Page 755 - I stood near him ; and his face, to use the expression of the Scripture of the first martyr, ' his face was as if it had been the face of an angel.' I do not know how others feel, but if I had stood in that situation, I never would have exchanged it for all that kings in their profusion could bestow.