 | Robert Demaus - 1859 - 612 pages
...of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed...which will continue to be our shield and our strength. Thus it is that the spirits of the great and the wise continue to live and to act after them. XII.... | |
 | Sandhurst roy. military coll - 1859 - 672 pages
...is that of the martyr, the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory. Nelson has left us a name and an example which are at this hour inspiring...thousands of the youth of England ; a name which is our guide, and an example which will continue to be our shield and our strength. — SOUTHEY. EXPERIMENTAL... | |
 | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1859 - 520 pages
...that of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory." August 1. If we compare the spiritual with the natural world, the latter is, properly speaking, the... | |
 | Robert Demaus - English literature - 1860 - 580 pages
...of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed...which will continue to be our shield and our strength. Thus it is that the spirits of the great and the wise continue to live and to act after them. XII.... | |
 | Advanced reading book - Readers - 1860 - 458 pages
...of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed...— a name which is our pride, and an example which? . 1 rXTtl/!* I»C4i naSB AITT»C*S. vH •wur-mTig i; *» IfflT ^Utjd >•£ OBT Aft^VB^Tt^. TlfflB... | |
 | Scottish school-book assoc - 1863 - 438 pages
...the hero in the hour of victory;—and if the chariot and the horses of fire 1 had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed...his mantle of inspiration, but a name and an example 1 which are at this hour 1 inspiring thousands of the youth of England—a name which is our pride,... | |
 | Literature - 1863 - 646 pages
...it may be allowable to add, that " if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for his translation, he could scarcely have departed in a brighter blaze of glory."* There are two voices to be heard on most questions : of the Two Voices in Mr, Tennyson's poem, one... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed...which will continue to be our shield and our strength. Thus it is that the spirits of the great and the wise continue to live and to act after them. 329.... | |
 | Hubert Ashton Holden - 1864 - 592 pages
...of the hero in the hour of victory ; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely have departed...has left us, not indeed his mantle of inspiration, hut a name and an example, which are at this hour inspiring thousands of the youth of England: a name... | |
 | William Freke Williams - 1864 - 786 pages
...Southey baa well said : — " Nelson has left us, not indeed hi; mantle of inspiration, but a name »nd an example which are at this hour inspiring thousands of the youth of England : a name which i< our guide, and an example which will continue to b« our shield and our strength." t The reason... | |
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The most triumphant death is that of the martyr; the most awful that of the martyred patriot; the most splendid that of the hero in the hour of victory; and if the chariot and the horses of fire had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation, he could scarcely... 
