Reminiscences of Spain: The Country, Its People, History, and MonumentṡCarter, Hendee and Company, 1833 |
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Page 31 - Lord Say,—' thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm, in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used ; and, contrary to the King, his crown, and dignity, thou hast built a
Page 123 - No kind of traffic Would I admit; no name of magistrate; Letters should not be known; no use of service, Of riches or of poverty; no contracts, Successions; bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none, No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil:— No occupation; all men idle, all; And women too; but innocent and pure:— No sovereignty.—
Page 73 - it is the curse of kings, to be attended By slaves, that take their humors for a warrant To break within the bloody house of life; And, on the winking of authority, To understand a law; to know the meaning Of dangerous majesty, when, perchance, it frowns More upon humor than advised respect.
Page 88 - not the heart, enrage it. Macd. O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue!—But, gentle heaven, Cut short all intermission ; front to front Bring thou this fiend of Scotland, and myself: Within my sword's length set him ; if he 'scape, Heaven forgive him too.
Page 44 - What constitutes a State ? Not high raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate; Not cities proud, with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride; Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No: men, high minded men, With powers as far above
Page 188 - favors! There is betwixt that smile he would aspire to, That sweet aspect of princes, and his ruin, More pangs and fears than wars or women have; And when he falls, he falls like Lucifer, Never to hope again.
Page 88 - Mai. Dispute it like a man. Macd. I shall do so; But I must also feel it as a man: I cannot but remember such things were, That were most precious to me. Did heaven look on, And would not take their part
Page 8 - You would have thought the very windows spake, So many greedy looks of young and old Through casements darted their desiring eyes Upon his visage; and that all the walls, With painted imagery, had said at once,— Jesu preserve thee ! Welcome Bolingbroke
Page 44 - brutes endued, In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and knowing, dare maintain,— These constitute a State. In
Page 201 - fled, Before decay's effacing fingers Have swept the lines where beauty lingers, And marked the mild, angelic air, The rapture of repose that's there, The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek; And, but for that sad,