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" The government may exult over the repression of petty tumults; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the shore, while the great tide is still rolling on and gaining ground with every breaker. "
Sardanapalus: A Tragedy ; The Two Foscari : a Tragedy ; Cain : a Mystery - Page 219
by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1822 - 309 pages
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Spirit of the English Magazines, Volume 10

1821 - 488 pages
...petty tumults these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the shore.while the great tide is still rolling on and gaining ground...country ; and is he abetting it by writing lives of Wttley ? One mode of worship is merely destroyed by another. There never was, nor ever will be, a country...
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 36

1822 - 686 pages
...inevitable, I repeat. The government may exult over the repression of petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on...country ; and is he abetting it by writing lives of Wedey? One mode of worship is merely destroyed by another. There never was, nor never will be, a country...
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The Port Folio

1822 - 578 pages
...inevitable, I repeat. The government may exult over the repression of petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on...gaining ground with every breaker. Mr. Southey accuses \is of attacking the religion of the country ; and is he abetting it by writing lives of Wesley ? One...
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The British review and London critical journal

1822 - 526 pages
...revolution. " The government," says he, " may exult over the repression of petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on...rolling on, and gaining ground with every breaker." And we should think so too, if we did not discern in the almost universal feeling of disgust which...
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The Country constitutional guardian and literary magazine [ed. by J.M. Gutch].

John Mathew Gutch - 1822 - 584 pages
...are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the »bore, while the great tide is rolling on, and gaining ground with every breaker....accuses us of attacking the religion of the country; ii-.'i ь he abetting it by writing lives of Wesley 'f One mode of worship is merely destroyed by another....
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of the Right Honourable Lord Byron: With ...

John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the shore^while the great tide is still rolling on and gaining ground with every breaker." There is more poetry than argument in all this, and the latter part would look well in verse ; though...
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An Historical and Critical Memoir of the Life and Writings of the Right ...

John Watkins - 1822 - 452 pages
...petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on the shore^while the great tide is still rolling on and gaining ground with every breaker." >. . • .. .»: There is more poetry than argument in all this, and the latter part would look well...
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The works of the rt. hon. lord Byron, Volume 5

George Gordon N. Byron (6th baron.) - 1824 - 318 pages
...inevitable. I repeat. The government may exult over the repression of petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on...the shore, while the great tide is still rolling on *nd gaining ground with every breaker. Mr. Southey aceuses us of attacking the religion of the country...
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The Life, Writings, Opinions, and Times of the Right Hon. George ..., Volume 2

1825 - 422 pages
...inevitable, I repeat. The government may exult over the suppression of petty tumults ; these are but the receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on...mode of worship is merely destroyed by another. There nevei was, nor ever will be, a country without a religion. We shall be told of France again : but it...
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Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Lord Byron

George Clinton - 1825 - 826 pages
...inevitable, I repeat. The government may exult over the repression of petty tumults; these are but Ihe receding waves repulsed and broken for a moment on...rolling on and gaining ground with every breaker. Mr. Sotrtliey accuses ns of attacking Ilie religion of the country ; and is he abetting it by writing lives...
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