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Questions for Examination in English Literature: Chiefly Selected from ... - Page 97
by Walter William Skeat - 1873 - 100 pages
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The Works of Lord Byron, Including the Suppressed Poems: Also a Sketch of ...

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1846 - 848 pages
...ascen.i to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. CALENDARO. But, if wo fail ? ISRAEL BERTUCCIO. souk their gor« Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limb» Be »Ining to city gates and castle...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 526 pages
...bade the world farewell, And freedom shriek'd, as Kosciusko fell ! CAMPBELL'S Pleasures of Hope. 16. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates or castle walls ; — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as...
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Dictionary of Poetical Quotations: Consisting of Elegant Extracts ..., Volume 1

1847 - 540 pages
...bade the world farewell, And freedom shriek'd, as Kosciusko fell ! CAMPBELL'S Pleasures of Hope. 16. They never fail who die In a great cause : the block...sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates or castle walls ; — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as...
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The Poetical Works of Lord Byron: Complete in One Volume

George Gordon Byron Baron Byron - 1847 - 880 pages
...the sacrifice ascend to heaven, And draw down freedom on her evermore. Cal. But if we fail /. Btr. d curse — the day."— MS.] G2 CANTO II. CANTO It. Thy sister — friend — Zulelka pates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. . Though years Elapse, and others share...
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Passages from the History of Liberty

Samuel Eliot - 1847 - 294 pages
...dishonor. The memories of Arnaldo da Brescia and Jacopo de' Bussolari, if men be not ungrateful, will " but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower...others, and conduct The world at last to freedom." One of the clearest lessons taught by History is, that there can be no such thing as failure in great...
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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 42

1847 - 488 pages
...author : — " The memories of all who strive to elevate the world, if men be not ungrateful, will ' but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower...all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom ! ' One of the clearest lessons taught by history is, that there can be no such thing as failure in...
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A Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, the Divine

Thomas Whittemore - 1848 - 388 pages
...speaketh;" Heb. xi. 4. The poet has forcibly expressed this idea on a slightly different subject : "They never fail, who die In a great cause; the block...their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun; their limlo Be strung to city gates, and castle walla ; But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years...
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A Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, the Divine

Thomas Whittemore - 1848 - 400 pages
...heads may sodden in the sun; their limba Be strung lo cily gales, and castle walls . But stilt tfieir spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others...share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and swelling thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world, at last, to Freedom." Why should...
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A Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, the Divine

Thomas Whittemore - 1848 - 402 pages
...speaketh;" Heb. xi. 4. The poet has forcibly expressed this idea on a slightly different subject : "They never fail, who die In a great cause; the block may soak their gora ; Their heads may sodden in the sun; their Umba Be strung to city gates, and castle walls ; Bui...
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A Commentary on the Revelation of St. John, the Divine

Thomas Whittemore - 1849 - 404 pages
...forcibly expressed this idea on a slightly different subject : "They never fail, who die In a groat cause; the block may soak their gore; Their heads...limbs Be strung to city gates, and castle walls; But stilt their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, ami others share aa dark a doom, They but augment...
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