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... present paper , to present to our readers some account of the institution of Chivalry , and of the times that pro- duced it . The theme may to some appear trite . To us it is not so ; and we trust , before we have done , to bring others ...
... present paper , to present to our readers some account of the institution of Chivalry , and of the times that pro- duced it . The theme may to some appear trite . To us it is not so ; and we trust , before we have done , to bring others ...
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... present notice , remains to qualify , in our contemplation , the nobleness of the spirit that produced it , and the beneficence of the results it accomplished . One effect of chivalry was to redeem from almost a dead letter to life and ...
... present notice , remains to qualify , in our contemplation , the nobleness of the spirit that produced it , and the beneficence of the results it accomplished . One effect of chivalry was to redeem from almost a dead letter to life and ...
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... present notice , rem nobleness of the spirit that results it accomplished . One effect of chivalry wa life and vigorous activity , the book ; the law of brotherly terest in , man simply as man foes , was the prime precept of dred and ...
... present notice , rem nobleness of the spirit that results it accomplished . One effect of chivalry wa life and vigorous activity , the book ; the law of brotherly terest in , man simply as man foes , was the prime precept of dred and ...
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... present emergency . Each commander of course had his ad- herents : these dissensions ripened into a complete schism ; and this handful of shipwrecked men , thus thrown together on an uninhabited island , separated into two parties , and ...
... present emergency . Each commander of course had his ad- herents : these dissensions ripened into a complete schism ; and this handful of shipwrecked men , thus thrown together on an uninhabited island , separated into two parties , and ...
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... present enjoyment , but had nothing of convertible value , they were loving and united but here was actual wealth , which would make them rich men , whenever they could transport it to a market . Adieu the delights of the island ! They ...
... present enjoyment , but had nothing of convertible value , they were loving and united but here was actual wealth , which would make them rich men , whenever they could transport it to a market . Adieu the delights of the island ! They ...
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Abderahman admiration American appeared Aurora Bates beautiful Belisarius Bermudas body breath bright called Captain MARRYAT CASTELLAN character charm chivalry cloven foot commander dark dear death deep dream earth English language eyes fear feelings foot friends gentleman give Gondrecourt Goths Haarlem hand happy hath head heard heart heaven hero honor hope hour kind lady land light literary live look Madame Tussaud Mandans merchant mind morning mother mountains nature never New-York news-boy night noble o'er passed Pawnee Pelayo Phrenology poniard present Prince Prince de Ligne reader Regent replied rich Rupelmonde scene seemed shore Siasconset side smile song soon soul Spain spirit stranger Swazey sweet taste tears thee thing thou thought tion trees Tremlett Tuck Vitiges voice volume wild words writer young youth
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Seite 365 - I am afraid my uncle will think himself justified by them on this occasion, when he asserts, that it is one of the most difficult things in the world to put a woman right, when she sets out wrong.
Seite 20 - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, 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, — Seb.
Seite 145 - With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Seite 176 - AVENGE, O Lord, thy slaughtered saints, whose bones Lie scattered on the Alpine mountains cold ; Even them who kept thy truth so pure of old, When all our fathers worshipped stocks and stones...
Seite 317 - How calm, how beautiful comes on The stilly hour, when storms are gone ; When warring winds have died away, And clouds, beneath the glancing ray, Melt off, and leave the land and sea Sleeping in bright tranquillity, — Fresh as if day again were born, Again upon the lap of morn...
Seite 257 - Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe. Remember thee? Yea, from the table of my memory I'll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there, And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix'd with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
Seite 16 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song ; And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Seite 20 - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
Seite 407 - Secondly, The other fountain from which experience furnisheth the understanding with ideas, is the perception of the operations of our own minds within us, as it is employed about the ideas it has got; which operations when the soul comes to reflect on and consider, do furnish the understanding with another set of ideas, which could not be had from things without; and such are perception, thinking, doubting, believing, reasoning, knowing, willing, and all the different actings of our own minds; which...
Seite 10 - I betook me among those lofty fables and romances which recount in solemn cantos the deeds of knighthood founded by our victorious kings, and from hence had in renown over all Christendom.