The Age and Its Architects: Ten Chapters on the English People, in Reference to the TimesPartridge and Oakley, 1852 - 456 Seiten |
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... beneath , as has been said , the sanction of some imperative and overruling dispensation . this view of things , history does not concern itself with the mere territory , the ground on which we move , it is not a questiou of space or of ...
... beneath , as has been said , the sanction of some imperative and overruling dispensation . this view of things , history does not concern itself with the mere territory , the ground on which we move , it is not a questiou of space or of ...
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... beneath such heavens , surrounded by such earth , such seas , must have been a beautiful people . Britain wrought out the more wonderful problem of making a noble character and shaping a beautiful literature , from circum- ⚫ stances of ...
... beneath such heavens , surrounded by such earth , such seas , must have been a beautiful people . Britain wrought out the more wonderful problem of making a noble character and shaping a beautiful literature , from circum- ⚫ stances of ...
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... beneath the shadows of minster - turret or castle - tower the old buildings of the Plantagenets or Tudors ; these places , if they do not exhibit immense wealth , yet show a stationary and fixed importance worthy of an old realm , proud ...
... beneath the shadows of minster - turret or castle - tower the old buildings of the Plantagenets or Tudors ; these places , if they do not exhibit immense wealth , yet show a stationary and fixed importance worthy of an old realm , proud ...
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... beneath the vast weight of those who have built upon it amidst its splen- did furniture of woods , and groves , and singing birds , and waters . So the architects of our social fabric are out of sight , lost , crushed be- neath the ...
... beneath the vast weight of those who have built upon it amidst its splen- did furniture of woods , and groves , and singing birds , and waters . So the architects of our social fabric are out of sight , lost , crushed be- neath the ...
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... beneath the monu- mental column , or the gas light , is of im- mensely greater importance than a whole firmament of such artistic trophies , and to rescue him and his order from beggary and shame , to devise some true plan by which he ...
... beneath the monu- mental column , or the gas light , is of im- mensely greater importance than a whole firmament of such artistic trophies , and to rescue him and his order from beggary and shame , to devise some true plan by which he ...
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agricultural amidst ancient beauty beneath called character Chartism civilization classes comfort condition cottage crime crowded districts of England Edinburgh Review England English English peasant evil fact faith farms fear feel feudal freedom frequently give happiness heart hence hope human idea independence industry influence instances intelligence intemperance interest Jacquerie justice labour Lancashire land lessons liberty live look Lord luxuries ment mighty mind modern moral Morning Chronicle nation nature neighbours ness never noble Northumberland parish peasantry perhaps perpetually political poor population poverty present prudence racter ragged school reform rent santry schoolmaster seems shillings slaves social society solemn soul spirit sympathy Tadcaster taxation things THOMAS CARLYLE thou thought tion town true truth Utopia village virtue Wat Tyler wealth whole William the Norman woman wonderful workhouse workmen wrongs
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Seite 429 - For I dipt into the future, far as human eye could see, Saw the Vision of the world, and all the wonder that would be; Saw the heavens fill with commerce, argosies of magic sails, Pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales ; Heard the heavens fill with shouting, and there rain'da ghastly dew From the nations...
Seite 431 - 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 255 - Th' applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Seite 292 - It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation.
Seite 179 - ... the shop of war hath not there more anvils and hammers waking to fashion out the plates and instruments of armed justice in defence of beleaguered truth, than there be pens and heads there sitting by their studious lamps, musing, searching, revolving new notions and ideas wherewith to present as with their homage and their fealty the approaching reformation ; others as fast reading, trying all things, assenting to the force of reason and convincement.
Seite 292 - It were good therefore that men in their innovations would follow the example of time itself; which indeed innovateth greatly, but quietly, and by degrees scarce to be perceived.
Seite 131 - Meanwhile . at social Industry's command, How quick, how vast an increase! From the germ Of some poor hamlet, rapidly produced Here a huge town, continuous and compact, Hiding the face of earth for leagues — and there, Where not a habitation stood before, Abodes of men irregularly massed Like trees in forests,— spread through spacious tracts, O'er which the smoke of unremitting fires Hangs permanent, and plentiful as wreaths Of vapour glittering in the morning sun.
Seite 215 - Where Plenty smiles — alas ! she smiles for few — And those who taste not, yet behold her store. Are as the slaves that dig the golden ore, — The wealth around them makes them doubly poor.
Seite 215 - Ye gentle souls, who dream of rural ease, Whom the smooth stream and smoother sonnet please; Go! if the peaceful cot your praises share, Go look within, and ask if peace be there; If peace be his, that drooping weary sire; Or theirs, that offspring round their feeble fire; Or hers, that matron pale, whose trembling hand Turns on the wretched hearth th
Seite 111 - ... me left me dry, Left me with the palsied heart, and left me with the jaundiced eye; Eye, to which all order festers, all things here are out of joint: Science moves) but slowly slowly, creeping on from point to point : Slowly comes a hungry people, as a lion creeping nigher, Glares at one that nods and winks behind a slowly-dying fire. Yet I doubt not thro' the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widen'd with the process of the suns.