The shade of Byron: a mock heroic poem1871 |
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... present work , entitled " THE SHADE OF BYRON , " to offer another edition of it , yielding , as it does , a favourable opportunity for expressing his utter repudiation of Mrs. BEECHER STOWE's ill - judged renewal of shameful slander ...
... present work , entitled " THE SHADE OF BYRON , " to offer another edition of it , yielding , as it does , a favourable opportunity for expressing his utter repudiation of Mrs. BEECHER STOWE's ill - judged renewal of shameful slander ...
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... present work , entitled " THE SHADE OF BYRON , " to offer another edition of it , yielding , as it does , a favourable opportunity for expressing his utter repudiation of Mrs. BEECHER STOWE's ill - judged renewal of shameful slander ...
... present work , entitled " THE SHADE OF BYRON , " to offer another edition of it , yielding , as it does , a favourable opportunity for expressing his utter repudiation of Mrs. BEECHER STOWE's ill - judged renewal of shameful slander ...
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... present Regina Coeli of Rome follow their fate , Mrs. Stowe , if living , would , of course , vote for her favourite , Saint Anabella , as the rightful successor to the heavenly throne ! We must refer the reader to Mrs. Stowe's ...
... present Regina Coeli of Rome follow their fate , Mrs. Stowe , if living , would , of course , vote for her favourite , Saint Anabella , as the rightful successor to the heavenly throne ! We must refer the reader to Mrs. Stowe's ...
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... present writer has no wish to disturb unjustly the names of the dead - our question now is with Mrs. Beecher Stowe . Has that lady any right to complain of slanders and misrepresentation with respect to Lady Byron ? Has she not done the ...
... present writer has no wish to disturb unjustly the names of the dead - our question now is with Mrs. Beecher Stowe . Has that lady any right to complain of slanders and misrepresentation with respect to Lady Byron ? Has she not done the ...
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... present writer's mind that the erring lady , when under the influence of her peculiar infirmity , was not responsible for her actions ; and that , after her husband's death , she suffered a life - long remorse for her former conduct to ...
... present writer's mind that the erring lady , when under the influence of her peculiar infirmity , was not responsible for her actions ; and that , after her husband's death , she suffered a life - long remorse for her former conduct to ...
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ages appear beautiful bright bring Byron canto cause chap course dark dear death deep divine Don Juan doth doubt e'en earth eternal ev'ry eyes face fair fancy fear feel fire follow give gold Grace hand hath head heart heav'n holy hour human Italy keep kind knew Lady late laws leave less light living look Lord matter means meet mind mortal Muse nature ne'er never night o'er once pass persons poor present priests pure reader reason rest rich ring round seem'd seems sense shade sometimes soon soul spirit stanza stars strange sure sweet tell thee things thou thought true truth turn Twas wide wild wonderful young
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Page 274 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all. Our Maker bids increase ; who bids abstain But our Destroyer, foe to God and Man?
Page 370 - Here's a sigh to those who love me, And a smile to those who hate ; And whatever sky's above me, Here's a heart for every fate. Though the ocean roar around me, Yet it still shall bear me on ; Though a desert should surround me, It hath springs that may be won.
Page 264 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 264 - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows...
Page 63 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 20 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 297 - That palter with us in a double sense ; That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.
Page 156 - And he that stealeth a man, and selleth him, or if he be found in his hand, he shall surely be put to death.
Page 64 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.
Page 273 - Are brought ; and feel by turns the bitter change Of fierce extremes, extremes by change more fierce. From beds of raging fire to starve in ice...