London in the nineteenth century, a poemJ. and G. Lewis, 1844 - 100 σελίδες |
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London in the Nineteenth Century, a Poem John Lawrence (of Wantage ) Δεν υπάρχει διαθέσιμη προεπισκόπηση - 2019 |
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ancient awful Baal babe beams beauty Begone beguile behold beneath Bible blessed bliss blood BOOK boundless breast bright brow cause celestial charms corrupt crime curse daring dark death deep doubt dread earth eternal evil exalted eyes fame fearful feelings flame floating genius gloom glory glowing God's grace grand Greece guilty heart heaven hell human immortal intellect Jerusalem latent laws libertine light living London lustre majestic mighty mind moral mountain waves muse native nature nature's o'er once pagan peace perchance pile poor Arnold Popery pride princely halls principles proud radiant Redeemer rolling Rome round ruin Sabbath sacred satanic scene sceptre scorn sentiments Sodom soul spirit storm strength sublime sun Salutes sweet taste taught tears teeming tender terror thee There's things thou thought thousand throne tide tones truth Twas Twill Twixt universal utmost voice WANTAGE waves wealth whilst wretch yonder
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Σελίδα 99 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...
Σελίδα 99 - And I will turn my hand upon thee, And purely purge away thy dross, And take away all thy tin: And I will restore thy judges as at the first, And thy counsellors as at the beginning: Afterward thou shalt be called, . The city of righteousness, the faithful city. Zion shall be redeemed with judgment, And her converts with righteousness.
Σελίδα 99 - ... we have consecrated the state, that no man should approach to look into its defects or corruptions but with due caution; that he should never dream of beginning its reformation by its subversion; that he should approach to the faults of the state as to the wounds of a father, with pious awe and trembling solicitude.
Σελίδα 97 - Each individual is so organized, that he must like that which is pleasant to him, or which, in other words, produces agreeable sensations in him ; and dislike that which is unpleasant to him, or which, in other words, produces in him disagreeable sensations ; and he cannot know, previous to experience, what particular sensations new objects will produce on any one of his senses. XIII. — Each individual is so organized, that his feelings and his convictions are formed for him...
Σελίδα i - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Σελίδα 9 - They of Persia and of Lud and of Phut were in thine army, thy men of war : they hanged the shield and helmet in thee ; they set forth thy comeliness.
Σελίδα 93 - In the vales near Jordan, in the neighbourhood of Jericho, not far from the Dead Sea, is found, growing in great abundance, the vine of Sodom, a plant, from the fields around that devoted city, which produces grapns as bitter as gall, and wine as deadly as the poison of a serpent.
Σελίδα 93 - Elisha gathered in the field near Gilgal, during the famine; after it had been gathered and boiled, and the men had begun to eat of it, they cried out : Oh thou man of God, there is death in the pot.
Σελίδα 97 - The religions founded under the name of Jewish, Budh, Jehovah. God or Christ, Mahomet or any other, are all composed of human laws in opposition to nature's eternal laws ; and when these laws are analyzed, they amount only to three absurdities — three gross impositions upon the ignorance or inexperience of mankind — three errors, now easily to be detected by the most simple experiment of each individual upon himself.
Σελίδα 94 - ... among the middle, classes of society, to the contemplation of the miserable living which prevails among the lower classes. Myriads of the latter grope and grovel in families of from seven to fourteen, in miserable hovels, many of them underneath the ground, without grates, without glass windows, or indeed windows of any kind — the only light and air being admitted through the horizontal door.