The village millionaire, Том 3

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Hurst and Bleckett, 1854

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Стр. 59 - When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers ? hath no man condemned thee ? She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee : go, and sin no more.
Стр. 86 - Thou wanderer through the woods, How often has my spirit turned to thee! And now, with gleams of half-extinguished thought, With many recognitions dim and faint, And somewhat of a sad perplexity, The picture of the mind revives again : While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts !. i:' That in this moment there is life and food For future years.
Стр. 268 - ... tis that must make us a nation in India;— without that we are but as a great number of interlopers, united by his Majesty's royal charter, fit only to trade where nobody of power thinks it their interest to prevent us;— and upon this account it is that the wise Dutch, in all their general advices which we have seen, write ten paragraphs concerning their government, their civil and military policy, warfare, and the increase of their revenue, for one paragraph they write concerning trade...
Стр. 86 - While here I stand, not only with the sense Of present pleasure, but with pleasing thoughts That in this moment there is life and food For future years. And so I dare to hope...
Стр. 287 - Her odorous woods, and shining ivory stores ? Ill.fated race ! the softening arts of Peace, Whate'er the humanizing Muses teach ; The godlike wisdom of the temper'd breast ; Progressive truth, the patient force of thought ; Investigation calm, whose silent powers Command the world; the light that leads to Heaven ; Kind equal rule, the government of laws, And all-protecting Freedom, which alone Sustains the name and dignity of man ; These are not theirs.
Стр. 272 - At length the ••Commander-inchief was ushered into the royal presence and found the unfortunate and venerable . emperor — oppressed by the accumulated calamities of old age, degraded authority, extreme poverty and loss of sight — seated under a small tattered canopy, the remnant of his royal state, with every external appearance of the misery of his condition.
Стр. 130 - Wasting that heart, by which supply'd they burn. Like thine, my joy and suffering they display, At once are signs of life, and symptoms of decay. And as thy fearful flames the day decline, And only during night presume to shine ; Their humble rays not daring to aspire Before the sun, the fountain of their fire : So mine, with conscious shame and equal awe, To shades obscure and solitude withdraw ; Nor dare their light before her eyes disclose, From whose bright beams their being first arose.
Стр. 271 - The courts of the palace were full of people ; anxious to witness the deliverance of their sovereign from a state of degradation and bondage. At length the Commander-in-Chief was ushered into the royal presence : and found the unfortunate and venerable Emperor ; oppressed by the accumulated calamities...
Стр. 296 - Witnesse the guiltlesse blood pourd oft on ground, The crowned often slaine, the slayer cround ; The sacred Diademe in peeces rent, And purple robe gored with many a wound, Castles surprizd, great cities sackt and brent ; So mak'st thou kings, and gaynest wrongfull government.
Стр. 278 - I suppose, was the resolution taken to make war upon a lawful sovereign, with the view of reducing him entirely, that is, stripping him of his dominions, and either putting him and his family to death, or making them prisoners for life, upon a more accommodating reason. We have done the rajah great injury — we have no intention of doing him right ; this is a sufficient reason for going on to his destruction.

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