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...all day , call- ing upon everybody she knows, and showing her entertaining powers and green fan to immense advantage, by rattling on with, My dear sou... ...on’t!’ Georgiana, as if the supplication were being squeezed out of her by powerful compression. ‘I so hate him for saying it!’ ‘For saying what, my d... ...observe it, because I can’ t help observing it, being accustomed to take a powerful sight of notice; but I don’t object. Ever here before, Mr V enus?’... ... I called upon you that evening when you were, as I may say, floating your powerful mind in tea, I have felt that you required to be roused with an ob... ...r what can he mean by it?’ was her mental inquiry: ‘He has no right to any power over me, and how do I come to mind him when I don’t care for him?’ Mr...

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...’s cave until I die. Love cannot keep posses- sion of me: all my strongest powers rise up against it and will not endure it. Forgive me for writing no... ...I do not express myself with exactability . Ladies and gentlemen have that power over words that they can always say what they mean, but a common man ... ...e boy being now subdued, questions were put to him from all sides. But his powers of observation and description went no further. As he was anxious to... ...essingly , “It was not your fault, Sidney. _I_ don’t blame you.” “Immortal powers!” he exclaimed, sitting bolt upright and appealing to the skies, “he... ...e earth, write and edit a little socialist journal, and do what lies in my power generally. I had rather spend my ill-gotten wealth in this way than u...

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... given to, his own age and the world. In other words, what were his native powers, and what has he done, for, by, and with them? Now, that Pope posses... ...gh or- der, we strenuously maintain. But whether this amounted to creative power, the highest quality of the poet, is a very dif- ferent question. In ... ..., and many other poets. His native faculty, indeed, seems rather fine than powerful—rather timid than daring, and resembles rather the petal of a rose... ... the greatest. His mind was the antithesis of strength and gran- deur; its power was the power of indifference. He had none 12 The Poetical Works of ... ... it be on the part of natural objects, has sometimes been equalised by the power of genius, and artificial things have often been made to wring the he...

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... that as nothing attended us without the direction or permission of Divine Power, so these disappointments must have something in them extraordinary; ... ... remedies; the fire-engines were broken, the buckets thrown away , and the power of man was baffled and brought to an end. So the Plague defied all me... ...pened in 1603, at the coming of King James the First to the crown; and the power of shutting people up in their own houses was granted by Act of Parli... ...be found had at that time some terror upon their minds of the hand of that Power which could thus in a moment destroy them. But that which was the wor... ... wicked practices committed even in this dreadful time I do not deny . The power of avarice was so strong in some that they would run any haz- ard to ...

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...ls from my Reason and my more com posed Judgment to go home, yet I had no Power to do it. I know not what to call this, nor will I urge, that it is a... ...ore terrible in its Nature, or more immediately directing to the invisible Power which alone directs such Things, yet no sooner was the first Fright ov... ...me, humane and brutal, whence are we ? Sure we are all made by some secret Power, who form’d the Earth and Sea, the Air and Sky; and who is that? Then... ... He guides and governs them all, and all Things that concern them; for the Power that could make all Things, must certainly have Power to guide and di... ...ught to this miserable Circum stance by his Direction, he having the sole Power, not of me only, but of every Thing that happen’d in the World. Immed...

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...e country privately by the old Queen, to enrich certain relatives in M-ckl-nb-rg Str- 7 Some Roundabout Papers l-tz? Not all the treasure went. Non o... ...r, and why in his travels this and that point struck him; wherein lies his power of pathos, humour, eloquence; — that Minister of State, and what move... ...different state of things! Credite posteri. To see these nymphs — gracious powers, how beautiful they were! That leering, painted, shrivelled, thin-ar... ...haplain! Now we haste away to merrier scenes: to Tattersall’s (ah gracious powers! what a funny fellow that actor was who performed Dicky Green in tha... ...e rain roars and pours! The darkness becomes awful, always deepened by the power of the music — and see — in the midst of a rush, and whirl, and screa...

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...ism that the faculties are suddenly excited to the highest degree of their power or driven to utter disorganization. Physiologists have long wondered ... ...ed by the rapidity of her impressions, the poor woman had the supernatural power of emitting more ideas and bring- ing to the surface more recollectio... ...grotesque effects which terrify the imagination at a moment when it has no power except to foresee misfortunes and exaggerate them? Madame Birotteau s... ...God can do no harm,” said Birotteau, gravely. “But the oil in nuts is also powerful, wife. I made this discovery just as I made that of the Double Pas... ... Sultans and the Carminative Balm are two operative compounds, of a motive power which acts without risk upon the internal energies and seconds them. ...

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...f, and, above all, in that full and sympathetic masculine grasp of a man’s powerful mind, which is necessarily denied to me. But these fittest of all ... ...e has left few, if any, literary monuments to record what his intellectual powers were; and even in our common profession the ordinary course and prac... ... no more heinous fault than not having worked up to the full extent of his powers! He kept his promise of diligence, and never again incurred reproof,... ...was far more affected than he then had 20 Life of John Coleridge Patteson power to express. He says: ‘I heard Archdeacon Wilberforce in the morning, ... ...on to have his way, and the game, though closely contested, was saved. His powers of defence were indeed remarkable. I saw the famous professional cri...

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...of the stars reaches to many actions and events which are not any way in the power of reason; as sickness, death, and what we com- monly call accident... ...armies abroad, which I might, and could very largely have done; but those in power have wisely discouraged men from meddling in publick concerns, and ... ... great men, and publick spirits, to the scandal of religion, and reproach of power; and if sover- eign princes and astrologers must make diversion for...

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...ing; a jay can out-swear any gentleman in the mines. You think a cat can swear. Well, a cat can; but you give a bluejay a subject that calls for his r... ...ad known what was coming. No, that is probably not true; one thinks he would not look if he knew what was coming, but the interest and the excitement ... ... that my principal strenuously objects to the hour chosen, and begs you will consent to change it to half past nine.” “Any courtesy, sir, which it is ... ... vast room, I do believe I should have said something then which could not be put into a Sunday-school book without injuring the sale of it. If my rea... ...r bow or stern, strictly speaking, for she has a long-bladed rudder on each end and she never turns around. She uses both rudders all the time, and th...

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... it may be, which is in man’s nature; so that two culprit boys once in his power were not likely to taste the gentle hand of mercy; and Richard and Ri... ...ep. If I must see him to-night, I go down knowing he has not got us in his power.” The wise youth yawned, and stretched out a hand for any book that m... ...cution. At present it rests with you. I am bound to do all that lies in my power for this imprisoned man. How and wherefore my son was prompted to sug... ...to ensure—whether you would have the kindness” It seemed out of all human power to gulp it down. The draught grew more and more abhorrent. T o procla... ...ide of a boy will frequently divert him to the path where lie his subtlest powers. Richard gave up his companions, servile or antagonistic: he relin- ...

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...I finally resolved to inquire whether there might be some real good having power to communicate it- self, which would affect the mind singly , to the ... ...ures of Sense: with these three the mind is so absorbed that it has little power to reflect on any different good. [4] (1) [4] (1) [4] (1) [4] (1) [4]... ...ified. IV IV IV IV IV . . . . . To compare this result with the nature and power of man. (4) (4) (4) (4) (4) We shall thus discern the high- est degre... ...6) (6) (6) (6) (6) We might thus vainly endeavor to prove that men have no power of working iron. [31] (1) [31] (1) [31] (1) [31] (1) [31] (1) But as ... ...era- tions, [l], and from these operations again fresh instruments, or the power of pushing its investiga- tions further, and thus gradually proceeds ...

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...elow. The others, to whom I served as cushion, were not damaged beyond the power of yelling, and were quite restored in half-an-hour, but I was underm... ...o be varied, in the curious childish love of reiteration with its soothing power. I am afraid that any true picture of our parents, especially of my m... ...ried out consistently at whatever present cost to us both, that I owe such powers of locomotion as I possess, and the habits of exertion that have 6 ... ...ame his guardian friend, and protected him from all the roughnesses in his power. If there were a fault in that excel- lent Coles, it was that he made... ...urch, and it was recognised that some preparation was desirable beyond the power of repeating the Church Catechism. This was all that had been require...

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...man- ner, on another occasion, taking me aside; ‘but I have seen better days.’ ‘I am very sorry to hear it.’ ‘Sir, I have a complaint to make against ... ...ter not to speak at all. Infi- nitely better, to read the New T estament well, and to let that speak. In this congregation there is indubitably one pu... ...Four gents passes out under ‘um ladies’ arms, swing—and Lemonade till ‘a moosic can’t play no more! (Hoy, Hoy!)’ The male dancers were all blacks, and... ...lazed glare of eye with which I am assured that I am not expected, and not wanted. The solitary man among the bottles would sometimes take pity on me,... ...to those who never travel on Sundays, they will be satisfied (I hope) by my adding that the journeys in question were made to churches. Not that I hav...

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... the sixty-first year of his age. Y ou were conveyed,—ere yet your dawning powers were otherwise developed than to harbour vacancy in your inside,— yo... ...roofs.” Although I smelt my coat-tails singeing at the fire, I had not the power to withdraw them. The young man put the packet in my faltering grasp... ... a full acknowledgment, and would offer any gradual settle- ment within my power. He paid his bill (doing what was right by attendance) with his eye ...

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... and admired, they had both, constantly refused to submit to such despotic Power. After having so nobly disentangled themselves from the shackles of P... ...mire so promising a Disposition, and had endeavoured by every means on his power to pre- vent it encreasing with her Years. He had actually so far ex... ... receiving this Billet flew on the wings of Love to Macdonald-Hall, and so powerfully pleaded his At- tachment to her who inspired it, that after a fe... ...g beneath thy roof.” “Your Freindship for my Daughter has indeed been most powerfully exerted by throwing her into the arms of an unprincipled Fortune... ...ite, and the ten- derness she felt for Augustus so poignant that I had not power to start any other topic, justly fearing that it might in some unfors...

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...querable chestnuts cluster ‘like herded elephants’ upon the spur of a mountain, is to rise to higher thoughts of the powers that are in Nature. Betwee... ...t night, a frequenter of hills and forests, an old honest countryman, has, in the end, a sense of communion with the powers of the universe, and amica... ...ice of logic; it is the poetry of the man’s experience, the philosophy of the history of his life. God, like a great power, like a great shining sun, ... ... sell. He had noticed the blue wool which hung out of my pack at either end; and from this he had decided, beyond my power to alter his decision, that... ...at I dealt in blue-wool collars, such as decorate the neck of the French draught-horse. I had hurried to the topmost powers of Modestine, for I dearly...

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... told me very seriously one night that she believed there was some secret, powerful impulse of Providence upon me, which had determined me to go thith... ... notion of that; so, after many of these cogitations, I struggled with the power of my imagina- tion, reasoned myself out of it, as I believe people m... ...rs, a father’ s instructions, a friend’ s counsel, or all my own reasoning powers could do. I was happy in listening to her, and in being moved by her... ...res, who had no notion of their danger; yet, having them all thus in their power, and the first having loaded his piece again, resolved to let fly bot... ...re friendship and union with them, and would do any- thing that lay in his power to convince them of it; and as for going to England, he cared not if ...

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...entilation they must have up there at all times, indeed: one may guess the power of the north wind blowing over the edge, by the excessive slant of a ... ...mused to behold an excellent cari- cature of my friend Joseph,—rudely, yet powerfully sketched. An immediate interest kindled within me for the unknow... ...whether to resent this language or pursue my explanation; but he seemed so powerfully affected that I took pity and proceeded with my dreams; affirmin... ... most—showing how her pretended insolence, which he thought real, had more power over Heathcliff than his kindness: how the boy would do her bidding i... ... daily, and I not daring to speak a syllable, for fear of losing the small power I still retained over the unfriended creatures. One Sunday evening, i...

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...mob in front chanting the “Marseillaise,” the national war hymn, grave and powerful, sweetened by the night air – though night in these splendid stree... ..., for the troops had followed the ex-King to Neuilly and left Paris in the power of the people. We met the captain of the Third Legion of the National... ...eming Jenkin tions of killing a dozen insurgents and dying violently over- powered by numbers… . .’ We may drop this sentence here: under the conduct ... ...h iron, water, and fire are made to serve as slaves, now with a tread more powerful than an elephant’s, and now with a touch more precise and dainty t... ... had moved to London and Taylor had tasted the first public failure of his powers, the latter wrote: ‘T o my ever dearest Mr. Barron say, if you pleas...

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...s to suit his own conve- nience; brigade all or most of his cavalry into a powerful striking force, or what not. But more guns proportionally lead to ... ...e things made for mankind—splendid cities, open ways, more knowl- edge and power, and more and more and more—and so I offer my game, for a particular ...

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...the two great morals that riches are the only true source of happiness and power, and that it is lawful and just to com- pass their acquisition by all... ...e is a widow,’ replied the lady. ‘A poor widow, ma’am,’ said Ralph, with a powerful em- phasis on that little adjective which conveys so much. ‘Well, ... ...ld deliberately drain a goblet of the waters of Lethe, if he had it in his power.’ ‘Possibly you are correct in that belief,’ said the grey-haired gen... ...n of,’ replied Miss La Creevy. ‘What with bringing out eyes with all one’s power, and keeping down noses with all one’s force, and adding to heads, an... ... face, so your argu- ment goes for nothing.’ In this manner, and with like powerful reasoning, did the worthy matron meet every little objection that ...

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...the two great morals that riches are the only true source of happiness and power, and that it is lawful and just to com- pass their acquisition by all... ...e is a widow,’ replied the lady. ‘A poor widow, ma’am,’ said Ralph, with a powerful em- phasis on that little adjective which conveys so much. ‘Well, ... ...ld deliberately drain a goblet of the waters of Lethe, if he had it in his power.’ ‘Possibly you are correct in that belief,’ said the grey-haired gen... ...n of,’ replied Miss La Creevy. ‘What with bringing out eyes with all one’s power, and keeping down noses with all one’s force, and adding to heads, an... ... face, so your argu- ment goes for nothing.’ In this manner, and with like powerful reasoning, did the worthy matron meet every little objection that ...

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...ood or bad, they are now tendered to the appropriation of your individual house, the Messrs. Ticknor & Fields, according to the amplest extent of any power to make such a transfer that I may be found to possess by law or custom in America....

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...ouse, the Messrs. TICKNOR & FIELDS, according to the amplest extent of any power to make such a transfer that I may be found to possess by law or cust... ...of human nature. But, on the contrary, the Peace Societies would, if their power kept pace with their guilty purposes, work degradation for man by dra... ...xactly as the motives and the interests rise on behalf of which such awful powers are invoked. Fighting for truth in its last recesses of sanctity, fo... ... that history has recorded. 10 Memorials, and Other Papers arrived at the power of reflecting and comparing, we look for something nobler. We English... ...ich features at that time lay—1st, in velocity unprecedented; 2dly, in the power and beauty of the horses: 3dly, in the official connection with the g...

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...ere indeed been any act of one solitary insulated indi- vidual, armed with power so appalling over the hearts of men, as that exterminating murder, by... ...s a philosopher, and threw him into a profound reverie upon the tremendous power which is laid open in a moment to any man who can reconcile himself t... ... from No. 29 Ratcliffe High- way, and the poor vanquished imagination sank powerless before the fascinating rattlesnake eye of the murderer. There is ... ...lossal must have been his audacity! prob- ably, also, his skill and animal power! Moreover, the unknown enemy (whether single or double) would, doubtl... ...f the mist. T wo feet ahead of you, a man was entirely withdrawn from your power of identification; and, on overtaking him, you could not venture to c...

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...ve, and chancing to walk near the course through which it passed, has felt powerfully, in the silence and desertion of the streets and in the stagnati... ...ight to make the least resistance; for, according to himself, irresistible power creates the very highest species of right, so that it is rebellion of... ...nument of his genius; for such was the impression of awe, and the sense of power left behind, by the strength of conception manifested in this murder,... ...on him for three lives, and expressed his regret at not hav- ing it in his power to knight him. We, on our part—we amateurs, I mean—having heard that ... ...gain challenged with shouts the stormiest for the new glee. I made again a powerful effort to overrule the challenge. I might as well have talked to t...

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...no study, says Horace, can avail us. By genius I would understand that the power or rather those powers of the mind, which are capable of penetrating ... ...ng of their times. Again, there is another sort of knowledge, beyond the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had by conversation. So nece... ...ay; for I would not have my eyes offend you, and I could not answer for my power of resisting the attractive 380 The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling... ...nage, and to drive all whores in rags from within the walls, is within the power of every one. This my landlady very strictly adherred to, and this he... ... Foundling by Henry Fielding; Vol. II myself very happy to have it in my power to serve your ladyship; and so indeed may any one, for I know the cap...

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...fore I diligently pretended, unto this and that and the other one, that your power against the sun could not reach its full until the morrow; and so i... ...this perilous matter, lest disaster follow. It was reported to us that your powers could not attain unto their full strength until the morrow; but —... ... low, rich and poor, for he is become the king’s right hand, is clothed with power and authority, and his seat is upon the highest step of the throne... ...S I WA S NOW THE SECOND PERSONAGE in the King dom, as far as political power and authority were concerned, much was made of me. My raiment was ... ...re was no soap, no matches, no looking glass — except a metal one, about as powerful as a pail of water. And not a chromo. I had been used to chromos...

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...aveller or com- mission agent: who had signalized his accession to supreme power by bringing into the business a quantity of plate-glass window and Fr... ...no!’ It was one of the worthy woman’s specialities that she had an amazing power of gratifying her splenetic or wordly-minded humours by extolling her... ...h great obstinacy . Over the house itself, he exercised the same imaginary power as over its inhabitants and their affairs. He had never been in it, t... ...x months. Mr Wegg was an observant person, or, as he himself said, ‘took a powerful sight of notice’. He saluted all his regular passers-by every day,... ...y of profit. ‘Let me think. I ain’t quite sure, and yet I generally take a powerful sight of notice, too. W as it on a Monday morning, when the butche...

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...sect. What 6 The Ethics – Part IV I mean is, that we conceive the thing’s power of action, in so far as this is understood by its nature, to be incre... ...ke of which we do something, I mean a desire. VIII. By virtue (virtus) and power I mean the same thing; that is (III:vii.), virtue, in so far as it is... ... is referred to man, is a man’s nature or essence, in so far as it has the power of effecting what can only be understood by the laws of that nature. ... ...ere is no individual thing in nature, than which there is not another more powerful and strong. Whatsoever thing be given, there is something stronger... ...ved whether they indicate the natural disposition of the body, or that its power of activity is increased or diminished, are not contrary to the truth...

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... by himself. They attribute human infir- mities and fickleness, not to the power of nature in general, but to some mysterious flaw in the nature of ma... ...ar as I know, has defined the nature and strength of the emotions, and the power of the mind against them for their restraint. I do not forget, that t... ...he illustrious Descartes, though he be- lieved, that the mind has absolute power over its actions, strove to explain human emotions by their primary c... ...re is always the same, and everywhere one and the same in her efficacy and power of action; that is, nature’s laws and ordinances, whereby all things ... ...III. By ‘emotion’ I mean the modifications of the body, whereby the active power of the said body is increased or diminished, aided or constrained, an...

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...d of all things which necessarily follow therefrom. Now all that is in the power of God necessarily is (Pt. i., Prop. xxxv.). Therefore, such an idea ... ..., Prop. xv.) 6 The Ethics – Part Two Note—The multitude understand by the power of God the free will of God, and the right over all things that exist... ...dingly generally considered as contingent. For it is said that God has the power to destroy all things, and to reduce them to nothing. Further, the po... ...ce them to nothing. Further, the power of God is very often likened to the power of kings. But this doctrine we have refuted (Pt. i., Prop. xxxii., Co... ...ts in infinite ways. We further showed (Part i., Prop. xxxiv.), that God’s power is identical with God’s essence in action; therefore it is as impos- ...

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... of The Baccha; came into our dramatic literature with all the impul- sive power of an original work shortly before Major Barbara was begun. The play,... ...hero was a very romantic hero, trying to live bravely, chival- rously, and powerfully by dint of mere romance-fed imagi- nation, without courage, with... ...gh plays written by Socialists. There are living men whose originality and power are as obvious as Butler’s; and when they die that fact will be disco... ...osition of unbearable moral inferiority, and strives by every means in his power to escape from it, whilst he is still quite ready to meet the abuse o... ...king. At such moments it becomes the duty of the Churches to evoke all the powers of destruction against the existing or- der. But if they do this, th...

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...of which the cause is not gener- ally known: for the masses think that the power and provi- dence of God are most clearly displayed by events that are... ... so long as nature works in her accustomed order, and vice versa, that the power of nature and natural causes are idle so long as God is acting: thus ... ...nd natural causes are idle so long as God is acting: thus they imagine two powers distinct one from the other, the power of God and the power of natur... ...y God and nature they do not know, except that they imagine 5 Spinoza the power of God to be like that of some royal potentate, and nature’s power to... ...In fact, the common people can only adore God, and refer all things to His power by removing natural causes, and con- ceiving things happening out of ...

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...d at Lodge together in Oliver’s reign; so we had justice right or wrong by power; for if we did offend, they had power to send us a thousand miles off... ... See Commentaries, vol. ii. pp. 48, 81. 34 John Kemble’s Parishes power and interest with the Cromwellian Government as to enable him, as the... ...no sooner was Mr. Maijor dead, and the Cromwell family dispossessed of its power, than the ten- ants laid aside their fears and renewed their oppositi... ...y week-day school was on the hill, kept by a pictur- esque old dame, whose powers amounted to hindering the 53 Charlotte M. Yonge children from ge... ... drawings of the details came from Mr. Y onge, who started with merely the power of military drawing (acquired before he was six- teen years old) and ...

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...alls from my reason and my more composed judgment to go home, yet I had no power to do it. I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a ... ...e terrible in its nature, or more imme- diately directing to the invisible Power which alone directs 79 Daniel Defoe such things, yet no sooner was t... ...tame, human and brutal? Whence are we? Sure we are all made by some secret Power, who formed the earth and sea, the air and sky. And who is that? Then... ... He guides and governs them all, and all things that concern them; for the Power that could make all things must cer- tainly have power to guide and d... ...ught into this miserable circumstance by His direction, He having the sole power, not of me only, but of everything that happened in the world. Immedi...

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...etter. I have been reading such lots of law, and it seems to take away the power of writing from me. From morning to night, so often as I have a spare... ...as well I got my ‘Idlers’ written and done with, for I have quite lost all power of resting. I have a goad in my flesh continually, pushing me to work... ...nd then you have the brass to ask me why ‘my steps went one by one’? Why? Powers of man! to rhyme with sun, to be sure. Why else could it be? And you... ...d sweats, prostrating attacks of cough, sink- ing fits in which I lost the power of speech, fever, and all the ugliest circumstances of the disease; a... ...ough the curi- ous, eminently bourgeois, and eminently French creature has power of a kind. But I would he were deleted. I would not give a chapter of...

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...ate Actaeon always presses on. The chaste virgin naturally pitied: But the powerful goddess revenged the wrong. Let Actaeon fall a prey to his dogs, A... ...city, Richard I. appointed two bailiffs; instead of which King John gave a power by grant of choosing annu- ally a mayor from any of the twelve princi... ...d- mitted at that time, and then only at the intercession of some- body in power. Near this palace is the Queen’s park, stocked with deer. Such parks ... ...nger, a lord lieutenant, nominated by the King, presides with an unlimited power. Every year some gentleman, an inhabitant of the place, is appointed ... ...roofs are low, and, where the owner has money, covered with lead. They are powerful in the field, successful against their en- emies, impatient of any...

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...nd tilted me back as far as he could hold me; so that his eyes looked most powerfully down into mine, and mine looked most helplessly up into his. “No... ...nable bib in front, that was stuck full of pins and needles. She made it a power- ful merit in herself, and a strong reproach against Joe, that she wo... ...ul promise had been extracted; I had no hope of deliverance through my all-powerful sister, who repulsed me at every turn; I am afraid to think of wha... ...cked secret, I pondered 22 Great Expectations whether the Church would be powerful enough to shield me from the vengeance of the terrible young man, ... ... address- ing himself to Mr. Pumblechook, as to a man whose appre- ciative powers justified the inference that he was equal to the time. “It’s just go...

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...ething youth to hard and tedious study , if only to multiply tenfold their powers of serving the truth and the cause they have set before them as thei... ...as he unable to release him, but there was not and could not be on earth a power which could release him except the elder who had himself laid that du... ...iked to do so. Possibly his youthful imagination was deeply stirred by the power and fame of his elder. It was said that so many people had for years ... ...uture from his relics. Alyosha had un- questioning faith in the miraculous power of the elder, just as he had unquestioning faith in the story of the ... ...on which did not exist for Alyosha, for he fully believed in the spiritual power of his teacher and rejoiced in his fame, in his glory, as though it w...

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...rnative to marriage. How common they are nobody knows; for in spite of the powerful protection af- forded to the parties by the law of libel, and the ... ...and choosing and maintaining its religious and moral institutions by their powers of social persecution, they were a black-coated army of calamity. Th... ...- sired result. And the usual penalty of taking advantage of 24 Shaw this power to reform our institutions is defeat by a vehement “swing of the pend... ...ified as mad. Yet popular superstition credits the wed- ding rite with the power of fixing our fancies or affections for life even under the most unna... ...nce in the world. There are women who, through total disuse, have lost the power of kindly human speech and can only scold and complain: there are men...

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...so is the Pope of Rome; so is …”—a whisper con- cealed the rest. “Gracious powers! is it so?” said Codlingsby, musing. He entered into Holywell Street... ...t to the Court, the Church, and his neighbors. But in the midst of all his power and splendor there was a domestic grief which deeply afflicted the pr... ...ere; and it was determined to strike a blow which should shake the British power in its centre. That a frigate of the size of the “Repudiator” should ... ...r during the rest of the voyage. The anecdote is trivial, but it shows the power of Julia Jowler over me. The writers of marine novels have so exhaust... ...der. Promotion, in our army, goes unluckily by seniority; nor is it in the power of the General-in-Chief to advance a Caesar, if he finds him in the c...