John Inglesant: A Romance, Volume 1Macmillan and Company, 1881 - 445 pages |
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Page 273 - Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene, But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try ; Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right, But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.
Page 273 - That thence the royal actor borne The tragic scaffold might adorn, While round the armed bands Did clap their bloody hands ; He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene...
Page ix - God, and woman's tears, and woman's self-sacrifice and devotion, and woman's love. Yes, it is only a Romance. It is only the ivory gates falling back at the fairy touch. It is only the leaden sky breaking for a moment above the bowed and weary head, revealing the fathomless Infinite through the gloom. It is only -> Romance.
Page 313 - ... the oracle of God is not to be heard but in His holy temple, that is to say, in a good and holy man, thoroughly sanctified in spirit, soul, and body.
Page 268 - Other men came to the scaffold calm in mind, prepared by holy thoughts, and the sacred, tender services of the Church of their Lord, feeling His hand indeed in theirs. They spoke, amid silence and solemn prayers, to a pitying people, the name of Jesus on their lips, the old familiar words whispered in their ears, good wishes, deference, respect all around, their path seemed smooth and upward to the heavenly gates. But with him — how different ! Denied the aid of prayer and sacrament, alone, overwhelmed...
Page 121 - This is the most important lesson that a man can learn — that all men are really alike ; that all creeds and opinions are nothing but the mere result of chance and temperament; that no party is on the whole better than another ; that no creed does more than shadow imperfectly forth some one side of truth ; and it is only when...
Page 156 - Oxford presented during the residence of the King at the time of the civil war. A city unique in itself became the resort of a Court under unique circumstances, and of an innumerable throng of people of every rank, disposition, and taste, under circumstances the most extraordinary and romantic. The ancient Colleges and Halls were thronged with ladies and courtiers ; noblemen lodged in small attics over bakers...
Page 277 - Quaker, and in my family all the women about my wife, and most of the rest, are Quakers, and Mons. Van Helmont is governor of that flock, — an unpleasing sort of people, silent, sullen, and of reserved conversation, though I hear one of the maids is the prettiest 47 girl in all the county.
Page 289 - I can tell who will see aught in the crystal, and who will not,' replied the boy ; ' this gentleman will see.' The astrologer seemed surprised and sceptical, but he made a sign to Inglesant to rise from his knees, and to take his place by the crystal. He did so, and looked steadily into it for some seconds, then he shook his head. ' I can see nothing,' he said. ' Nothing ! ' said the boy ; ' can you see nothing ? ' ' No. I see clouds and mist.'
Page ix - it is only a Romance." True. It is only human life in the " highways and hedges," and in " the streets and lanes of the city," with the ceaseless throbbing of its quivering heart ; it is only daily life from the workshop, from the court, from the market, and from the stage ; it is only kindliness and neighbourhood and...