The Right Hon. Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield, K. G., and His Times, Volumen1

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W. Mackenzie, 1881 - 5 páginas

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Página 111 - That no Italian priest Shall tithe or toll in our dominions; But as we under Heaven are supreme head, So, under him, that great supremacy, Where we do reign, we will alone uphold, Without the assistance of a mortal hand; So tell the pope; all reverence set apart, To him, and his usurp'd authority "the
Página 13 - were his aspirations as a lad :— When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing : all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good ; myself I thought Bora to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things.
Página 7 - male children on the eighth day after their birth; for it is written, 'This is my covenant which ye shall keep between me and you, and thy seed after thce ; every man child among you shall be
Página 57 - Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy ; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets; who are
Página 180 - fall'n at length that tower of strength Which stood four-square to all the winds that blew ! Such was he whom we deplore. The long self-sacrifice of life is o'er. The great World-victor's victor will be seen no more.
Página 62 - That Her Majesty's ministers do not sufficiently possess the confidence of the House of Commons to enable them to carry through the House measures which they deem of essential importance to the public welfare, and that their continuance in office under such circumstances is at variance with the spirit of the constitution.
Página 174 - The matrons flung their gloves, Ladies and maids their scarfs and handkerchiefs, Upon him as he passed ; the nobles bended As to Jove's statue ; and the commoners made A shower of thunder with their caps and shouts." As in the history of warfare the successes of
Página 75 - I care not what may be the result. Dissolve, if you please, the parliament you have betrayed, and appeal to the people who, I believe, mistrust you. For me there remains this at least—the opportunity of expressing thus publicly my belief that a Conservative government is an organized hypocrisy.
Página 77 - unite to put an end to a system which has been proved to be the blight of commerce, the bane of agriculture, the source of bitter divisions among classes, the cause of penury, fever, mortality, and crime among the people. After
Página 112 - is complete ; what you have long desired and prayed for is granted. Your beloved country has received a place among the fair churches which normally constituted form the splendid aggregate of Catholic communion; Catholic England has been restored to its orbit in the ecclesiastical firmament, from which its light had long vanished, and begins now anew its course of regularly adjusted action

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