The Diary of Frances Lady Shelley, Zväzok 1C. Scribner's, 1912 |
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Strana 346 - And mounts in spray the skies, and thence again Returns in an unceasing shower, which round, With its unemptied cloud of gentle rain, Is an eternal April to the ground, Making it all one emerald : — how profound The gulf! and how the giant element From rock to rock leaps with delirious bound, Crushing the cliffs, which, downward worn and rent With his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent.
Strana 100 - I am wretched even at the moment of victory, and I always say that, next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
Strana 181 - Tu nest pas mart, coquin," and struck his lance through my back ; my head dropped, the blood gushed into my mouth, a difficulty of breathing came on, and I thought all was over. Not...
Strana 65 - It has been that generous and lofty spirit which inspired your troops with unbounded confidence, and taught them to know that the day of battle was always a day of victory ; that moral courage and enduring fortitude which in perilous times, when gloom and doubt had beset ordinary minds, stood nevertheless unshaken, and that ascendancy of character, which, uniting the energies of jealous and rival nations, enabled you to wield at will the fate and fortunes of mighty empires.
Strana 49 - midst the friends he loved the man behold, In truth unshaken, and in virtue bold ; Whose patriot zeal and uncorrupted mind Dared to assert the freedom of mankind And, whilst extending desolation far, Ambition spread the baneful flames of war, Fearless of blame, and eloquent to save, 'Twas he, — 'twas Fox, the warning counsel gave ; 'Midst jarring conflicts stemm'd the tide of blood, And to the menaced world a landmark stood.
Strana 96 - However, I saw him, got the information I wanted from him, and made the best of my way homewards. Bad, however, was the best ; for, by Jove, it was so dark that I fell into a deepish dyke by the roadside ; and if it had not been for my orderly's assistance, I doubt if I should ever have got out. Thank God, there was no harm done, either to horse or man...
Strana 75 - The first time I ever saw Nelson," said she, "was in the drawing-room at the Admiralty; and a most uncouth creature I thought him. He was just returned from Teneriffe, after having lost his arm. He looked so sickly, it was painful to see him ; and his general appearance was that of an idiot ; so much so, that when he spoke, and his wonderful mind broke forth, it was a sort of surprise that riveted my whole attention.
Strana 65 - It owes to you the proud satisfaction that, amidst the constellation of great and illustrious warriors who have recently visited our country, we could present to them a leader of our own, to whom all, by common acclamation, conceded the pre-eminence ; and when the will of Heaven, and the common destinies of our nature, shall have swept away the present generation, you will have left your great name...
Strana 62 - Since last I had the honour of addressing you from this place, a series of eventful years has elapsed, but none without some mark and note of your rising glory. " The military triumphs which your valour has achieved upon the banks of the Douro and the Tagus, of the Ebro and the Garonne, have called forth the spontaneous shouts of admiring nations. Those triumphs it is needless on this day to recount.
Strana 49 - Had his voice in Mercy's cause prevail'd, What grateful millions had the statesman hailed, Whose wisdom bade the broils of nations cease, And taught the world Humanity and Peace. But, though he failed, succeeding ages here The vain, yet pious, effort shall revere ; Boast in their annals his illustrious name, Behold his greatness, and confirm his fame.