 The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings. There is no one, as when the first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two sideposts of our doors, that he may spare and...  Present Day Papers - Page 681901Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Abraham Hayward - 1874 - 484 pages
...first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two sideposts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on ; he takes his victims...all these classes that I make this solemn appeal.' Although Mr. Bright is a ready speaker, he is understood (like the great orators of Greece and Borne)... | |
 | National portrait gallery - 1874 - 568 pages
...calls at the castle of the noble, the mansion of the wealthy, equally as at the cottage of the humble; and it is on behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal." His statement that the war " could not be justified out of the documents " laid before the House was... | |
 | Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1875 - 392 pages
...first-born was slain of old, to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two side-posts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on ; he takes his victims...mansion of the wealthy, and the cottage of the poor and lowly, and it is in behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal." The parliamentary... | |
 | William Robertson (of Rochdale.) - 1877 - 568 pages
...the firstborn were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two sideposts of our doors that he may spare and pass on; he takes his victims...mansion of the wealthy, and the cottage of the poor and lowly, and it is on behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal." This beautiful passage... | |
 | National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain) - 1875 - 418 pages
...calls at the castle of the noble, the mansion of the wealthy, equally as at the cottage of the humble; and it is on behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal." His statement that the war " could not be justified out of the documents " laid before the House was... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1878 - 482 pages
...first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two sideposts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on ; he takes his victims...all these classes that I make this solemn appeal.' Although Mr. Bright is a ready speaker, he is understood (like the great orators of Greece and Rome)... | |
 | Abraham Hayward - 1879 - 486 pages
...first-born were slain of old, to sprinkle with blood the lintel and the two sideposts of our doors, that he may spare and pass on ; he takes his victims...wealthy, and the cottage of the poor and the lowly, »nd it is on behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal.' Although Mr. Bright is a... | |
 | George Henry Jennings - 1880 - 842 pages
...eidepoete of our doors, that he may spare and pass on. He takes hie victims from the castle of the nohlo, the mansion of the wealthy, and the cottage of the...; and it is on behalf of all these classes that I mako this solemn appeal. . . I would ask, I would entreat the noble lord (Palmerston) to take a course... | |
 | Joseph Irving - 1880 - 1066 pages
...the castle of the noble, and the mansion of the wealthy, equally as at the cottage of the humble ; be answered, and that, doing as little individual injury as possible, th I tell the noble lord that if he be ready honestly and frankly to endeavour, if possible, by the negotiations... | |
 | Joseph Irving - 1880 - 1064 pages
...the castle of the noble, and the mansion of the wealthy, equally as at the cottage of the humble ; and it is on behalf of all these classes that I make this solemn appeal. I tell the noble lord that if he be ready honestly and frankly to endeavour, if possible, by the negotiations... | |
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