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" How high they soar'd above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling by dark intrigue for place ; Like fabled Gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land,... "
The Living Age - Page 163
1909
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pt. III. From the peace of Paris in 1763 to the treaty of Amiens in 1802. pt ...

William Russell - 1839 - 696 pages
...these two celebrated statesmen and eminent orators, a monument more durable than marble or bronze : — With more than mortal powers endow'd, How high they...their' mighty war, Shook realms and nations in its jar: Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world...
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The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind Analyzed and Illustrated ...

John Dunlop - 1840 - 260 pages
...Walter Scott thus writes: " With more than mortal power endowed, How high they soared above the crowd; Like fabled gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar. Beneath each banner proud to stand, Looked up each noblest in the land Till through the British world...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart: Complete in One Volume. With ...

Walter Scott - 1841 - 848 pages
...portion in this honour'd grave, And ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men the dust.4 head, And glancing eye and quivering ear As if he loved his lord to hear. No foot Fitz-James ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world...
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The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott, Complete, Volume 2

Walter Scott - 1845 - 380 pages
...portion in this honour'd grave, And ne'er held marble in its trust Of two such wondrous men the dust. With more than mortal powers endow'd. How high they...their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar ; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Look'd up the noblest of the land, Till through the British world...
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The History of Modern Europe: pt. 3. From the Peace of Paris in 1763 to the ...

William Russell - 1841 - 690 pages
...these two celebrated statesmen and eminent orators, a monument more durable than marble or bronze : — With more than mortal powers endow'd, How high they...above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostiing by dark intrigue for place ; Like fabled gods, their mighty war, Shook realms and nations...
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The Living Age, Volume 263

1909 - 844 pages
...space of a single year, and nobly did the national poet respond to the greatness of the The Time*. call. The glory of England will have passed away if...her if ever the successors of Pitt fail to hear the clarion call of duty in the noblest lament over the grave of an English Prime Minister — Now is the...
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...trust Of two such wondrous men the dust. With more than mortal powers endowed, How high they soared above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race,...their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar ; Now — taming thought to human pride ! — The mighty chiefs sleep side by side.1 Drop upon Fox's...
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Evelyn Stuart, or, Right versus might, by Adrian

Anne Kent - 1846 - 942 pages
...for the coming trial, like young soldiers on the eve of battle. CHAPTER XVII. How high they soared above the crowd ! Theirs was no common party race, Jostling by dark intrigue for place. WALTX* SCOTT. A FEW days past, days of anxiety and suspense, and then appeared another startling evidence...
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Practical Elocution: Containing Illustrations of the Principles of Reading ...

Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 372 pages
...and delighting their audiences, and to whom, the poet's lines apply in all their force &.H beauty : " Like fabled gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar; Beneath each banner proud to stand, Looked up, the noblest of the land," But the voices of our distinguish""!...
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Practical Elocution

Samuel Niles Sweet - 1846 - 340 pages
...and delighting their audiences, and to whom, the poet's lines apply in all their force and beauty : " Like fabled gods, their mighty war Shook realms and nations in its jar; Beneath each banner prond to stand, Looked up, the noblest of the land." But the voices of our distinguished...
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