The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Volume 5Smith, Elder, & Company, 1880 |
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Page 229 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Page 444 - He has outsoared the shadow of our night; Envy and calumny and hate and pain, And that unrest which men miscall delight, Can touch him not and torture not again...
Page 423 - States' naval officer who committed this aggression was not acting in compliance with any authority from his Government, or that if he conceived himself to be so authorized, he greatly misunderstood the instructions which he had received. For the Government of the United States must be fully aware that the British Government could not allow such an affront to the national honour to pass without full reparation...
Page 292 - The days of our years are threescore years and ten; And if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, Yet is their strength labour and sorrow; For it is soon cut off, and we fly away.
Page 444 - Peace, peace ! he is not dead, he doth not sleep — He hath awaken'd from the dream of life — 'Tis we, who, lost in stormy visions, keep With phantoms an unprofitable strife...
Page 415 - I do not cling to life. You do; but I set no store by it. If I knew that those I love were well cared for, I should be quite ready to die to-morrow; " and he added, " I am sure if I had a severe illness I should give up at once.
Page 154 - Well, you can tell him from me, in the most explicit manner, that, since the peace of Villafranca, I have had but one thought, one object — to inaugurate a new era of peace, and to live on the best terms with all my neighbours, and especially with England.
Page 91 - You would thus add a peculiar interest to the book containing those beautiful songs,' from the perusal of which I derived the greatest enjoyment. They quite rekindle the feeling with which the legends of King Arthur must have inspired the chivalry of old, whilst the graceful form in which they are presented blends those feelings with the softer tone of our present age.
Page 204 - He was quite cheerful, and talking, and giving an account of this fearful accident, and, as it proved, merciful and providential escape. Dr. Baly said Albert had not been the least stunned, that there was no injury, and the features would not suffer. Oh God ! What did I not feel ! I could only, and do only, allow the feelings of gratitude, not those of horror at what might have happened, to fill my mind.
Page 70 - Europe, if they wish to maintain that peace, must respect each other's limits, and, above all, restore and not disturb that commercial confidence which is the result of peace, which tends to peace, and which ultimately forms the happiness of nations.