Such a spirit is Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her ! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 13by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1856 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
| Horace A. Cleveland - 1869 - 610 pages
...form of a hateful reptile. She grovels/ she hisses, she -swings. But wo to those who in disgust shall crush her. And happy are those who, having dared to...beauty and her glory. There is only one cure for the evils which newly-acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom ! When a prisoner leaves his... | |
| Thomas Budd Shaw, William Smith - 1850 - 492 pages
...reptile. She growls, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust ihall venture to crush her I And happy are those who, having dared to receive her...beauty and her glory. There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces — and that cure is freedom! When a prisoner leaves his... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1871 - 704 pages
...Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her...beauty and her glory ! There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom. When a prisoner first leaves... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 564 pages
...Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! ' * These noble words come from the heart ; the fount is full, and though it flows, it never becomes... | |
| Hippolyte Adolphe Taine - 1871 - 570 pages
...Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! ' * These noble words come from the heart ; the fount is full, and though it flows, it never becomes... | |
| George Payn Quackenbos - 1871 - 468 pages
...Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her!...frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by her iii the time of her beauty and glory 1" § 409. A definition may be amplified by presenting the meaning... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 586 pages
...hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crash her ! And happy are thos* who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory ! '* These noble words come from the heart; the fount is full, and thouirh it flows, it never becomes... | |
| Hippolyte Taine - 1871 - 572 pages
...she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her ! And happy are those wfoo, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory 1 '* These noble words come from the heart ; the fount is full, and though it flows, it never becomes... | |
| Ludwig Herric - 1872 - 980 pages
...erst die Zukunft entscheiden wird. I, 40: Woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush Liberty ! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory. Ill, 304: He that shall put them together, will be very inclinable to think that it is a hundred to... | |
| Ludwig Herrig - 1872 - 964 pages
...erst die Zukunft entscheiden wird. I, 40: Woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush Liberty ! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her...rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory. Ill, 304: He that shall put them together, will be very inclinable to think that it is a hundred to... | |
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