 Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one.  Frontiers - Page 10by Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston - 1908 - 58 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Joseph Emerson - 1832 - 122 pages
...as his lawful prey. 15 Lands, intersected by a narrow frith, Abhor each other. Mountains interpos'd, Make enemies of nations, who had else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; "20 And, worse than all, and most to be deplor'd, As human... | |
 | Leonard Woods, Charles D. Pigeon - 1834 - 686 pages
...causes, have ever constituted the grand abutments on which the arches of the temple of War have rested. "Mountains interposed Make enemies of nations, who...had else, Like kindred drops been mingled into one." But for the permanent removal of this colossal curse from the world, is not the grand requisite, the... | |
 | Thomas Timpson - 1834 - 168 pages
...him as his lawful prey ! Lands intersected by a narrow frith, Abhor each other. Mountains interpoe'd, Make enemies of nations, who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys: And worse than all, and most to be deplor'd, As human nature's... | |
 | William Cowper - 1835 - 362 pages
...for such a worthy cause Dooms and devotes him as his lawful prey. Lands intersected by a narrow frith Abhor each other. Mountains interposed Make enemies...had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; And, worse than all, and most to be deplored, As human... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1835 - 158 pages
...drops shall be less thick than would their graves, were graves permitted to the sons of Cain. 663. Mountains interposed, make enemies of nations, who had else like kindred drops ban mingled into one. 664. No ! dear as freedom is, and in my heart's just estimation prized above... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 416 pages
...ix. 1. 2 Not remembering that he is (as old Fuller says) " the image of God cut in ehony." S. C 9. H Make enemies of nations who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; 20 And worse than all, and most to be deplored As human... | |
 | William Cowper - 1836 - 402 pages
...2. * Not remembering that he is (as old Fuller says) " the image of God cut in ebony." S. C 9. • H Make enemies of nations who had else Like kindred drops been mingled into one. Thus man devotes his brother, and destroys ; 20 And worse than all, and most to be deplored As human... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1837 - 360 pages
...these ! cxxn. WHO, IN RUINING THEIR RIVALS, RUIN THEMSELVES. ' Lands, intersected by a narrow frith, Abhor each other. Mountains, interposed, Make enemies...else, Like kindred drops, been mingled into one.' Cowper. ABOUT three months after the death of the Marquis of Londonderry, a friend of mine saw Lord... | |
 | Thomas Cogswell Upham - 1837 - 510 pages
...too much ground for the feeling lamentation of Cowper : •• Lands intersected by a narrow frith " Abhor each other. Mountains interposed " Make enemies...had else " Like kindred drops been mingled into one. §. 135. Of the affection of friendship. Another interesting modification of that feeling of goodwill... | |
 | 1837 - 790 pages
...are hostile badges, which guide, concentrate 222 223 and inflame local animosity; and, far more than "mountains interposed," " Make enemies of nations,...who had else Like kindred drops, been mingled Into one.'1 What made France and England "natural enemies;" so that their blood has dyed every sea, and... | |
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