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... feel little gratitude for a reca- pitulation of the discouragements , under which this collection has gradually grown and spread to its present size and form . the cup At length the work is abroad ; and it is not without anxiety , that ...
... feel little gratitude for a reca- pitulation of the discouragements , under which this collection has gradually grown and spread to its present size and form . the cup At length the work is abroad ; and it is not without anxiety , that ...
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... feel disposed to censure the painter . But , were he employed to give a portrait of a poet , patriot , or hero , whose reputation was familiar , but whose visage was unknown , except to a few , flattery would be falsehood and omission ...
... feel disposed to censure the painter . But , were he employed to give a portrait of a poet , patriot , or hero , whose reputation was familiar , but whose visage was unknown , except to a few , flattery would be falsehood and omission ...
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... feeling no supe- riority , he was infected with no other ambition , than that of acquitting himself to the satisfaction of his instructor . During the first two years of his collegiate life , he was generally attentive to the studies ...
... feeling no supe- riority , he was infected with no other ambition , than that of acquitting himself to the satisfaction of his instructor . During the first two years of his collegiate life , he was generally attentive to the studies ...
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... Feeling se- cure in this respect , Paine became negligent with regard to attendance on public prayers and stated recitations ; not wasting his time , but applying to such studies and authors as were more con- genial to his taste , than ...
... Feeling se- cure in this respect , Paine became negligent with regard to attendance on public prayers and stated recitations ; not wasting his time , but applying to such studies and authors as were more con- genial to his taste , than ...
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... feeling and taste , was re- ceived by the audience with applause and tears . The latter part of it , especially ... feel , And tears may soothe the wound , they cannot heal . To - day we launch from this delightful shore , BIOGRAPHY ...
... feeling and taste , was re- ceived by the audience with applause and tears . The latter part of it , especially ... feel , And tears may soothe the wound , they cannot heal . To - day we launch from this delightful shore , BIOGRAPHY ...
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Page 365 - twas strange, 'twas passing strange; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful; She wished she had not heard it, yet she wished That heaven had made her such a man; she thanked me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Page iv - District Clerk's Office. BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the seventh day of May, AD 1828, in the fifty-second year of the Independence of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, SG Goodrich, of the said District, has deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit...
Page 407 - This royal throne of kings, this scept'red isle, This earth of majesty, this seat of Mars, This other Eden, demi-paradise, This fortress built by Nature for herself Against infection and the hand of war, This happy breed of men, this little world, This precious stone set in the silver sea...
Page 415 - Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest ; with such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheered with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 369 - Put out the light, and then put out the light. If I quench thee, thou flaming minister, I can again thy former light restore, Should I repent me; but once put out thy light, Thou cunning'st pattern of excelling nature, I know not where is that Promethean heat That can thy light relume.
Page 306 - tis a common proof That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face : But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend : so Caesar may ; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Page 233 - Should the tempest of war overshadow our land, Its bolts could ne'er rend freedom's temple asunder; For, unmoved, at its portal would Washington stand. And repulse, with his breast, the assaults of the thuuder ! His sword from the sleep Of its scabbard would leap, And conduct, with its point, every flash to the deep ! For ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant or the sea rolls its waves.
Page 231 - Mid the reign of mild peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome, and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
Page lxxiv - To all the blest above; So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky.
Page 233 - Leonidas' band, And swear to the God of the ocean and land, That ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.