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... whole attention to the welfare of that island , and obtained very particular approbation . He left a lasting monument of his attention to the religious and moral interests of the community of Newfoundland in the erection of a church ...
... whole attention to the welfare of that island , and obtained very particular approbation . He left a lasting monument of his attention to the religious and moral interests of the community of Newfoundland in the erection of a church ...
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... whole powers in a similar manner , to stimulate the patriotic feeling which was so universally displayed . In the intervals of professional service at sea during the war , he devoted his leisure to the alleviation of the distresses of ...
... whole powers in a similar manner , to stimulate the patriotic feeling which was so universally displayed . In the intervals of professional service at sea during the war , he devoted his leisure to the alleviation of the distresses of ...
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... whole navy to subscribe , and by pro- curing extensive assistance among his friends , the capital of the society has , within these few years , been increased to upwards of 30,000l . , besides a large annual subscription . On an average ...
... whole navy to subscribe , and by pro- curing extensive assistance among his friends , the capital of the society has , within these few years , been increased to upwards of 30,000l . , besides a large annual subscription . On an average ...
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Lord Charles Somerset , to whom he paid unremitting atten- tion the whole time they were under his care ; nor in the dis- charge of the important duties of his office , have we ever heard of an instance in which he did not unite the ...
Lord Charles Somerset , to whom he paid unremitting atten- tion the whole time they were under his care ; nor in the dis- charge of the important duties of his office , have we ever heard of an instance in which he did not unite the ...
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... whole . In 1814 , appeared , in two volumes 12mo . , " The Flowers of Wit , or a Collection of Bon Mots , Ancient and Modern . " For several years before his death , Mr. Kett was employed in preparing an edition of the Greek Proverbs ...
... whole . In 1814 , appeared , in two volumes 12mo . , " The Flowers of Wit , or a Collection of Bon Mots , Ancient and Modern . " For several years before his death , Mr. Kett was employed in preparing an edition of the Greek Proverbs ...
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Page 252 - The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 81 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet or in shroud we wound him ; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him.
Page 100 - And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again; And still the thought I will not brook, That I must look in vain. But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary, thou art dead! If thou wouldst stay, e'en as thou art, All cold and all serene, I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been.
Page 81 - We thought, as we hollowed his narrow bed And smoothed down his lonely pillow, That the foe and the stranger would tread o'er his head, And we far away on the billow!
Page 99 - The time would e'er be o'er, And I on thee should look my last, And thou shouldst smile no more ! And still upon that face I look, And think 'twill smile again ; And still the thought I will not brook That I must look in vain ! But when I speak — thou dost not say What thou ne'er left'st unsaid ; And now I feel, as well I may, Sweet Mary ! thou art dead...
Page 81 - Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note, As his corse to the rampart we hurried ; Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot O'er the grave where our hero we buried. We buried him darkly at dead of night, The sods with our bayonets turning ; By the struggling moonbeam's misty light And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast...
Page 81 - Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that's gone, And o'er his cold ashes upbraid him — But little he'll reck, if they let him sleep on In the grave where a Briton has laid him.
Page 100 - Sweet Mary, thou art dead! If thou wouldst stay, e'en as thou art, All cold and all serene, I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been. While e'en thy chill, bleak corse I have, Thou seemest still mine own; But there I lay thee in thy grave, — And I am now alone! I do not think, where'er thou art, Thou hast forgotten me; And I, perhaps, may soothe this heart In thinking, too, of thee: Yet there was round thee such a dawn Of light ne'er seen before, As fancy never could...
Page 389 - Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council, appointed for the consideration of all matters relating to trade and foreign plantations...
Page 81 - Slowly and sadly we laid him down, From the field of his fame fresh and gory; We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone, But we left him alone with his glory.