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... lines , as that they have not one haire of honesty , or to use his owne words , Ne pilum boni hominis . But these he resembleth to those unman- nerly guests , which , when they have bin well and kindly entertained , flinch away , never ...
... lines , as that they have not one haire of honesty , or to use his owne words , Ne pilum boni hominis . But these he resembleth to those unman- nerly guests , which , when they have bin well and kindly entertained , flinch away , never ...
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... line of conduct which was calculated to gratify their prejudices , when it could not win their esteem : still we must accuse him of neglect to the needy Loyalists , who had lost all in his cause ; of this , Butler is a sad and shameful ...
... line of conduct which was calculated to gratify their prejudices , when it could not win their esteem : still we must accuse him of neglect to the needy Loyalists , who had lost all in his cause ; of this , Butler is a sad and shameful ...
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... Line shall here be briefly given . William Hastings , Esq . of Folkestone , who had been bred in the army , obtained late in life the honourable retreat of a Veteran Offi- cer in the humble but not lucrative appointment of Governor of ...
... Line shall here be briefly given . William Hastings , Esq . of Folkestone , who had been bred in the army , obtained late in life the honourable retreat of a Veteran Offi- cer in the humble but not lucrative appointment of Governor of ...
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... lines , is so far from being an essential to real Poetry , that it is quite the contrary , injurious ; i . e . powdering a fine head of hair . There are two evils attached in- evitably to Rhyme . It compels , ge- nerally , a close of ...
... lines , is so far from being an essential to real Poetry , that it is quite the contrary , injurious ; i . e . powdering a fine head of hair . There are two evils attached in- evitably to Rhyme . It compels , ge- nerally , a close of ...
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... lines from Marlborough on his landing at Greenwich will shew the language : " Safe am I landed on my native soil , If England's safe for me ; For thee , my country , have I toil'd and fought , [ try ! Advancing still thy glory ...
... lines from Marlborough on his landing at Greenwich will shew the language : " Safe am I landed on my native soil , If England's safe for me ; For thee , my country , have I toil'd and fought , [ try ! Advancing still thy glory ...
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Page 465 - Will you to the utmost of your power maintain the Laws of God, the true profession of the Gospel, and the Protestant Reformed Religion established by law...
Page 69 - And yet, fair bow, no fabling dreams, But words of the Most High Have told, why first thy robe of beams Was woven in the sky.
Page 69 - How came the world's gray fathers forth To watch thy sacred sign ! And when its yellow lustre smiled O'er mountains yet untrod, Each mother held aloft her child To bless the bow of God.
Page 68 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art — Still seem, as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven. Can all that Optics teach, unfold Thy form to please me so, As when I dreamt of gems and gold Hid in thy radiant bow ? When Science from Creation's face Enchantment's veil withdraws, What lovely visions yield their place To cold material laws...
Page 69 - O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or, mirrored in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem. As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span • Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.
Page 336 - THERE is a tear for all that die, A mourner o'er the humblest grave ; But nations swell the funeral cry, And Triumph weeps above the brave.
Page 353 - ... to be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may the Lord have mercy on your soul ! Yesterday a most excellent sermon was preached by the Rev.
Page 72 - I continue to receive from foreign powers the strongest assurances of their friendly disposition towards this country : and I have the satisfaction of believing, that the differences which had unfortunately arisen between the court of St.
Page 209 - Shakespeare was godfather to one of Ben Jonson's children, and, after the christening, being in a deep study, Jonson came to cheer him up, and asked him why he was so melancholy. ' No faith, Ben,' says he, ' not I, but I have been considering a great while what should be the fittest gift for me to bestow upon my godchild, and I have resolved at last.' ' I prythee, what ? ' says he. ' I* faith, Ben, I'll e'en give him a dozen good Latin (latten) spoons, and thou shalt translate them.
Page 337 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart, Tis woman's whole existence; man may range The court, camp, church, the vessel, and the mart. Sword, gown, gain, glory, offer in exchange Pride, fame, ambition, to fill up his heart, And few there are whom these cannot estrange; Men have all these resources, we but one, To love again, and be again undone.