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Groups of the youth of both sexes were to be seen in all parts dancing to the lively notes of the minstrel ; others were gratifying their appetites with every luxury which the art of man has invented , and quenched their thirst with the ...
Groups of the youth of both sexes were to be seen in all parts dancing to the lively notes of the minstrel ; others were gratifying their appetites with every luxury which the art of man has invented , and quenched their thirst with the ...
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If a youth distinguishes himself in any of the classes , his merit is known only to his fellows of that class — whereas in Glasgow , it is known to the whole college and city , and this is really no mean matter to the student , whose ...
If a youth distinguishes himself in any of the classes , his merit is known only to his fellows of that class — whereas in Glasgow , it is known to the whole college and city , and this is really no mean matter to the student , whose ...
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... for it is observable , that youth are more disposed to over - rate the advantages of a republic , than of monarchy . ... which is not just in unison with those feelings of independence , which glow in thệ breast of every youth .
... for it is observable , that youth are more disposed to over - rate the advantages of a republic , than of monarchy . ... which is not just in unison with those feelings of independence , which glow in thệ breast of every youth .
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We say but little provision ; for the time and attention which all our Universities , and most of our public schools devote to the learning of Greek , are just as inadequate to the instruction of youth in the difficulties of that ...
We say but little provision ; for the time and attention which all our Universities , and most of our public schools devote to the learning of Greek , are just as inadequate to the instruction of youth in the difficulties of that ...
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... pretensions to the test of examination ; and we particularly remember of one youth of this description , who though examined for a long tiine , with all the ingenuity of the present most acute professor , made not a single slip .
... pretensions to the test of examination ; and we particularly remember of one youth of this description , who though examined for a long tiine , with all the ingenuity of the present most acute professor , made not a single slip .
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Page 92 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night...
Page 268 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon : and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 290 - Ah me ! what hand can touch the string so fine ? Who up the lofty diapason roll Such sweet, such sad, such solemn airs divine, Then let them down again into the soul...
Page 290 - Lull'd the weak bosom, and induced ease, Aerial music in the warbling wind, At distance rising oft by small degrees, Nearer and nearer came, till o'er the trees It hung, and breath'd such soul-dissolving airs, As did, alas!
Page 228 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 323 - The bishop, in reply, with great wit and calmness, exposed this rude attack, concluding thus: "Since the noble lord hath discovered in our manners such a similitude, I am well content to be compared to the prophet Balaam ; but, my lords, I am at a loss how to make out the other part of the parallel: I am sure that I have been reproved by nobody but his lordship.
Page 313 - THERE is an hour of peaceful rest, To mourning wanderers given ; There is a joy for souls distressed, A balm for every wounded breast : 'Tis found above — in heaven.
Page 37 - Poor dog ! he was faithful and kind, to be sure, And he constantly loved me, although I was poor ; When the sour-looking folks sent me heartless away, I had always a friend in my poor dog Tray. When the road was so dark, and the night was so cold And Pat and his dog were grown weary and old, How snugly we slept in my old coat of...
Page 217 - The fisherman forsook the strand, The swarthy smith took dirk and brand; With changed cheer, the mower blithe Left in the...
Page 322 - Lords, said, among other things, 'that he prophesied last winter this bill would be attempted in the present session, and he was sorry to find that he had proved a true prophet.