The Works: With Memoirs of His Life and Writings by Robert Anderson, Volume 2Stirling & Slade, 1820 |
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... considered with horror an hour or two before . In this forlorn condition I turned to an Italian servant of the duke of Hamilton's , a shrewd fellow , who seldom wanted a resource in times of difficulty . He seemed , how- ever , a little ...
... considered with horror an hour or two before . In this forlorn condition I turned to an Italian servant of the duke of Hamilton's , a shrewd fellow , who seldom wanted a resource in times of difficulty . He seemed , how- ever , a little ...
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... considered as too exorbitant , even for good men ; and , in the hands of wick- ed men , had always been perverted to the purposes of ty- ranny , and for which no remedy had hitherto been found , but what was almost as bad as the evils ...
... considered as too exorbitant , even for good men ; and , in the hands of wick- ed men , had always been perverted to the purposes of ty- ranny , and for which no remedy had hitherto been found , but what was almost as bad as the evils ...
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... considered . A despotic go- vernment counts the life of a citizen as of no importance at all . The doge Theipolo , who had himself been a lawyer , as many of the Venetian nobles at that time were , be- stowed infinite labour in ...
... considered . A despotic go- vernment counts the life of a citizen as of no importance at all . The doge Theipolo , who had himself been a lawyer , as many of the Venetian nobles at that time were , be- stowed infinite labour in ...
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... he has the keeping of the great seal of the commonwealth , and is privy to all the secrets of the state ; he is considered as the head of the order of citizens , and his office is the most lucrative in 50 VIEW OF SOCIETY AND.
... he has the keeping of the great seal of the commonwealth , and is privy to all the secrets of the state ; he is considered as the head of the order of citizens , and his office is the most lucrative in 50 VIEW OF SOCIETY AND.
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... considered as the chief virtue of a judge ; and , as there are cases in which the sternest may relent , the Venetian government has taken care to appoint certain magistrates , whose whole business is to see that others perform their ...
... considered as the chief virtue of a judge ; and , as there are cases in which the sternest may relent , the Venetian government has taken care to appoint certain magistrates , whose whole business is to see that others perform their ...
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Page 247 - Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 371 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Page 247 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast, Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge. And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds...
Page 118 - Thames ! the most loved of all the Ocean's sons, By his old sire, to his embraces runs, Hasting to pay his tribute to the sea, Like mortal life to meet eternity ; Though with those streams he no resemblance hold, Whose foam is amber, and their gravel gold * : His genuine and less guilty wealth t...
Page 363 - That part of the island we had landed on was a narrow ridge, not above musket-shot across, bounded on one side by the sea, and on the other by a creek, extending upwards of a mile inland, and nearly communicating with the sea at its head.
Page 118 - O'er which he kindly spreads his spacious wing And hatches plenty for th' ensuing spring. Nor then destroys it with too fond a stay, Like mothers which their infants overlay. Nor with a sudden and impetuous wave, Like profuse kings, resumes the wealth he gave. No unexpected inundations spoil...
Page 118 - Brings home to us, and makes both Indies ours; Finds wealth where 'tis, bestows it where it wants, Cities in deserts, woods in cities plants; So that to us no thing, no place is strange...
Page 247 - O gentle sleep ! Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness?
Page 235 - ... with gold and jewels and pearls, holding in her hand a golden cup full of abominations and the impurities of her fornication; 5and on her forehead was written a name of mystery: "Babylon the great, mother of harlots and of earth's abominations." 6And I saw the woman, drunk with the blood of the saints and the blood of the martyrs of Jesus.
Page 235 - And the Woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand, full of abominations and filthiness of her whoredom.