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... character enough to transform history into romantic fable , which has been prolific of heroes , which displays a people exceedingly different in their general habits from ourselves , and which has been the scene of a tragedy , which ...
... character enough to transform history into romantic fable , which has been prolific of heroes , which displays a people exceedingly different in their general habits from ourselves , and which has been the scene of a tragedy , which ...
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... character ; but we hesitate to affirm that he has . But though Depons may not class with such intrepid travel- lers as Bruce and Park , yet he is certainly qualified , perhaps better than either of them , to collect important ...
... character ; but we hesitate to affirm that he has . But though Depons may not class with such intrepid travel- lers as Bruce and Park , yet he is certainly qualified , perhaps better than either of them , to collect important ...
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... character had he been engaged in a just cause , he at length atchieved a work more vast than what fiction has ascribed to the demigods of antiquity . To render this conquest permanent , as soon as an Indian nation was subdued , a ...
... character had he been engaged in a just cause , he at length atchieved a work more vast than what fiction has ascribed to the demigods of antiquity . To render this conquest permanent , as soon as an Indian nation was subdued , a ...
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... character , as he can pretend to be , in the wel- fare and happiness of every part of his Majesty's dominions ; to each of them , and many more , has this Report been sent ; and yet he is the only man who has at length discovered the ...
... character , as he can pretend to be , in the wel- fare and happiness of every part of his Majesty's dominions ; to each of them , and many more , has this Report been sent ; and yet he is the only man who has at length discovered the ...
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... characters be may encouraged to come amongst us . MADRAS , July 23d , 1807 . } ( Signed ) " R. H. KERR , Senior ... character to be slighted or overlooked . It may be considered as a symptom per- haps , and certainly as a promising ...
... characters be may encouraged to come amongst us . MADRAS , July 23d , 1807 . } ( Signed ) " R. H. KERR , Senior ... character to be slighted or overlooked . It may be considered as a symptom per- haps , and certainly as a promising ...
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Page 41 - Thou bringest unto me a tale Of visionary hours. Thrice welcome, darling of the Spring! Even yet thou art to me No bird, but an invisible thing, A voice, a mystery...
Page 420 - O woman! in our hours of ease, Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou! — Scarce were the piteous accents said, When, with the Baron's casque, the maid To the nigh streamlet ran; Forgot were hatred, wrongs, and fears; The plaintive voice alone she hears, Sees but the dying man.
Page 36 - ... a certain colouring of imagination, whereby ordinary things should be presented to the mind in an unusual aspect ; and, further, and above all, to make these incidents and situations interesting by tracing in them, truly though not ostentatiously, the primary laws of our nature: chiefly, as far as regards the manner in which we associate ideas in a state of excitement.
Page 37 - The dreary intercourse of daily life, Shall e'er prevail against us, or disturb Our cheerful faith that all which we behold Is full of blessings. Therefore let the moon Shine on thee in thy solitary walk ; And let the misty mountain winds be free To blow against thee...
Page 412 - Twill trickle to his rival's bier ; O'er PITT'S the mournful requiem sound, And Fox's shall the notes rebound. The solemn echo seems to cry, — " Here let their discord with them die ; " Speak not for those a separate doom, " Whom Fate made brothers in the tomb, " But search the land of living men, i " Where wilt thou find their like agen...
Page 41 - And was the safeguard of the west: the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty. She was a maiden City, bright and free; No guile seduced, no force could violate; And, when she took unto herself a Mate, She must espouse the everlasting Sea. And what if she had seen those glories fade, Those titles vanish, and that strength decay; Yet shall some tribute of regret be paid When her long life hath reached its final day: Men are we, and must grieve when even the...
Page 41 - ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE VENETIAN REPUBLIC. ONCE did she hold the gorgeous East in fee ; And was the safeguard of the West : the worth Of Venice did not fall below her birth, Venice, the eldest Child of Liberty.
Page 42 - Hence, in a season of calm weather, Though inland far we be, Our souls have sight of that immortal sea Which brought us hither, Can in a moment travel thither, And see the children sport upon the shore, And hear the mighty waters rolling evermore.
Page 205 - It was my guide, my light, my all, It bade my dark forebodings cease; And through the storm and danger's thrall, It led me to the port of peace. Now safely moored, my perils o'er, I'll sing, first in night's diadem, For ever and for evermore, The Star, the Star of Bethlehem.
Page 286 - But now I have' written unto you not to keep company, if any man that is called a brother be a fornicator, or covetous, or an idolater, or a railer, or a drunkard, or an extortioner; with such an one no not to eat.