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Page 165
... Thou distinguishing attribute and honor of human kind ! Who art not only able to imitate nature in her graces , but even to adorn her with graces of thine own ! Possessed of thee , the meanest genius grows de- serving , and has a just ...
... Thou distinguishing attribute and honor of human kind ! Who art not only able to imitate nature in her graces , but even to adorn her with graces of thine own ! Possessed of thee , the meanest genius grows de- serving , and has a just ...
Page 166
... thou suggestest the means to inves- tigate and take them ; if any be so savage as to refuse being tamed , or of natures fierce enough to venture an attack , thou teachest us to scorn their brutal rage ; to meet , repel , pursue and ...
... thou suggestest the means to inves- tigate and take them ; if any be so savage as to refuse being tamed , or of natures fierce enough to venture an attack , thou teachest us to scorn their brutal rage ; to meet , repel , pursue and ...
Page 167
... thou art enabled to exhibit tomankind the ad- mired tribes of poets and orators ; the sacred train of patriots and ... thou more truly Mind itself ? It is Mind thou art , most perfect : Mind not rude , untaught ; but fair and polished ...
... thou art enabled to exhibit tomankind the ad- mired tribes of poets and orators ; the sacred train of patriots and ... thou more truly Mind itself ? It is Mind thou art , most perfect : Mind not rude , untaught ; but fair and polished ...
Page 202
... thou , " said he , " that art making these humble preparations for Pom- pey's funeral ? Philip having answered that he was one of his freedmen . " Alas ! " replied the soldier , " permit me to share in this honor also ; among all the ...
... thou , " said he , " that art making these humble preparations for Pom- pey's funeral ? Philip having answered that he was one of his freedmen . " Alas ! " replied the soldier , " permit me to share in this honor also ; among all the ...
Page 208
... thou wilt , still , slavery ! still thou art a bitter draught ; and though thousands , in all ages , have been made to drink of thee , thou art no less bitter on that account . It is thou , liberty ! thrice sweet and gracious Goddess ...
... thou wilt , still , slavery ! still thou art a bitter draught ; and though thousands , in all ages , have been made to drink of thee , thou art no less bitter on that account . It is thou , liberty ! thrice sweet and gracious Goddess ...
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Page 231 - Yet he was kind, or, if severe in aught, The love he bore to learning was in fault...
Page 351 - Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage; Then lend the eye a terrible aspect; Let it pry through the portage of the head Like the brass cannon: let the brow o'erwhelm it As fearfully as doth a galled rock O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide; Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height.
Page 224 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 347 - She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her that she did pity them.
Page 243 - His praise, ye winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and wave your tops, ye pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. • • Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye. flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling, tune his praise. Join voices, all ye living souls ! ye birds, That, singing, up to heaven's gate ascend, Bear on your wings and in your notes his praise.
Page 224 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 224 - Their name, their years, spelt by th' unletter'd muse, The place of fame and elegy supply: And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die. For who to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing anxious being e'er resign'd, Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor cast one longing ling'ring look behind?
Page 117 - Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison, HUGHES.
Page 341 - I could weep My spirit from mine eyes ! — There is my dagger, And here my naked breast ; within, a heart Dearer than Plutus...
Page 230 - Where village statesmen talk'd with looks profound, And news much older than their ale went round. Imagination fondly stoops to trace The...