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... darkness and uncertainty , nor does it spring from a race of barbarians ; but , with pride , we acknow- ledge the virtue , the wisdom , and glory of our mother country . When she sent her children forth to people the deserts of the new ...
... darkness and uncertainty , nor does it spring from a race of barbarians ; but , with pride , we acknow- ledge the virtue , the wisdom , and glory of our mother country . When she sent her children forth to people the deserts of the new ...
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... day . Then the ferule , the dunce's cap , the block , the stocks , confinement in that confounded dark hole , and a dozen other contrivances for making dunces learn their books : and such wild chaps 2 WINTER IN WASHINGTON .
... day . Then the ferule , the dunce's cap , the block , the stocks , confinement in that confounded dark hole , and a dozen other contrivances for making dunces learn their books : and such wild chaps 2 WINTER IN WASHINGTON .
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... the wintry storms and the dark days which must intervene , ere that season of gladness should in reality re- turn . VOL . I. C Sing on , ye harmless creatures , and enjoy the WINTER IN WASHINGTON . 25 CHAPTER II. ...
... the wintry storms and the dark days which must intervene , ere that season of gladness should in reality re- turn . VOL . I. C Sing on , ye harmless creatures , and enjoy the WINTER IN WASHINGTON . 25 CHAPTER II. ...
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... dark eyes darted on every side , with such a penetrating expression , as made the ladies think he might be an interpreter of looks as well as of speech . The secretaries were men of less polish , and more barbarous ap- pearance ; tall ...
... dark eyes darted on every side , with such a penetrating expression , as made the ladies think he might be an interpreter of looks as well as of speech . The secretaries were men of less polish , and more barbarous ap- pearance ; tall ...
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... so large , so languishingly dark , The soul beam forth at every spark , That darted from beneath its lid ; " and trembled , as he interpreted its lan- guage . The sounds had ceased - a pause had en- sued 82 WINTER IN WASHINGTON .
... so large , so languishingly dark , The soul beam forth at every spark , That darted from beneath its lid ; " and trembled , as he interpreted its lan- guage . The sounds had ceased - a pause had en- sued 82 WINTER IN WASHINGTON .
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Seite 145 - ... promises, kindly stepped in, and carried him away, to where the wicked cease from troubling, and where the weary are at rest ! It is during the time that we lived on this farm, that my little story is most eventful.
Seite 32 - The idea of her life shall sweetly creep Into his study of imagination...
Seite 32 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out That what we have we prize not to the worth Whiles we enjoy it, but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value, then we find The virtue that possession would not show us Whiles it was ours.
Seite 85 - But whoso among you shall do more or less than these, are not built upon my rock, but are built upon a sandy foundation ; and when the rain descends, and the floods come, and the winds blow...
Seite 80 - One part, one little part, we dimly scan Through the dark medium of life's feverish dream ; Yet dare arraign the whole stupendous plan, If but that little part incongruous seem.
Seite 189 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Seite 203 - Sits on the horizon round a settled gloom : Not such as wintry storms on mortals shed, Oppressing life ; but lovely, gentle, kind, And full of every hope and every joy, The wish of nature. Gradual sinks the breeze Into a perfect calm ; that not a breath Is heard to quiver through the closing woods, Or rustling turn the many-twinkling leaves Of aspen tall.
Seite 93 - Gallic spoon, contrived to scoop In ample draughts the thin, diluted soup, Performs not well in those substantial things, Whose mass adhesive to the metal clings; Where the strong labial muscles must embrace The gentle curve, and sweep the hollow space With ease to enter...
Seite 191 - Young man, you find fault with your elders, as if you knew more than they, or could manage the horse better.'—
Seite 192 - ... spur. Philip and all his court were in great distress for him at first, and a profound silence took place. But when the prince had turned him and brought him straight back, they all received him with loud acclamations, except his father, who wept for joy, and, kissing him, said, "Seek another kingdom, my son, that may be worthy of thy abilities ; for Macedonia is too small for thee.