The Rhode-Island Literary Repository, Volume 1Robinson and Howland, 1814 |
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... letter , written to his father just before sailing , shews the high sense of duty which then animated him , and gives an early instance of that determined resolution , which has marked every transaction of his short and interesting life ...
... letter , written to his father just before sailing , shews the high sense of duty which then animated him , and gives an early instance of that determined resolution , which has marked every transaction of his short and interesting life ...
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... letter written by him about this time . " During our stay at Malta we had an opportunity of visiting most of the publick buildings ; and amongst the rest , the superb church of St. John . The floor is laid in different coloured mar- ble ...
... letter written by him about this time . " During our stay at Malta we had an opportunity of visiting most of the publick buildings ; and amongst the rest , the superb church of St. John . The floor is laid in different coloured mar- ble ...
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... letter on this subject . " I knew that I should be compelled to detain such vessels for the most trivial article , and this would have wounded my feelings . Even had I met those which I could have suffered to pass , I might have ...
... letter on this subject . " I knew that I should be compelled to detain such vessels for the most trivial article , and this would have wounded my feelings . Even had I met those which I could have suffered to pass , I might have ...
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... letter : it required no request of yours to induce it ; but vain are our desires - impotent the will that exceeds the means of performance . This has often been my lot , and , I believe , that of many in the Chesapeake . Need I say that ...
... letter : it required no request of yours to induce it ; but vain are our desires - impotent the will that exceeds the means of performance . This has often been my lot , and , I believe , that of many in the Chesapeake . Need I say that ...
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... , been forwarded to his father , together with a letter of condolence from the secretary of the navy , by commodore Rodgers , ger arising from being compelled to pass through blockading squadrons CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN . 13.
... , been forwarded to his father , together with a letter of condolence from the secretary of the navy , by commodore Rodgers , ger arising from being compelled to pass through blockading squadrons CAPTAIN WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN . 13.
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admiration ancient appears Arminian beauty blood called Canonchet cause Champe character Checkley christian church command considered death Dido divine Doctor Morse duty earth Edmund Burke effect endeavour enemy faith fame fancy fantastick favour feel genius Giaour give glory guilders Hannah Adams happy heart heaven Herefordshire honour hope human ideas Jedediah Morse justice Klopstock labour lady learned letter literary Lord Lord Byron Lord Rawdon Madame de Stael magick mankind ment mind Miss Adams moral nature never noble o'er object observed opinion passions Petrarch philosophy pleasure poem poet poetical poetry possessed present principles publick readers reason received religion REPOSITORY respect Rhode-Island ship soul spirit sublime superiour talents taste tears thee thing thou thought tion truth virtue whole WILLIAM HENRY ALLEN wish
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Página 130 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Página 211 - There breathe but few whose aspect might defy The full encounter of his searching eye: He had the skill, when Cunning's gaze would seek To probe his heart and watch his changing cheek, At once the observer's purpose to espy, And on himself roll back his scrutiny, Lest he to Conrad rather should betray Some secret thought, than drag that chiefs to day.
Página 393 - 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.
Página 272 - All Evil Spirit as thou art, It is enough to grieve the heart To see thine own unstrung ; To think that God's fair world hath been The footstool of a thing so mean...
Página 130 - O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly ! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly : And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.
Página 136 - For, like as we are compelled by the Christian verity to acknowledge every Person by Himself to be God and Lord, so are we forbidden by the Catholic Religion to say, there be Three Gods or Three Lords.
Página 64 - The fixed yet tender traits that streak The languor of the placid cheek, And — but for that sad shrouded eye...
Página 411 - With good will doing service, as to the Lord, and not to men: Knowing that whatsoever good thing any man doeth, the same shall he receive of the Lord, whether he be bond or free.
Página 394 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Página 411 - But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.