The Rhode-Island Literary Repository, Volume 1Robinson and Howland, 1814 |
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... present memoir , was born at Providence , Rhode - Island , October 21 , 1784. He was the son of General William Allen , a brave and distinguished revolutionary officer , and the nephew , by his mother's side , of his Excellency William ...
... present memoir , was born at Providence , Rhode - Island , October 21 , 1784. He was the son of General William Allen , a brave and distinguished revolutionary officer , and the nephew , by his mother's side , of his Excellency William ...
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... present ! " It is a gratifying reflection , ( he says , in a let- ter to his friend , ) to know that I leave the Chesapeake be- loved by my messmates , and respected by all : they have al been forward in manifesting their esteem for me ...
... present ! " It is a gratifying reflection , ( he says , in a let- ter to his friend , ) to know that I leave the Chesapeake be- loved by my messmates , and respected by all : they have al been forward in manifesting their esteem for me ...
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... present situation , and deriding the painful exertions of the persevering travellers in their view . These , I learned , were the subjects of Indolence , whose " listless length " was stretched on a couch of roses , and of Ignorance ...
... present situation , and deriding the painful exertions of the persevering travellers in their view . These , I learned , were the subjects of Indolence , whose " listless length " was stretched on a couch of roses , and of Ignorance ...
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... present abode , carry along with it that material principle , which shall become hereafter the germ of a new and more glorious organization ? Shall we deem this impos- sible , because the fineness and subtlety of this principle at pre ...
... present abode , carry along with it that material principle , which shall become hereafter the germ of a new and more glorious organization ? Shall we deem this impos- sible , because the fineness and subtlety of this principle at pre ...
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... present life . This sluggish and unwieldy mass of matter , is supposed to be rather the prison than the help- ful companion of the active spirit ; to cloud and darken the clear- ness of its perceptions , and to oppress and enchain the ...
... present life . This sluggish and unwieldy mass of matter , is supposed to be rather the prison than the help- ful companion of the active spirit ; to cloud and darken the clear- ness of its perceptions , and to oppress and enchain the ...
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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.