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... their immense property be possessed by persons who at once represent their families and inherit their principles . The concluding scenes of the lives of Labedoyere and Ney are interesting . Labedoyere Public Affairs . 11.
... their immense property be possessed by persons who at once represent their families and inherit their principles . The concluding scenes of the lives of Labedoyere and Ney are interesting . Labedoyere Public Affairs . 11.
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... interesting Poland , might be satisfied with his titles did not Francis wear so many kingly crowns . But the same prevailing policy enjoins sovereigns to aim at united kingdoms for themselves , not , like Napoleon , sepa- rate ones for ...
... interesting Poland , might be satisfied with his titles did not Francis wear so many kingly crowns . But the same prevailing policy enjoins sovereigns to aim at united kingdoms for themselves , not , like Napoleon , sepa- rate ones for ...
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... interesting and instructive , and he has the merit of having established , as far as the distance and devastation of time will admit of proof , the fact of these ruins being at least a part of the actual remains of the great city . " In ...
... interesting and instructive , and he has the merit of having established , as far as the distance and devastation of time will admit of proof , the fact of these ruins being at least a part of the actual remains of the great city . " In ...
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... interesting Julia who was about to take the veil , but who , happily possessing more virtue , or being less sensible of his attractions than his vanity led him to suppose , continued firm against his solicitations and ar- tifices , and ...
... interesting Julia who was about to take the veil , but who , happily possessing more virtue , or being less sensible of his attractions than his vanity led him to suppose , continued firm against his solicitations and ar- tifices , and ...
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... interesting speculation that was ever undertaken by man . " We have not room for half the indignation Captain Ashe expresses against the Custom - house officers , who , indifferent to every thing re- lating to a former world , ( in ...
... interesting speculation that was ever undertaken by man . " We have not room for half the indignation Captain Ashe expresses against the Custom - house officers , who , indifferent to every thing re- lating to a former world , ( in ...
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Página 37 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking-off ; And pity, like a naked new-born babe, Striding the blast, or heaven's cherubin, hors'd Upon the sightless couriers of the air, Shall blow the horrid deed in every eye, That tears shall drown the wind.
Página 236 - Atlantic billows roar'd, When such a destined wretch as I, Wash'd headlong from on board, Of friends, of hope, of all bereft, His floating home for ever left.
Página 381 - And he. saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival...
Página 150 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there.
Página 215 - He does not know at what time this heavy calamity fell upon him ; he is tortured with the most afflicting of all human sensations. When he looks at the children, whom he is by law bound to protect and to provide for, and from whose existence he ought to receive the delightful return which the union of instinct and reason has provided for the continuation of the world, he knows not whether he is lavishing his fondness and affection upon his own children, or upon the seed of a villain sown in the bed...
Página 591 - Nothing more abhorrent from the principles and maxims of the sacred oracles can be conceived, than the idea of a plurality of true churches, neither in actual communion with each other, nor in a capacity for such communion. Though this rending of the seamless garment of our Saviour, this schism in the members of his mystical body, is by far the greatest calamity which has befallen the Christian interest, and one of the most fatal effects of the great...
Página 237 - That ere through age or woe I shed my wings I may record thy worth with honour due, In verse as musical as thou art true, And that immortalizes whom it sings: — But thou hast little need. There is a Book By seraphs writ with beams of heavenly light, On which the eyes of God not rarely look, A chronicle of actions just and bright — There all thy deeds, my faithful Mary, shine; And since thou own'st that praise, I spare thee mine.
Página 379 - Nor wished for wings to flee away. And mix with their eternal ray ? The waves on either shore lay there Calm, clear, and azure as the air ; And scarce their foam the pebbles shook, But murmured meekly as the brook.
Página 381 - As it slipped through their jaws when their edge grew dull, As they lazily mumbled the bones of the dead, When they scarce could rise from the spot where they fed ; So well had they broken a lingering fast With those who had fallen for that night's repast.
Página 238 - ... time hath made thee what thou art— a cave For owls to roost in. Once thy spreading boughs O'erhung the champaign ; and the numerous flocks That grazed it stood beneath that ample cope Uncrowded, yet safe shelter'd from the storm.