Journal of the Proceedings of the Society: Which Conducts the Monthly Anthology and Boston Review, October 3, 1805, to July 2, 1811

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Page 8 - And he spake of trees, from the cedar tree that is in Lebanon even unto the hyssop that springeth out of the wall: he spake also of beasts, and of fowl, and of creeping things, and of fishes.
Page 7 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 286 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 272 - The Stranger in Ireland, in 1805.' By a Knight Errant," and dedicated to the paper-makers.
Page 197 - I'LL. tell you, friend, what sort of wife, Whene'er I scan this scene of life, Inspires my waking schemes, And when I sleep, with form so light, Dances before my ravished sight, In sweet aerial dreams. The rose its blushes need not lend, Nor yet the lily with them blend, To captivate my eyes. Give me a cheek the heart obeys, And, sweetly mutable, displays...
Page 20 - If the young bard has met with no assistance in the composition of the poem, he certainly bids fair, should he continue to cultivate his talent, to gain a respectable station on the Parnassian mount and to reflect credit on the literature of his country.
Page 279 - The nature and extent of the apostolical commission. A sermon, preached at the consecration of the Right Reverend Dr.
Page 6 - The child" — meaning the new periodical — " shall not be destitute of the manners of a gentleman, nor a stranger to genteel amusements. He shall attend Theatres, Museums, Balls, and whatever polite diversions the town shall furnish." The reader of the "Anthology" will find for his reward an improving discourse on "Ambition," and a commendable schoolboy's "theme
Page 278 - New Orleans, at the close of the last and the beginning of the present year, 1807.
Page 288 - THE NEW Testament, in an improved Version, upon the basis of Archbishop Newcome's new translation ; with a corrected text, and notes critical and explanatory.

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