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The actor who assumes the dignity of a monarch , however excellently he may
sustain it , is a monarch only while he is performing the part : as soon as that is
finished , he returns into himself , or transmigrates into another character . But he
...
The actor who assumes the dignity of a monarch , however excellently he may
sustain it , is a monarch only while he is performing the part : as soon as that is
finished , he returns into himself , or transmigrates into another character . But he
...
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So that an inferior commander becomes all of a sudden Moreau ' s superior , and
entitled to assume the most intolerable tone of preëininence , that of praising , as
soon as he is made a prince . This blundering man ( whether the marshal or the ...
So that an inferior commander becomes all of a sudden Moreau ' s superior , and
entitled to assume the most intolerable tone of preëininence , that of praising , as
soon as he is made a prince . This blundering man ( whether the marshal or the ...
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mind , and the excellent habit of body , derived in all probability from nature , but
maintained or improved by that habitual temperance which virtuous and
contemplative men delight in , as soon as the first heats of youth have boiled over
.
mind , and the excellent habit of body , derived in all probability from nature , but
maintained or improved by that habitual temperance which virtuous and
contemplative men delight in , as soon as the first heats of youth have boiled over
.
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The author attempts , indeed , but very feebly and unsatisfactorily , to show that
Moreau did not come into these designs , until after Pichegru ' s arrival at Paris ;
but he describes him as a coadjutor , and ready to come forward as soon as ...
The author attempts , indeed , but very feebly and unsatisfactorily , to show that
Moreau did not come into these designs , until after Pichegru ' s arrival at Paris ;
but he describes him as a coadjutor , and ready to come forward as soon as ...
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... firmly believed that the authority of his name would very soon enable him to
collect , partly from the emigrants and prisoners that would be disposed to join
him , but cbiefly in consequence of the large defections which he reckoned upon
from ...
... firmly believed that the authority of his name would very soon enable him to
collect , partly from the emigrants and prisoners that would be disposed to join
him , but cbiefly in consequence of the large defections which he reckoned upon
from ...
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Page 516 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 433 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 420 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 433 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 418 - For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
Page 424 - On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 422 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 419 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 434 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 286 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.