The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 18James Anderson Mundell and Son, 1722 - Scotland |
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... whole deserves to be preserved , not only on account of the poetry , but as an original portrait of a worthy man who has not been sufficiently known . ken instructions from , and formed an acquaintance with the 4 Nov , 6 . Scottish ...
... whole deserves to be preserved , not only on account of the poetry , but as an original portrait of a worthy man who has not been sufficiently known . ken instructions from , and formed an acquaintance with the 4 Nov , 6 . Scottish ...
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James Anderson. chief glory ; and you call in testimony the consent of the whole world , that scarce any one could have stood before the face of his anger , had not the won- derful council of providence raised up , in our native country ...
James Anderson. chief glory ; and you call in testimony the consent of the whole world , that scarce any one could have stood before the face of his anger , had not the won- derful council of providence raised up , in our native country ...
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... whole globe . Hissoul was fired at the thought ; nor did he afterwards ever lose sight of it . But unlike to lefser minds , tho ' he never afterwards lost sight of this for one moment , he did not abandon the other measures he saw ...
... whole globe . Hissoul was fired at the thought ; nor did he afterwards ever lose sight of it . But unlike to lefser minds , tho ' he never afterwards lost sight of this for one moment , he did not abandon the other measures he saw ...
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... whole world , when , having convinced himself of the advantage of navigation , first on the fhallow waters of Moscow , then on the more extended width of the lakes of Ros- touskij and Kubenskij , and lastly on the extensive White Sea ...
... whole world , when , having convinced himself of the advantage of navigation , first on the fhallow waters of Moscow , then on the more extended width of the lakes of Ros- touskij and Kubenskij , and lastly on the extensive White Sea ...
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... whole , has , like every innovation in religion or go- vernment , given rise to abuses of a kind that were not formerly felt , and which were not foreseen at the time that the foundation for these abuses were laid . The sums that had ...
... whole , has , like every innovation in religion or go- vernment , given rise to abuses of a kind that were not formerly felt , and which were not foreseen at the time that the foundation for these abuses were laid . The sums that had ...
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Page 330 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 185 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme: How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He Who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head; How...
Page 186 - Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Page 184 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of heaven's avenging ire; Or, Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Page 184 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth...
Page 185 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Page 112 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 184 - Scotia's food : The soupe their only hawkie does afford, That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood ; The dame brings forth in complimental mood, To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell ; An' aft he's prest, an' aft he ca's it guid ; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i
Page 112 - She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 183 - Jenny sees the visit's no ill ta'en ; The father cracks of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi...