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Page 100
Still , it behooves the young partisan to consider for what probable advantage he
perils his integrity and independence at all . What does he look for ? Only the
pleasure of serving his country ? The proud consciousness of having deserved
well ...
Still , it behooves the young partisan to consider for what probable advantage he
perils his integrity and independence at all . What does he look for ? Only the
pleasure of serving his country ? The proud consciousness of having deserved
well ...
Page 102
Even in this case , some seem to think that a young man has no chance of
success unless he devote a large part of his time to politics . And it is doubtless
under the influence of this opinion , that many young men , who have no relish for
...
Even in this case , some seem to think that a young man has no chance of
success unless he devote a large part of his time to politics . And it is doubtless
under the influence of this opinion , that many young men , who have no relish for
...
Page 266
He gave them ed he would leap over the like a lion at bay , determina young men
stood lookin make the fatal lean nized feelings . Ha death . He raised 266 seir
view . The roof of the house * * Their approach two Indian warriors , me of their ...
He gave them ed he would leap over the like a lion at bay , determina young men
stood lookin make the fatal lean nized feelings . Ha death . He raised 266 seir
view . The roof of the house * * Their approach two Indian warriors , me of their ...
Page 344
One of young Hume ' s family servants burst into the room , with the startling
intelligence , that a band of tories had surrounded his father ' s mansion , and
were committing the most horrible atrocities . The young man bade a hasty adieu
to his ...
One of young Hume ' s family servants burst into the room , with the startling
intelligence , that a band of tories had surrounded his father ' s mansion , and
were committing the most horrible atrocities . The young man bade a hasty adieu
to his ...
Page 345
Alexander Hume , as a young lion , rushed where the fight was the most fierce .
He heeded not the balls whizzing around him , the glistening swords , or the
bloody corpses that obstructed his path . His little band was dropping off without
hope ...
Alexander Hume , as a young lion , rushed where the fight was the most fierce .
He heeded not the balls whizzing around him , the glistening swords , or the
bloody corpses that obstructed his path . His little band was dropping off without
hope ...
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Page 286 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
Page 325 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Page 277 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 277 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 408 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 311 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 148 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 303 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 274 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 366 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.