Flowers of literature; for 1801 & 1802(-1805): or, Characteristic sketches of human nature and modern manners, with notes by F. Prevost and F. Blagdon, Volume 4 |
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... Livonia and Esthonia - without property , or the means of obtaining it , subject to corporal punishment on the caprice of their master- their wives and children liable to be taken from them , in With willing labour tills the grateful ...
... Livonia and Esthonia - without property , or the means of obtaining it , subject to corporal punishment on the caprice of their master- their wives and children liable to be taken from them , in With willing labour tills the grateful ...
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... Livonia towards this benevolent sovereign . I relate nothing but what I myself saw . Every eye sparkles , every countenance is unclouded , every tongue is loosed , on the bare mention of his name . He was only a few days in Revel , and ...
... Livonia towards this benevolent sovereign . I relate nothing but what I myself saw . Every eye sparkles , every countenance is unclouded , every tongue is loosed , on the bare mention of his name . He was only a few days in Revel , and ...
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... Livonia to their peasants . In this point , as far as regards the amiable disposition of the em . peror on the subject , 1 perfectly agree ; but on the perform- ance of his intentions , I believe , in the first instance at least , too ...
... Livonia to their peasants . In this point , as far as regards the amiable disposition of the em . peror on the subject , 1 perfectly agree ; but on the perform- ance of his intentions , I believe , in the first instance at least , too ...
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Page 98 - Now far, far behind him the green waters glide, And the cot of his forefathers blesses his eyes. The jessamine clambers in flower o'er the thatch, And the swallow chirps sweet from her nest in the wall ; All trembling with transport he raises the latch, And the voices of loved ones reply to his call.
Page 50 - The wonder then turns on the great process by " which a man could grow to the immense intelligence that " can know that there is no God. What ages, and what lights " are requisite for THIS attainment ! This intelligence involves " the very attributes of divinity, while a God is denied. For " unless this man is omnipresent, unless he is at this moment " in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there " may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which " even he would be overpowered.
Page 92 - The changing spirits' rise and fall; We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffered — but his pangs are o'er; Enjoyed— but his delights are fled ; Had friends — his friends are now no more ; And foes — his foes are dead. He loved — but whom he loved the grave Hath lost in its unconscious womb : O she was fair!
Page 487 - While Butler, needy wretch, was yet alive, No generous patron would a dinner give ; See him, when starved to death, and turn'd to dust, Presented with a monumental bust. The poet's fate is here in emblem shown, He ask'd for bread, and he received a stone.
Page 97 - IN slumbers of midnight the sailor-boy lay; His hammock swung loose at the sport of the wind; But watch-worn and weary, his cares flew away, And visions of happiness danced o'er his mind.
Page 99 - On beds of green sea-flower thy limbs shall be laid, Around thy white bones the red coral shall grow ; Of thy fair yellow locks threads of amber be made, And every part suit to thy mansion below. Days, months, years, and ages, shall circle away, And still the vast waters...
Page 92 - The clouds and sunbeams, o'er his eye That once their shades and glory threw, Have left in yonder silent sky No vestige where they flew.
Page 50 - ... unless he is at this moment in every place in the universe, he cannot know but there may be in some place manifestations of a Deity by which even he would be overpowered. If he does not know absolutely every agent in the universe, the one that he does not know may be God. If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God.
Page 91 - The changing spirits' rise and fall, We know that these were felt by him, For these are felt by all. He suffered, — but his pangs are o'er ; Enjoyed, — but his delights are fled ; Had friends, — his friends are now no more ; And foes, — his foes are dead. He...
Page 50 - If he is not himself the chief agent in the universe, and does not know what is so, that which is so may be God. If he is not in absolute possession of all the propositions that constitute universal truth, the one which he wants may be that there is a God.