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... happy enough to be ranked among those of your acquain tance . It was the glowing zeal I owe my country that influenced me to im- part these advices , and my inclination prompted me to do it to you , as I know you are solicitous for the ...
... happy enough to be ranked among those of your acquain tance . It was the glowing zeal I owe my country that influenced me to im- part these advices , and my inclination prompted me to do it to you , as I know you are solicitous for the ...
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... happy : and if , unfortunately , it had been on record that they were otherwise , sympathy with the fate of their ficti tious personages would banish the unwelcome truth , whenever it obtruded itself , so that it would but slightly ...
... happy : and if , unfortunately , it had been on record that they were otherwise , sympathy with the fate of their ficti tious personages would banish the unwelcome truth , whenever it obtruded itself , so that it would but slightly ...
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... happy composition of elated spirits , the anger of the tempest without doors only heightens and sets off the enjoyment within . I pity him who cannot per- ceive that , in all this , though there was no moral purpose , there is a moral ...
... happy composition of elated spirits , the anger of the tempest without doors only heightens and sets off the enjoyment within . I pity him who cannot per- ceive that , in all this , though there was no moral purpose , there is a moral ...
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... happy jewellers all their wealth unfold , While miss reviews the majesty of gold ; Gems , pure and feign'd , along the counter lie , While each gem glistens in her sparkling eye ; Unnumber'd jewels - bracelets beaming bright , Enticing ...
... happy jewellers all their wealth unfold , While miss reviews the majesty of gold ; Gems , pure and feign'd , along the counter lie , While each gem glistens in her sparkling eye ; Unnumber'd jewels - bracelets beaming bright , Enticing ...
Page 81
... illumes ! How sweet every flow'r while its mild summer blooms ! Hope brightens the prospect with charms ever new , And the heart glows with rapture to fancy them true . But sad ! when the happy delusion is o'er , POETRY . 31.
... illumes ! How sweet every flow'r while its mild summer blooms ! Hope brightens the prospect with charms ever new , And the heart glows with rapture to fancy them true . But sad ! when the happy delusion is o'er , POETRY . 31.
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Page 436 - 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 492 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder...
Page 114 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 436 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun • And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The...
Page 222 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control; counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Page 222 - Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned...
Page 257 - Require the borrow'd gloss of art ? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom.
Page 491 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe— into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Page 467 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Page 285 - ... to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power, that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.