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Page 128
She in particular translated for * Mr . Thicknesse at one period exercised his
invention by an attempt to construct a cypher which no one should be able to
explain . His wife on this proposed to carry on a correspond . ence by means of
two ...
She in particular translated for * Mr . Thicknesse at one period exercised his
invention by an attempt to construct a cypher which no one should be able to
explain . His wife on this proposed to carry on a correspond . ence by means of
two ...
Page 136
... it is added , " was almost without example , nothing but death being able to
interrupt it , during the space of thirty years . " So exquisite is her respect for
female delicacy , that the subject of this memoir loudly condemns the custom of
applying ...
... it is added , " was almost without example , nothing but death being able to
interrupt it , during the space of thirty years . " So exquisite is her respect for
female delicacy , that the subject of this memoir loudly condemns the custom of
applying ...
Page 143
He attempts indusgriously to cast a veil over this ceremony , as his part is too
simple to be exposed to the eyes of his towns , men , who would soon be both
able and willing to participate in so lucrative a business when they knew how to
carry it ...
He attempts indusgriously to cast a veil over this ceremony , as his part is too
simple to be exposed to the eyes of his towns , men , who would soon be both
able and willing to participate in so lucrative a business when they knew how to
carry it ...
Page 196
She draws very little water , and when full is able to carry twenty people . " The
boat is able to contend against the most tremendous seą , and broken water ; and
never , in any one instance , has she failed in bringing the crew in distress into ...
She draws very little water , and when full is able to carry twenty people . " The
boat is able to contend against the most tremendous seą , and broken water ; and
never , in any one instance , has she failed in bringing the crew in distress into ...
Page 532
In the engagement the Coveutry had fifteen men killed and twenty - nine
wounded ; and I hope to be able so far to repair ber damages as to carry her to
sea with me in two or three days . “ Captain Mitchell speaks highly of the courage
and ...
In the engagement the Coveutry had fifteen men killed and twenty - nine
wounded ; and I hope to be able so far to repair ber damages as to carry her to
sea with me in two or three days . “ Captain Mitchell speaks highly of the courage
and ...
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Page 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Page 342 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Page 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Page 555 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
Page 337 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Page 371 - I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman.
Page 505 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
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Page 46 - O early lost ! what tears the river shed, When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire, 275 And on his willows hung each muse's lyre.
Page 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.