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... side . The ferocity of which spectacle gave the people a joy mixed with dread , and satisfaction mingled with stupor . " But to return where we broke off . The duke finding himself very powerful , and in part secure from present danger ...
... side . The ferocity of which spectacle gave the people a joy mixed with dread , and satisfaction mingled with stupor . " But to return where we broke off . The duke finding himself very powerful , and in part secure from present danger ...
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... side , or that old Basil was not such a blockhead as to watch the wrong wheel , a mistake which poets as well as poli- ticians are liable to make ; and they add that the expression right well is at least childish , if not vulgar . Now ...
... side , or that old Basil was not such a blockhead as to watch the wrong wheel , a mistake which poets as well as poli- ticians are liable to make ; and they add that the expression right well is at least childish , if not vulgar . Now ...
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... side with fearful roar , And as with foaming fury down they go Loose the firm rocks and thunder them below . p . 49 . Here we find that the trees or lofty monarchs of the stately wood , as the regal phrase more reverently terms them ...
... side with fearful roar , And as with foaming fury down they go Loose the firm rocks and thunder them below . p . 49 . Here we find that the trees or lofty monarchs of the stately wood , as the regal phrase more reverently terms them ...
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... side , who had al- ready extricated him from the baleful fangs of that fickle jade , " Perchance , " in New York , and might therefore keep him harm- less against the sins of omission or commission on the part of " Luck . " We are next ...
... side , who had al- ready extricated him from the baleful fangs of that fickle jade , " Perchance , " in New York , and might therefore keep him harm- less against the sins of omission or commission on the part of " Luck . " We are next ...
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... side of the street where the market was held , were large rooms , in which the negroes were kept ; and during the day , they were seen in melancholy groupes , waiting to be delivered from the hands of the trader , whose dread- ful ...
... side of the street where the market was held , were large rooms , in which the negroes were kept ; and during the day , they were seen in melancholy groupes , waiting to be delivered from the hands of the trader , whose dread- ful ...
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Página 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Página 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Página 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Página 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Página 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Página 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Página 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Página 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Página 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Página 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...