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... present her to the king of France , the commodore was appointed to the command of the frigate Alliance , of thirty - six guns , then at Boston . In February , 1781 , she sailed from Boston for L'Orient , having on board colonel Laurens ...
... present her to the king of France , the commodore was appointed to the command of the frigate Alliance , of thirty - six guns , then at Boston . In February , 1781 , she sailed from Boston for L'Orient , having on board colonel Laurens ...
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... present filled his mind . We should not be forgiven were we to omit the mention of Mr. Scott's singular power of describing rural scenery . Pure description was always uninteresting , from James Thomson's to Mrs. Radcliffe's ; because ...
... present filled his mind . We should not be forgiven were we to omit the mention of Mr. Scott's singular power of describing rural scenery . Pure description was always uninteresting , from James Thomson's to Mrs. Radcliffe's ; because ...
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... present time ; containing detailed ac- counts of all the interesting actions of the public vessels of the United States , and of privateers ; and an historical view of the policy and acts of the United States government relative to the ...
... present time ; containing detailed ac- counts of all the interesting actions of the public vessels of the United States , and of privateers ; and an historical view of the policy and acts of the United States government relative to the ...
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... present war : On the 3d of October , 1776 , the secret committee were em- powered to purchase , arm , and equip , a frigate and two cutters , in Europe . They were instructed to give orders to the said fri gate to cruise in the British ...
... present war : On the 3d of October , 1776 , the secret committee were em- powered to purchase , arm , and equip , a frigate and two cutters , in Europe . They were instructed to give orders to the said fri gate to cruise in the British ...
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... present war forms a new era in our maritime history not less brilliant than any which preceded it . The account of the different naval engagements since the declaration of war are given circumstantially by the author . These are so ...
... present war forms a new era in our maritime history not less brilliant than any which preceded it . The account of the different naval engagements since the declaration of war are given circumstantially by the author . These are so ...
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Página 179 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Página 174 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Página 164 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Página 174 - For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Página 647 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Página 33 - The tear down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dewdrop on the rose ; When next the summer breeze comes by, And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
Página 163 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Página 516 - Tis she ; — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ! Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die...
Página 60 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Página 383 - ... for these reasons it has been my ardent wish to see a plan devised, on a liberal scale, which would have a tendency to spread systematic ideas through all parts of this rising empire, thereby to do away local attachments and State prejudices, as far as the nature of things would, or indeed ought to admit, from our national councils.