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... lord , " said Pythias , with a firm voice and noble aspect , " I would it were possible that I might suffer a thousand deaths , rather than my friend should fail in any article of his honor ! He cannot fail there- in , my lord ; I am as ...
... lord , " said Pythias , with a firm voice and noble aspect , " I would it were possible that I might suffer a thousand deaths , rather than my friend should fail in any article of his honor ! He cannot fail there- in , my lord ; I am as ...
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... lord , you cannot have forgotten the circumstance of relieving a highwayman . God and gratitude will never suffer it to be obliterated from my mind . In me , my lord , you now behold that once most wretched of mankind ; but now , by ...
... lord , you cannot have forgotten the circumstance of relieving a highwayman . God and gratitude will never suffer it to be obliterated from my mind . In me , my lord , you now behold that once most wretched of mankind ; but now , by ...
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... lord , I was the younger son of a wealthy man ; your grace knew him , I am sure , my name is ; my marriage alienated the affec- tions of my father , who left me to sorrow and penury . ' My distresses - but your grace already knows to ...
... lord , I was the younger son of a wealthy man ; your grace knew him , I am sure , my name is ; my marriage alienated the affec- tions of my father , who left me to sorrow and penury . ' My distresses - but your grace already knows to ...
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... lords were swallowed up . ' This was in fact the place where , a few months ago , Lord M- and Mr. B- — made so deplorable an end . وو When one sees the rapid and deep course of the Rhine at this place , dashing its water through a nar ...
... lords were swallowed up . ' This was in fact the place where , a few months ago , Lord M- and Mr. B- — made so deplorable an end . وو When one sees the rapid and deep course of the Rhine at this place , dashing its water through a nar ...
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... Lord M- ; but his lordship jumped into the boat , and said he would go alone ; upon which , poor Mr. B unwilling to leave his friend , went in after him . They pushed off . They had each a long pole , with which they hoped to keep the ...
... Lord M- ; but his lordship jumped into the boat , and said he would go alone ; upon which , poor Mr. B unwilling to leave his friend , went in after him . They pushed off . They had each a long pole , with which they hoped to keep the ...
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Page 74 - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
Page 106 - Several of our Young People were formerly brought up at the Colleges of the Northern Provinces; they were instructed in all your Sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad Runners, ignorant of every means of living in the Woods, unable to bear either Cold or Hunger, knew neither how to build a Cabin, take a Deer, or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly; were therefore neither fit for Hunters, Warriors, or Counsellors; they were totally good for nothing. We are however not the...
Page 93 - The sober herd that low'd to meet their young, The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school...
Page 36 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 64 - How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! How passing wonder He who made him such, Who centred in our make such strange extremes! From different natures marvellously mixed, Connection exquisite of distant worlds! Distinguished link in being's endless chain! Midway from nothing to the Deity!
Page 70 - He that holds fast the golden mean, And lives contentedly between The little and the great, Feels not the wants that pinch the poor, Nor plagues that haunt the rich man's door, Imbitteriug all his state.
Page 120 - The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, — For thou must die. Sweet Rose, whose hue, angry and brave, Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye, Thy root is ever in its grave, — And thou must die.
Page 154 - In short, the way to wealth, if you desire it, is as plain as the way to market. It depends chiefly on two words, industry and frugality ; that is, waste neither time nor money, but make the best use of both.
Page 28 - Content I live, this is my stay; I seek no more than may suffice ; I press to bear no haughty sway; Look, what I lack my mind supplies. Lo, thus I triumph like a king, Content with that my mind doth bring.