The Port Folio, Volumes 5-6Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1808 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... Death ! And would you learn to dissipate the band Of those huge threat'ning Difficulties dire , That in the weak man's way , like lions stand , His soul appal , and damp his rising fire ? Resolve , resolve , and to be men aspire , Have ...
... Death ! And would you learn to dissipate the band Of those huge threat'ning Difficulties dire , That in the weak man's way , like lions stand , His soul appal , and damp his rising fire ? Resolve , resolve , and to be men aspire , Have ...
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... death . As this little volume , the execution of which is highly creditable to the proprietors , is or ought to be , in the hands of every admirer of genius and eloquence , and , as from the strong passions , admirable talents , and ...
... death . As this little volume , the execution of which is highly creditable to the proprietors , is or ought to be , in the hands of every admirer of genius and eloquence , and , as from the strong passions , admirable talents , and ...
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... death , however , blighted this expec- tation ; and it remains only to hold for- ward his name , as a sad instance of the inefficacy of talents , without discre- tion . His parliamentary life , though short , was honourable . However er ...
... death , however , blighted this expec- tation ; and it remains only to hold for- ward his name , as a sad instance of the inefficacy of talents , without discre- tion . His parliamentary life , though short , was honourable . However er ...
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... death was the immediate consequence | pointed to all the officers of his house ,. deared to me by the circumstance of its having been the scene of our first meeting . On the table , where her arm had frequently rest- ed , I carved these ...
... death was the immediate consequence | pointed to all the officers of his house ,. deared to me by the circumstance of its having been the scene of our first meeting . On the table , where her arm had frequently rest- ed , I carved these ...
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... death of Afrasiab . This poem is as long as the Iliad : it can be divided into twelve cantos , of which each may be distinguished by the principal events it contains ; as the adventures of Rustem , the death of Sohareb , the history and ...
... death of Afrasiab . This poem is as long as the Iliad : it can be divided into twelve cantos , of which each may be distinguished by the principal events it contains ; as the adventures of Rustem , the death of Sohareb , the history and ...
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Page 31 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 98 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild...
Page 235 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh "Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Page 132 - But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them : for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Page 217 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light...
Page 235 - It was a summer evening, Old Kaspar's work was done, And he before his cottage door Was sitting in the sun, And by him sported on the green His little grandchild Wilhelmine.
Page 296 - Turn to learning and gaming, religion and raking. With the love of a wench, let his writings be chaste ; Tip his tongue with strange matter, his pen with fine taste ; That the rake and the poet o'er all may prevail, Set fire to the head, and set fire to the tail. For the joy of each sex, on the world I'll bestow it. This scholar, rake, Christian, dupe, gamester, and poet ; Though a mixture so odd, he shall merit great fame, And among brother mortals — be GOLDSMITH his name : When on earth this...
Page 98 - But neither breath of morn when she ascends With charm of earliest birds, nor rising sun On this delightful land, nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew, nor fragrance after showers, Nor grateful evening mild, nor silent night With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight without thee is sweet.
Page 294 - His mind resembled a fertile, but thin soil. There was a quick, but not a strong vegetation of whatever chanced to be thrown upon it. No deep root could be struck. The oak of the forest did not grow there ; but the elegant shrubbery and the fragrant parterre appeared in gay succession.
Page 152 - that if ever " there was a good Christian, without knowing himself " to be so, it was Dr. Garth," seems not able to deny what he is angry to hear, and loth to confess.