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... neral of this state , and recorder of the city of Philadelphia . She was remarkable for a warmth of feeling , which led to acts of fre- quent benevolence , and a spriteliness of mind which rendered her society endearing , not only to ...
... neral of this state , and recorder of the city of Philadelphia . She was remarkable for a warmth of feeling , which led to acts of fre- quent benevolence , and a spriteliness of mind which rendered her society endearing , not only to ...
Page 188
... neral orders as commander in chief ; his speeches and messages as Presi- dent , and above all , his two farewell addresses to the people of the Uni- ted States , will remain lasting monu- ments of the goodness of his heart , of the ...
... neral orders as commander in chief ; his speeches and messages as Presi- dent , and above all , his two farewell addresses to the people of the Uni- ted States , will remain lasting monu- ments of the goodness of his heart , of the ...
Page 296
1 Το sense gence ; and this is limited by ge- neral , or common capacity . this boundary then , of the com- mon capacity , or common of mankind , it is not surprising that moral analysis should have attained at an early period , since ...
1 Το sense gence ; and this is limited by ge- neral , or common capacity . this boundary then , of the com- mon capacity , or common of mankind , it is not surprising that moral analysis should have attained at an early period , since ...
Page 371
... too weak in ge- neral and too timid to hinder them from being so : the government had in many instances succeeded to the feodal rights of the duke of Savoy , and to the tythes and other property of THE PORT FOLIO . 371.
... too weak in ge- neral and too timid to hinder them from being so : the government had in many instances succeeded to the feodal rights of the duke of Savoy , and to the tythes and other property of THE PORT FOLIO . 371.
Page 377
... neral evils of mercantile sovereignty ; that the very commercial advantages pretended to arise from it to the pa- rent state , are but the specious mis- chiefs of monopoly ; and that the real interests of our manufactures and commerce ...
... neral evils of mercantile sovereignty ; that the very commercial advantages pretended to arise from it to the pa- rent state , are but the specious mis- chiefs of monopoly ; and that the real interests of our manufactures and commerce ...
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Page 71 - Churchyard" abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo. The four stanzas, beginning "Yet even these bones," are to me original; I have never seen the notions in any other place, yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them. Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him.
Page 29 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 237 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro* won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why 'twas a very wicked thing !' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory.
Page 100 - ... glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth after soft showers, and sweet the coming on of grateful evening mild, then silent night with this her solemn bird, and this fair moon and these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
Page 41 - The forward violet thus did I chide : Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed.
Page 100 - 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
Page 237 - 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 93 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him : every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.
Page 219 - 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 35 - Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.