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... Paine 214 Court of Fashion for Nov. 1809 239 Preble , Commodore , life of Prediction 353 479 Detouches , account of 34 Evenings , an author's 54 Readers and correspondents , to Roller for Turnpikes , description of 80 301 England ...
... Paine 214 Court of Fashion for Nov. 1809 239 Preble , Commodore , life of Prediction 353 479 Detouches , account of 34 Evenings , an author's 54 Readers and correspondents , to Roller for Turnpikes , description of 80 301 England ...
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... Paine , author of Common Sense , the Crisis , Rights of Man , & c . & c . By James Cheetham . 8vo . pp 347 . New - York . Southwick & Pelsue . PAINE , like most of those characters whom the volcanic eruptions of revolutionary contest so ...
... Paine , author of Common Sense , the Crisis , Rights of Man , & c . & c . By James Cheetham . 8vo . pp 347 . New - York . Southwick & Pelsue . PAINE , like most of those characters whom the volcanic eruptions of revolutionary contest so ...
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... Paine . Of those who know him but by his writings or his public character , and who have seen him only at a distance in the meridian splendor of his intellect and reputation , the friends of establishment and received opinion re- gard ...
... Paine . Of those who know him but by his writings or his public character , and who have seen him only at a distance in the meridian splendor of his intellect and reputation , the friends of establishment and received opinion re- gard ...
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... literary example of this truth than by referring our readers to the admirable Analogy of bishop Butler , where Reason may be seen exerting herself in her true sphere of action , humbly yet cautiously 216 CHEETHAM'S LIFE OF PAINE .
... literary example of this truth than by referring our readers to the admirable Analogy of bishop Butler , where Reason may be seen exerting herself in her true sphere of action , humbly yet cautiously 216 CHEETHAM'S LIFE OF PAINE .
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... Paine boldly assumes his theory , sometimes true , always plausible , and then argues down- ward to the particular fact . Confident in his own strength , and too proud to doubt , Paine very seldom paused to consider whether his argument ...
... Paine boldly assumes his theory , sometimes true , always plausible , and then argues down- ward to the particular fact . Confident in his own strength , and too proud to doubt , Paine very seldom paused to consider whether his argument ...
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Page 204 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 387 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes!
Page 396 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 201 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.
Page 390 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy...
Page 388 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Page 193 - Of all their regions; powers which only the control of Omnipotence restrains from laying creation waste, and filling the vast expanse of space with ruin and confusion. To display the motives and actions of beings thus superior, so far as human reason can examine them, or human imagination represent them, is the task which this mighty poet has undertaken and performed.
Page 341 - O'er many a distant foreign land ; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband. But all their charms could not prevail To steal my heart from yonder vale.
Page 388 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And...
Page 203 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...