The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of MadridT. and J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-street, 1804 - 394 sider |
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... formed by an assemblage of those worthies , whom America has the honour of enrolling among her sons ! Amidst the favourite pursuits of our countrymen , the Muses have had their votaries ; nor have those coy maids been unsuc- cessfully ...
... formed by an assemblage of those worthies , whom America has the honour of enrolling among her sons ! Amidst the favourite pursuits of our countrymen , the Muses have had their votaries ; nor have those coy maids been unsuc- cessfully ...
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... forming hand , on nature's broadest scale , O'er mountains , mountains pil'd , and scoop'd the vale ; Made sea - like streams in deeper channels run , 455 And roll'd through brighter heav'ns his genial sun . In vain of day , that ...
... forming hand , on nature's broadest scale , O'er mountains , mountains pil'd , and scoop'd the vale ; Made sea - like streams in deeper channels run , 455 And roll'd through brighter heav'ns his genial sun . In vain of day , that ...
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... forming a judgment of the future , we are undoubtedly destined , as a nation , to advance with large and rapid strides towards the summit of na- tional aggrandisement . Fully persuaded of the magnitude of the blessings which await us ...
... forming a judgment of the future , we are undoubtedly destined , as a nation , to advance with large and rapid strides towards the summit of na- tional aggrandisement . Fully persuaded of the magnitude of the blessings which await us ...
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... formed - naval combat with the corsairs - their defeat - their woe - utter destruction of their country - return and rejoicings of the victors - when depreda- tions shall be committed by the piratical privateers of other nations , the ...
... formed - naval combat with the corsairs - their defeat - their woe - utter destruction of their country - return and rejoicings of the victors - when depreda- tions shall be committed by the piratical privateers of other nations , the ...
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... formed the Secretary of the Navy , that , in consequence of his vigilance in watching the two armed vessels of Tripoli at Gib faltar , the High Admiral has been obliged to dismantle and aban- don those vessels . " The Consul of the ...
... formed the Secretary of the Navy , that , in consequence of his vigilance in watching the two armed vessels of Tripoli at Gib faltar , the High Admiral has been obliged to dismantle and aban- don those vessels . " The Consul of the ...
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Side 203 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Side 205 - 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...
Side 207 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain ; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Side 301 - The royal band now ready stand, All ranged in dread array, sir, With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded ; The distant woods, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded.
Side 203 - Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Side 300 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Side 209 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Side iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Side 302 - A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. " Such feats did they perform that day Against these wicked kegs, sir, That, years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sir.
Side 205 - Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...