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Side 26
Dr . Franklin was in London during the violent ferment which was occasioned by
Wilkes ' s election for Middlesex in 1768 , and he thus speaks of the political
agitations of that remarkable period : 6 ' Tis really an extraordinary event , to see
an ...
Dr . Franklin was in London during the violent ferment which was occasioned by
Wilkes ' s election for Middlesex in 1768 , and he thus speaks of the political
agitations of that remarkable period : 6 ' Tis really an extraordinary event , to see
an ...
Side 73
The widely extended system of warfare , in which the followers of this celebrated
impostor were engaged shortly after this period , was well calculated to
propagate the infection of these diseases . The small - pox and measles certainly
burst ...
The widely extended system of warfare , in which the followers of this celebrated
impostor were engaged shortly after this period , was well calculated to
propagate the infection of these diseases . The small - pox and measles certainly
burst ...
Side 74
The narrative is arranged into periods , the first occupying the time from the
appearance of the disease in Arabia to the ... During the second period , when
the theories prevailed which Mr. Moore designates by the title of fire , philosophy ,
and ...
The narrative is arranged into periods , the first occupying the time from the
appearance of the disease in Arabia to the ... During the second period , when
the theories prevailed which Mr. Moore designates by the title of fire , philosophy ,
and ...
Side 80
... temperate and truly patriotic publications on the national debt was stigmatized ,
by the shortsighted selfishness or malignant bigotry of the period in which it
appeared , as " visionary , impracticable , and seditious : ” but time , which
dissipates ...
... temperate and truly patriotic publications on the national debt was stigmatized ,
by the shortsighted selfishness or malignant bigotry of the period in which it
appeared , as " visionary , impracticable , and seditious : ” but time , which
dissipates ...
Side 149
This is assuredly high matter ; calling not only for the survey of the transactions of
a very extensive period , but for the application of a mind deeply conversant with
political reasoning on the widest scale . It is therefore much to be regretted ...
This is assuredly high matter ; calling not only for the survey of the transactions of
a very extensive period , but for the application of a mind deeply conversant with
political reasoning on the widest scale . It is therefore much to be regretted ...
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Side 128 - The turtle to her mate hath told her tale. Summer is come, for every spray now springs: The hart hath hung his old head on the pale; The buck in brake his winter coat he flings ; The fishes flete with new repaired scale.
Side 304 - The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains. — Beautiful ! I linger yet with nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man ; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness, I learned the language of another world.
Side 302 - When I was yet a child, no childish play To me was pleasing ; all my mind was set Serious to learn and know, and thence to do What might be public good; myself I thought Born to that end, born to promote all truth, All righteous things...
Side 301 - Half dust, half deity, alike unfit To sink or soar, with our mixed essence, make A conflict of its elements, and breathe The breath of degradation and of pride, Contending with low wants and lofty will, Till our mortality predominates, And men are — what they name not to themselves, And trust not to each other.
Side 300 - Mont Blanc is the monarch of mountains ; «° They crowned him long ago On a throne of rocks, in a robe of clouds, With a diadem of snow.
Side 20 - To get over this, my way is, to divide half a sheet of paper by a line into two columns; writing over the one pro, and over the other con; then during three or four days' consideration, I put down under the different heads short hints of the different motives, that at different times occur to me, for or against the measure. When I have thus got them all together in one view, I...
Side 284 - Nymph of a fair, but erring line ! " Gently he said — "One hope is thine. Tis written in the Book of Fate, The Peri yet may be forgiven Who brings to this Eternal Gate The Gift that is most dear to Heaven ! Go, seek it, and redeem thy sin — Tis sweet to let the Pardon'd in ! " Rapidly as comets run To th...
Side 286 - Cheer'd by this hope, she bends her thither ; — Still laughs the radiant eye of heaven, Nor have the golden bowers of even In the rich west begun to wither ; — When, o'er the vale of Balbec winging Slowly, she sees a child at play, Among the rosy wild-flowers singing, As rosy and as wild as they ; Chasing, with eager hands and eyes, The beautiful blue damsel-flies, That flutter'd round the jasmine stems, Like winged flowers or flying gems...
Side 287 - And how felt he, the wretched Man reclining there — while memory ran o'er many a year of guilt and strife, flew o'er the dark flood of his life, nor found one sunny resting-place, nor brought him back one branch of grace !
Side 304 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watchdog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...