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... better situated than any courages the first adventurers to fit out more armed other nation to profit by privateering . " And though vessels , and many others to do the same . But the that great and good man was in favor of its imme ...
... better situated than any courages the first adventurers to fit out more armed other nation to profit by privateering . " And though vessels , and many others to do the same . But the that great and good man was in favor of its imme ...
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... better to assail the enemy with domestic levies under officers and discipline , than to give license to pirates , the vi- lest of mankind - who , once authorized to plunder , soon forget all restraint , and spare not even friends , nor ...
... better to assail the enemy with domestic levies under officers and discipline , than to give license to pirates , the vi- lest of mankind - who , once authorized to plunder , soon forget all restraint , and spare not even friends , nor ...
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... better man never lived ) if suf- fered to go unpunished for such an act , he would , according to his accuser , destroy the morals of the Navy , trample the law and his superior officers un- der foot , and bring irretrievable ruin upon ...
... better man never lived ) if suf- fered to go unpunished for such an act , he would , according to his accuser , destroy the morals of the Navy , trample the law and his superior officers un- der foot , and bring irretrievable ruin upon ...
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... better , or at a higher pitch than it now is . About alive , and habits of diligence too are formed that twenty years ago examinations for Midshipmen are greatly to be desired . She is a hobby at sea were instituted in the Navy ; and ...
... better , or at a higher pitch than it now is . About alive , and habits of diligence too are formed that twenty years ago examinations for Midshipmen are greatly to be desired . She is a hobby at sea were instituted in the Navy ; and ...
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... better managed and secured , shall prescribe , when it can be done without injury to the and the purposes of this my will be better attained by an establishment . And whereas the branches of the family of incorporation of the said ...
... better managed and secured , shall prescribe , when it can be done without injury to the and the purposes of this my will be better attained by an establishment . And whereas the branches of the family of incorporation of the said ...
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Page 180 - Though I should gaze for ever On that green light that lingers in the west: I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within.
Page 249 - What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave; Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. O happy love ! where love like this is found : O heart-felt raptures ! bliss beyond compare ! I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare — ' If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare — One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that...
Page 180 - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of Incense, from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent Sky, And tell the Stars, and tell yon rising Sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises GOD.
Page 249 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 108 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
Page 108 - O dearest, dearest boy ! my heart For better lore would seldom yearn, Could I but teach the hundredth part Of what from thee I learn.
Page 107 - These beauteous forms, Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye ; But oft, in lonely rooms and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness sensations sweet, Felt in the blood and felt along the heart, And passing even into my purer mind With tranquil restoration...
Page 125 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow.
Page 118 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Page 326 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.