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... existence . Its impress is seen in are not under the subjection of the wholesome re- Egypt . The tokens of its triumphs are found straints of reason and the moral principle ; if the amidst the desolations of Roman and Grecian authority ...
... existence . Its impress is seen in are not under the subjection of the wholesome re- Egypt . The tokens of its triumphs are found straints of reason and the moral principle ; if the amidst the desolations of Roman and Grecian authority ...
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... existence . No triumphal happiness and liberty for his country , and impe- column celebrates its praises . When the warrior's rishable honor for himself . There is a moral in wand is broken , and those who trusted in its the lives of ...
... existence . No triumphal happiness and liberty for his country , and impe- column celebrates its praises . When the warrior's rishable honor for himself . There is a moral in wand is broken , and those who trusted in its the lives of ...
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... existence of a horde of cannibals on the western frontier of Texas . A recent paragraph , too ( From a Texian newspaper ) widely circulated through the United States , establishes the point , and gives to our horrible story the sober ...
... existence of a horde of cannibals on the western frontier of Texas . A recent paragraph , too ( From a Texian newspaper ) widely circulated through the United States , establishes the point , and gives to our horrible story the sober ...
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... existence . And oh ! how happier - far happier is he , who , born with a spirit " taller than he may walk beneath the stars , " yet bears uncomplainingly the impress of the defacing finger of his Creator , than the one who , though in ...
... existence . And oh ! how happier - far happier is he , who , born with a spirit " taller than he may walk beneath the stars , " yet bears uncomplainingly the impress of the defacing finger of his Creator , than the one who , though in ...
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... existence . When- the same Forum , by the orders of the miserable ever called to act , it was impossible for him to con- despot , in which the immortal orator , as Livy says , ceal the movements of a disciplined power of rea- had poured ...
... existence . When- the same Forum , by the orders of the miserable ever called to act , it was impossible for him to con- despot , in which the immortal orator , as Livy says , ceal the movements of a disciplined power of rea- had poured ...
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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.