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the death of Lord Dundee , written in a style nearly as stilted as that of the mendacious his- torian Wodrow : - " Claverhouse never knew that he had won a victory . He fell at the beginning of the action pierced by a mus- ket ball ...
the death of Lord Dundee , written in a style nearly as stilted as that of the mendacious his- torian Wodrow : - " Claverhouse never knew that he had won a victory . He fell at the beginning of the action pierced by a mus- ket ball ...
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... Death's dark gulf , and all its horror hides . " That the poets have read Night Thoughts with attention and sympathy is evident from the manner in which they have borrowed from that production . To cite a very few cases : - " Man wants ...
... Death's dark gulf , and all its horror hides . " That the poets have read Night Thoughts with attention and sympathy is evident from the manner in which they have borrowed from that production . To cite a very few cases : - " Man wants ...
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... Death - struck ye next he cries , Farewell ! I die ! - & yet for ought we see , Ceases at once to breathe & be . Thu ' launch'd fm life's ambiguous shore , Ingulph'd in Death appears no more , Then undirected to repair To distant we ...
... Death - struck ye next he cries , Farewell ! I die ! - & yet for ought we see , Ceases at once to breathe & be . Thu ' launch'd fm life's ambiguous shore , Ingulph'd in Death appears no more , Then undirected to repair To distant we ...
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... DEATH . Provide against these losses by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ' ASSURANCE COMPANY AGAINST ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS . The Oldest and Largest Accidental Assurance Company . Hon . A. KINNAIRD , M.P. , Chairman . Paid - up ...
... DEATH . Provide against these losses by a Policy of the RAILWAY PASSENGERS ' ASSURANCE COMPANY AGAINST ACCIDENTS OF ALL KINDS . The Oldest and Largest Accidental Assurance Company . Hon . A. KINNAIRD , M.P. , Chairman . Paid - up ...
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... death of Edward Archer of 1693 . It is morally impossible that the latter could be descended from either of the three brothers , Richard , Leonard , or Nicholas , since the only member of their respective families who bore the name of ...
... death of Edward Archer of 1693 . It is morally impossible that the latter could be descended from either of the three brothers , Richard , Leonard , or Nicholas , since the only member of their respective families who bore the name of ...
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Page 5 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure, and, in my choice, To reign is worth ambition, though in hell: Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Page 317 - There is not wind enough to twirl The one red leaf, the last of its clan, That dances as often as dance it can, Hanging so light, and hanging so high, On the topmost twig that looks up at the sky.
Page 42 - ... man be ? — By the side of a spring, on the breast of Helvellyn, Under the twigs of a young birch tree ! The oak that in summer was sweet to hear, And rustled its leaves in the fall of the year, And whistled and roared in the winter alone, Is gone, — and the birch in its stead is grown. — The Knight's bones are dust, And his good sword rust ; — His soul is with the saints, I trust.
Page 120 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 280 - Time hath, my lord, a wallet at his back, Wherein he puts alms for oblivion, A great-sized monster of ingratitudes : Those scraps are good deeds past : which are devour'd As fast as they are made, forgot as soon As done...
Page 132 - THAT, AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ; The coward slave — we pass him by ! We dare be poor for a
Page 102 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young, And shuns to have her graces spied, That had'st thou sprung In deserts where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired : Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then die ! that she The common fate of all things rare May read in thee, —...
Page 220 - Sophy's air to different words, and give to its plaintive tones some little history of virtuous distress in humble life, such as might suit it. While attempting to effect this in my closet, I called to my little sister, now Lady...
Page 253 - A man who has been brought up among books, and is able to talk of nothing else, is a very indifferent companion, and what we call a pedant. But, methinks, we should enlarge the title, and give it to every one that does not know how to think out of his profession and particular way of life.
Page 189 - Then to the well-trod stage anon, If Jonson's learned sock be on, Or sweetest Shakespeare, Fancy's child, Warble his native wood-notes wild.