The Analectic Magazine, Volume 4Published and sold by Moses Thomas, 1814 |
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... reason which he conceals from his friend , viz . that he had found the di- plomatist's lost packet , and means to make the most of that good fortune , with the minister . The interview is accomplished MISS EDGEWORTH'S PATRONAGE . 3 ...
... reason which he conceals from his friend , viz . that he had found the di- plomatist's lost packet , and means to make the most of that good fortune , with the minister . The interview is accomplished MISS EDGEWORTH'S PATRONAGE . 3 ...
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... reason on the most important occasion of their lives . Miss Edgeworth has pre- sumed to treat this mighty power with far less reverence . has analyzed it , and found that it does not consist of one simple element , but that several ...
... reason on the most important occasion of their lives . Miss Edgeworth has pre- sumed to treat this mighty power with far less reverence . has analyzed it , and found that it does not consist of one simple element , but that several ...
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... reason , that the writers of novels have justly relied for securing the public attention . Discretion and a logical head they thought by no means fit for the heroes and heroines of romance . And , un- doubtedly , if effect were the only ...
... reason , that the writers of novels have justly relied for securing the public attention . Discretion and a logical head they thought by no means fit for the heroes and heroines of romance . And , un- doubtedly , if effect were the only ...
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... reason that should influence a highly gifted and truly honest man to reject it , if proffered to him . The dis- cussion of this question may , however , well be suspended till there be another vacancy ; -a vacancy which , we sincerely ...
... reason that should influence a highly gifted and truly honest man to reject it , if proffered to him . The dis- cussion of this question may , however , well be suspended till there be another vacancy ; -a vacancy which , we sincerely ...
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... reason upon the last and fatal act of his life . He ought not to have borne arms against his country . This is an inflexible rule ; and he who can admit ex- ceptions to it , must be prepared likewise to defend assassination . But it was ...
... reason upon the last and fatal act of his life . He ought not to have borne arms against his country . This is an inflexible rule ; and he who can admit ex- ceptions to it , must be prepared likewise to defend assassination . But it was ...
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Page 516 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 433 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 420 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 433 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 418 - For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
Page 424 - On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 422 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 419 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 434 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 286 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.