Tracts in Prose and Verse, Volume 1W. Boynthon, 1825 |
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... means the two Public Services , Naval and Military , would ( in point of National importance ) be very properly put on one and the same footing . For certain it is , the two victories are not only equally brilliant , but equally ...
... means the two Public Services , Naval and Military , would ( in point of National importance ) be very properly put on one and the same footing . For certain it is , the two victories are not only equally brilliant , but equally ...
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... mean to defend the system of torture that was practised in Ireland upon others , ) could call forth the compassion of the Morning Chronicle , and its Party , it can be only that Sir Thomas is a True Briton , and not an Irish Assassin ...
... mean to defend the system of torture that was practised in Ireland upon others , ) could call forth the compassion of the Morning Chronicle , and its Party , it can be only that Sir Thomas is a True Briton , and not an Irish Assassin ...
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... means , Tho ' a warm friend of fashion's festive scenes , Gay honest Charlotte's conquests may defy The most malignant breath of calumny . Like breathing on some highly polish'd steel , ' Envy and scandal would with sorrow feel , ' T ...
... means , Tho ' a warm friend of fashion's festive scenes , Gay honest Charlotte's conquests may defy The most malignant breath of calumny . Like breathing on some highly polish'd steel , ' Envy and scandal would with sorrow feel , ' T ...
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... means she's us'd to gain The object of her pride , nor us'd in vain , For various Lords were votaries at her shrine , Who own'd her beauty , like the sun , divine , Are view'd with candour , noble , just , and good , Nor that she loves ...
... means she's us'd to gain The object of her pride , nor us'd in vain , For various Lords were votaries at her shrine , Who own'd her beauty , like the sun , divine , Are view'd with candour , noble , just , and good , Nor that she loves ...
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... mean , how grov'lling was Ben's fate ; For , with parts gifted , Fortune made him drudge And blacken shoes , who should have been a judge . Hard task indeed , tho ' such has been the case With thousands , myriads of the human race ...
... mean , how grov'lling was Ben's fate ; For , with parts gifted , Fortune made him drudge And blacken shoes , who should have been a judge . Hard task indeed , tho ' such has been the case With thousands , myriads of the human race ...
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Page 1 - Awake, my St. John! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of Kings. Let us ( since Life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man; A mighty maze! but not without a plan; A Wild, where weeds and flow'rs promiscuous shoot, Or Garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 116 - Whereupon as I went to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, at midday, O king, I saw in the way a light from heaven, above the brightness of the sun, shining round about me and them which journeyed with me.
Page 1 - The latent tracts, the giddy heights explore Of all who blindly creep, or sightless soar; Eye Nature's walks, shoot folly as it flies, And catch the manners living as they rise; Laugh where we must, be candid where we can; But vindicate the ways of God to man.
Page 115 - And the angel of the LORD appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked, and, behold, the bush burned with fire, and the bush was not consumed.
Page 32 - And in soft sounds, YOUR GRACE salutes their ear. 'Tis these that early taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young Coquettes to roll, Teach Infant-cheeks a bidden blush to know, And little hearts to flutter at a Beau.
Page 56 - And if he were not the best king, if he were without some parts and qualities which have made some kings great and happy, no other prince was ever unhappy who was possessed of half his virtues and endowments, and so much without any kind of vice.
Page 32 - Tis these that early taint the female soul, Instruct the eyes of young coquettes to roll, Teach infant-cheeks a bidden blush to know, And little hearts to flutter at a beau.
Page 53 - 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 56 - ... in that very hour when he was thus wickedly murdered in the sight of the sun, he had as great a share in the hearts and affections of his subjects in general, was as much beloved, esteemed, and longed for by the people in general of the three nations, as any of his predecessors had ever been.
Page 12 - Ask where's the North? at York, 'tis on the Tweed; In Scotland, at the Orcades; and there, At Greenland, Zembla, or the Lord knows where.