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ELEGY ON THOMAS GODFREY . BY NATHANIEL EVANS . O DEATH ! thou
victor of the human frame ! The soul's poor fabric trembles at thy name ! How long
shall man be urged to dread thy sway , For those whom thou untimely tak'st away
?
ELEGY ON THOMAS GODFREY . BY NATHANIEL EVANS . O DEATH ! thou
victor of the human frame ! The soul's poor fabric trembles at thy name ! How long
shall man be urged to dread thy sway , For those whom thou untimely tak'st away
?
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Passing from one to the other of these , my attention lighted , at length , as if by
some magical transition , on - a human countenance . My surprise was so abrupt
, and my sensations so tumultuous , that I forgot for a moment the perilous nature
...
Passing from one to the other of these , my attention lighted , at length , as if by
some magical transition , on - a human countenance . My surprise was so abrupt
, and my sensations so tumultuous , that I forgot for a moment the perilous nature
...
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... are holy , ) — a history which , though brief , was not altogether ignoble , since
it comprised the annals of self - denying virtue and of that courage which knew
how to vanquish the intensity of human passion by the loftiness of the human will
.
... are holy , ) — a history which , though brief , was not altogether ignoble , since
it comprised the annals of self - denying virtue and of that courage which knew
how to vanquish the intensity of human passion by the loftiness of the human will
.
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... great only in the poor security of human virtue ; nor in the stern rule of the laws
of hate and fear and malignant jealousy which distinguished the Adriatic
commonwealth , unnaturally strong in the still poorer security of human infirmity ;
nor yet ...
... great only in the poor security of human virtue ; nor in the stern rule of the laws
of hate and fear and malignant jealousy which distinguished the Adriatic
commonwealth , unnaturally strong in the still poorer security of human infirmity ;
nor yet ...
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I can as well suppose all those works of usefulness are already accomplished ,
which are foretold by the scope of human faculties , as that the arts which employ
taste , have yielded up all the accuracy of their principles , and their sources of ...
I can as well suppose all those works of usefulness are already accomplished ,
which are foretold by the scope of human faculties , as that the arts which employ
taste , have yielded up all the accuracy of their principles , and their sources of ...
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Página 319 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 321 - And the woman fled into the wilderness, where she hath a place prepared of God, that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days.
Página 284 - ... government seems to me a part of religion itself, a thing sacred in its institution and end...
Página 81 - Fresh pleasure only : for the attentive mind, By this harmonious action on her powers, Becomes herself harmonious : wont so oft In outward things to meditate the charm Of sacred order, soon she seeks at home To find a kindred order, to exert Within herself this elegance of love, This fair inspired delight : her temper'd powers Refine at length, and every passion wears A chaster, milder, more attractive mien.
Página 29 - Jack and Gill went up the hill To draw a pail of water; Jack fell down and broke his crown, And Gill came tumbling after.
Página 193 - ... upon one, the hall of which was open, and the windows lifted. After knocking for some time, a young girl appeared, with many marks of distress. In answer to my question, she answered that both her parents were sick, and that they could receive no one. I inquired, in vain, for any other tavern at which strangers might be accommodated. She knew of none such; and left me, on some one's calling to her from above, in the midst of my embarrassment. After a moment's pause, I returned, discomforted and...
Página 208 - The worms from the webs, where they riot and welter: His song and his services freely are ours, And all that he asks is — in summer a shelter. The plowman is pleased when he gleans in his train.
Página 2 - Harvard College Library FROM THE BEQUEST OF SAMUEL SHAPLEIGH CLASS OF 1789 LIBRARIAN OF HARVARD COLLEGE 1793-1800 4 >4 4 ^ >4.
Página 80 - By kind illusions of the wondering sense Thou mak'st all Nature beauty to his eye, Or music to his ear...
Página 207 - He flits through the orchard, he visits each tree, The red flowering peach, and the apple's sweet blossoms ; He snaps up destroyers wherever they be, And seizes the caitiffs that lurk in their bosoms ; He drags the vile grub from the corn it devours, The worms from their beds where they riot and welter ; His song and his services freely are ours, And all that he asks is, in summer a shelter.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature American literary annuals and gift books 1825-1865 Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America Volúmenes26113-26117 de Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to America, from its discovery to the present time |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Harvard |
| Digitalizado | 8 Nov. 2007 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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