Speeches, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings: On Subjects Connected with Temperance and the Liquor TrafficJ. P. Jewett, 1849 - 200 páginas Contains several original poems by the author (an amusing collection) and an advertisement of Temperance Hotels and Eating Houses in Boston and Worcester. |
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... cause . This work is given to the public with an earnest desire that the perusal of its pages may kindle in the minds of its readers an undying hatred of a wicked system , which contributes , more than any other evil influence tolerated ...
... cause . This work is given to the public with an earnest desire that the perusal of its pages may kindle in the minds of its readers an undying hatred of a wicked system , which contributes , more than any other evil influence tolerated ...
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... cause of temperance , and who dili- gently labor for its advancement . That consideration shall still afford me comfort even though some keen dissector of words and sentences should undertake to punish me for my presumption , and break ...
... cause of temperance , and who dili- gently labor for its advancement . That consideration shall still afford me comfort even though some keen dissector of words and sentences should undertake to punish me for my presumption , and break ...
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... cause . With two or three exceptions , they are either letters or parts of letters addressed to gentlemen connected with the temperance press , and , though intended for publication , they were generally written in haste and amid the ...
... cause . With two or three exceptions , they are either letters or parts of letters addressed to gentlemen connected with the temperance press , and , though intended for publication , they were generally written in haste and amid the ...
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... causes are operating together to perpetuate this curse among us . Among them all , however , few are more potent than the one to which I propose , this evening , to call your attention , viz . , the loose and unsound notions entertained ...
... causes are operating together to perpetuate this curse among us . Among them all , however , few are more potent than the one to which I propose , this evening , to call your attention , viz . , the loose and unsound notions entertained ...
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... cause of the difficulty be understood . - General debility of the body , though often attended with great strength and clearness of intellect , is always accom- panied with extreme feebleness of resolution or will . Espe- cially is this ...
... cause of the difficulty be understood . - General debility of the body , though often attended with great strength and clearness of intellect , is always accom- panied with extreme feebleness of resolution or will . Espe- cially is this ...
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Página 17 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake; 'tis true, this god did shake; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre; I did hear him groan; Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas! it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius', As a sick girl.
Página 97 - Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake : Eye of newt, and toe of frog, Wool of bat, and tongue of dog, Adder's fork, and blind-worm's sting, Lizard's leg, and owlet's wing, For a charm of powerful trouble, Like a hell-broth boil and bubble. All. Double, double toil and trouble, Fire burn, and cauldron bubble. 3 Witch. Scale of dragon, tooth of wolf : Witches...
Página 17 - tis true, this god did shake : His coward lips did from their color fly ; And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre. I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his, that bade the Romans Mark him, and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried, "Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 78 - For who, to dumb Forgetfulness a prey, This pleasing, anxious being e'er resigned — Left the warm precincts of the cheerful day, Nor east one longing, lingering look behind...
Página 2 - In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. PREFACE. THE...
Página 127 - Where murder, arson, rape, are brought to pass, With hell-broth vended at three cents a glass. And thus her hands that childless widow wrings, And thus that fratricidal felon swings, While the accessory before the fact Goes free, in goods and character intact. Look on yon alms-house, where from day to day The grave seems cheated of its lawful prey ; Mark well those squalid paupers, and declare What brought nineteen in twenty of them there. Could but the truth upon the canvas glow, The force of fancy...
Página 6 - ... public, concerning the book, as I have often said of a dose of medicine to a sick friend, " If you can only manage to swallow it, I believe it will do you good.
Página 178 - Ten thousand thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, Which tastes those gifts with joy.
Página 17 - Give me some drink, Titinius" — As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze me, A man of such a feeble temper should So get the start of this majestic world, And bear the palm alone.
Página 77 - " I have had one of my distressed spells, and could not lie in bed," was the reply. " How long have you been sitting here, Martha ? " " Almost through the night." Seeing that there was, at the time, no fire in the apartment, I further inquired, " Have you been sitting here alone, and without fire ? " She replied that she had, and remarked that there was no wood in the house.