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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... fire . 66 But why , we may be asked , may not an individual , when he discovers the fact that his appetite for stimulants has become strong , why may he not then call to his aid his reason and his - will , and put his enemy at once ...
... fire . 66 But why , we may be asked , may not an individual , when he discovers the fact that his appetite for stimulants has become strong , why may he not then call to his aid his reason and his - will , and put his enemy at once ...
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... secure an influence over him which you may wield for his salvation . Stand around him like a wall of fire , to protect him from the mer- ciless wretches who would profit by his folly and weakness 22 THE LAW AND TENDENCIES OF.
... secure an influence over him which you may wield for his salvation . Stand around him like a wall of fire , to protect him from the mer- ciless wretches who would profit by his folly and weakness 22 THE LAW AND TENDENCIES OF.
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... fire , kindled by the flame that is burning within one that perfectly answers the description of Bardolph's by Fal- staff , “ an everlasting bonfire , " and he will tell you that the odor from the lungs of a drunkard bears but a very ...
... fire , kindled by the flame that is burning within one that perfectly answers the description of Bardolph's by Fal- staff , “ an everlasting bonfire , " and he will tell you that the odor from the lungs of a drunkard bears but a very ...
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... so . " 66 99 Skelpit on , through dub and mire , Despising wind , and rain , and fire , " knowing that every cent of money such patrons might receive they would be sure to spend at the dram - 36 THE WARFARE OF THE RUM TRAFFIC.
... so . " 66 99 Skelpit on , through dub and mire , Despising wind , and rain , and fire , " knowing that every cent of money such patrons might receive they would be sure to spend at the dram - 36 THE WARFARE OF THE RUM TRAFFIC.
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... into the dock or the fire . Now , sir , what hinders those men , that they do not condemn the old head - dress , and walk up to your counter and purchase - 99 66 " That , " The men a hat 40 THE WARFARE OF THE RUM TRAFFIC.
... into the dock or the fire . Now , sir , what hinders those men , that they do not condemn the old head - dress , and walk up to your counter and purchase - 99 66 " That , " The men a hat 40 THE WARFARE OF THE RUM TRAFFIC.
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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.