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... reign of Philip II . , - in Scotland , at the time of the Reformation , -in England , through the whole con- test against the Stuarts , from their accession to their expulsion , -in New England , through its whole his tory , in every ...
... reign of Philip II . , - in Scotland , at the time of the Reformation , -in England , through the whole con- test against the Stuarts , from their accession to their expulsion , -in New England , through its whole his tory , in every ...
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... reign , and the resolutions of the supreme legislature , with express rejection and contempt . Recommenda- tion to the Assemblies !!! To the authors of every wrong to be redressed ! of every oppression to be mi- tigated to slave ...
... reign , and the resolutions of the supreme legislature , with express rejection and contempt . Recommenda- tion to the Assemblies !!! To the authors of every wrong to be redressed ! of every oppression to be mi- tigated to slave ...
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... reign in their own family , then it cannot be that their introduction into a more public scene of life will be very strictly guarded against those vices on which the world placidly smiles , or at least regards with silent toleration ...
... reign in their own family , then it cannot be that their introduction into a more public scene of life will be very strictly guarded against those vices on which the world placidly smiles , or at least regards with silent toleration ...
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... reign . It is needless to add , that the nation went with her , and probably outstripped her in these delightful anticipations . We fondly hoped that a life so inestimable , would be protracted to a distant period , and that , after ...
... reign . It is needless to add , that the nation went with her , and probably outstripped her in these delightful anticipations . We fondly hoped that a life so inestimable , would be protracted to a distant period , and that , after ...
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... reign , has enjoyed , and still continues to enjoy , at his ease , the fruits of his glory , the love of his people , the esteem of his enemies , the advantage of his conquests , the splendour of his actions , the wisdom of his laws ...
... reign , has enjoyed , and still continues to enjoy , at his ease , the fruits of his glory , the love of his people , the esteem of his enemies , the advantage of his conquests , the splendour of his actions , the wisdom of his laws ...
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Page 205 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Page 238 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts — not so thou Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves
Page 245 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Page 232 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 218 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms — the day Battle's magnificently stern array...
Page 283 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 253 - As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise ! See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Page 253 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Page 250 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father." The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, — When, oh ! too strong for human hand. The tempest gathered o'er her.
Page 217 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...