The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1813 |
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... hundred , under the command of captain Nicholas , were landed on the east end of the island , without any opposition from the terrified inhabitants . As soon as the captain had formed his men , he marched forward to at- tack the fort ...
... hundred , under the command of captain Nicholas , were landed on the east end of the island , without any opposition from the terrified inhabitants . As soon as the captain had formed his men , he marched forward to at- tack the fort ...
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... hundred ships in the African trade . The cargo of each was valued at about 40,000 dollars ; making together $ 8,000,000 . At the close of the year 1777 , only forty remained in that trade . So that this branch of commerce alone ...
... hundred ships in the African trade . The cargo of each was valued at about 40,000 dollars ; making together $ 8,000,000 . At the close of the year 1777 , only forty remained in that trade . So that this branch of commerce alone ...
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... hundred thousand dollars for vessels already pro- cured on the lakes , by direction of the president , the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars to be appropriated . The sum of one hundred thousand dollars to be appropriated for the ...
... hundred thousand dollars for vessels already pro- cured on the lakes , by direction of the president , the sum of nine hundred thousand dollars to be appropriated . The sum of one hundred thousand dollars to be appropriated for the ...
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... hundred feet square , is a most magnificent structure : it is the escurial of Portugal : it was erected by king John the 5th , in fulfilment of a promise he had made to the friars of the order of St. Francis in case he should have an ...
... hundred feet square , is a most magnificent structure : it is the escurial of Portugal : it was erected by king John the 5th , in fulfilment of a promise he had made to the friars of the order of St. Francis in case he should have an ...
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... hundred and seventy workmen . The consecration is said to have been very magnificent ; it continued for eight days , during all which time the king and court served the clergy , even to the lowest friars . I have lately met with a book ...
... hundred and seventy workmen . The consecration is said to have been very magnificent ; it continued for eight days , during all which time the king and court served the clergy , even to the lowest friars . I have lately met with a book ...
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Էջ 179 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Էջ 174 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Էջ 164 - I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent. I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame.
Էջ 174 - For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.
Էջ 647 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Էջ 33 - The tear down childhood's cheek that flows, Is like the dewdrop on the rose ; When next the summer breeze comes by, And waves the bush, the flower is dry.
Էջ 163 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Էջ 516 - Tis she ; — but why that bleeding bosom gor'd, Why dimly gleams the visionary sword ! Oh, ever beauteous, ever friendly ! tell, Is it, in heaven, a crime to love too well ? To bear too tender or too firm a heart, To act a lover's or a Roman's part ? Is there no bright reversion in the sky, For those who greatly think, or bravely die...
Էջ 60 - O Woman ! in our hours of ease Uncertain, coy, and hard to please, And variable as the shade By the light quivering aspen made; When pain and anguish wring the brow, A ministering angel thou!
Էջ 383 - ... for these reasons it has been my ardent wish to see a plan devised, on a liberal scale, which would have a tendency to spread systematic ideas through all parts of this rising empire, thereby to do away local attachments and State prejudices, as far as the nature of things would, or indeed ought to admit, from our national councils.