Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years: With Occasional Remarks Upon the General Occurrences, Character and Spirit of that Eventful PeriodJohn Wyeth, 1811 - 378 էջ |
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... enemy . But this instance is equivocal . Whe- ther my father gave credit to the report or not , others might , and no doubt did believe it : It was also incumbent on him to be alert ; to inculcate that duty upon his men . and to inure ...
... enemy . But this instance is equivocal . Whe- ther my father gave credit to the report or not , others might , and no doubt did believe it : It was also incumbent on him to be alert ; to inculcate that duty upon his men . and to inure ...
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... enemy . Be- sides , to the calm incredulity of friend Church upon this occasion , we might perhaps safely add , a little both of the spirit of party and of quakerism . The people of his society , from principle averse to war , were ...
... enemy . Be- sides , to the calm incredulity of friend Church upon this occasion , we might perhaps safely add , a little both of the spirit of party and of quakerism . The people of his society , from principle averse to war , were ...
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... enemy would full surely make his attack , and by no other than this identical route , on the ċi- tadel . Whether this illumination was merely in- tended to prevent surprise , or whether it was that the commander who enjoined it was ...
... enemy would full surely make his attack , and by no other than this identical route , on the ċi- tadel . Whether this illumination was merely in- tended to prevent surprise , or whether it was that the commander who enjoined it was ...
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... enemy passing up the Hudson , on whose eastern bank it stood , on very commanding ground . On the opposite side of the river , Fort Lee , in the same view , was afterwards erected : and these , with the sinking of some hulks in the ...
... enemy passing up the Hudson , on whose eastern bank it stood , on very commanding ground . On the opposite side of the river , Fort Lee , in the same view , was afterwards erected : and these , with the sinking of some hulks in the ...
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... enemy , who it was confidently asserted , had made good a landing there , or in the neighborhood . The intelligence proved untrue , if such indeed had been received . But it is not improbable , that it was mere- ly a contrivance of ...
... enemy , who it was confidently asserted , had made good a landing there , or in the neighborhood . The intelligence proved untrue , if such indeed had been received . But it is not improbable , that it was mere- ly a contrivance of ...
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Էջ 305 - And to be grave, exceeds all power of face. I sit with sad civility, I read With honest anguish, and an aching head; And drop at last, but in unwilling ears, This saving counsel, — 'Keep your piece nine years.
Էջ 21 - I'm drest all in my best To walk abroad with Sally; She is the darling of my heart, And she lives in our alley.
Էջ 362 - Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipp'd me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father...
Էջ 86 - Yet, for the benefit of the succeeding age, I could wish that your retreat might be deferred until your morals shall happily be ripened to that maturity of corruption at which the worst examples cease to be contagious.
Էջ 109 - They made a halt, while the Doctor, foaming with rage and indignation, without his hat, his wig dishevelled and bloody from his wounded hand, stood up in the cart and called for a bowl of punch.
Էջ 27 - Where sordid interest shows the prey. When once the poet's honour ceases, From reason far his transports rove ; And Boileau, for eight hundred pieces, Makes Louis take the wall of Jove.
Էջ 333 - With a more riotous appetite. Down from the waist they are centaurs, Though women all above: But to the girdle do the gods inherit, Beneath is all the fiends; there's hell, there's darkness, there is the sulphurous pit, burning, scalding, stench, consumption; — Fie, fie, fie! pah; pah! Give me an ounce of civet, good apothecary, to sweeten my imagination: there's money for the'e.
Էջ 84 - I have been wronged enough to arm my temper Against the smooth delusion; but alas ! (Chide not my weakness, gentle maid, but pity me) A woman's softness hangs about me still : Then let me blush, and tell thee all my folly. I...
Էջ 303 - Things vulgar, and well weigh'd, scarce worth the praise ? They praise and they admire they know not what, And know not whom, but as one leads the other : And what delight to be by such extoll'd, To live upon their tongues and be their talk, Of whom to be disprais'd were no small praise...