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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... present himself as different from all others , and who seems to suppose that the mould in which he was cast has been broken , informs us , that the chime of bells always singularly affected him . But the lively testimony of my own ...
... present himself as different from all others , and who seems to suppose that the mould in which he was cast has been broken , informs us , that the chime of bells always singularly affected him . But the lively testimony of my own ...
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... present the most convenient and delightful shores for the former , whilst the heat and the length of the summers invite to the luxury of bathing ; and the same rivers sel- dom fail in winter , to offer the means of enjoying the latter ...
... present the most convenient and delightful shores for the former , whilst the heat and the length of the summers invite to the luxury of bathing ; and the same rivers sel- dom fail in winter , to offer the means of enjoying the latter ...
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... present state of the art ; and as from my lately meeting with young men , who , though bred in the city had not learnt to swim , I infer the probability , that skating may be equally on the decline . The Abbe Raynal , when speaking of ...
... present state of the art ; and as from my lately meeting with young men , who , though bred in the city had not learnt to swim , I infer the probability , that skating may be equally on the decline . The Abbe Raynal , when speaking of ...
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... present station , that of a colonel in ' the British guards . At a time , when such attainments formed no part of education in Pennsylvania , he sedulously employed himself , in acquiring skill in the use of the small sword and the ...
... present station , that of a colonel in ' the British guards . At a time , when such attainments formed no part of education in Pennsylvania , he sedulously employed himself , in acquiring skill in the use of the small sword and the ...
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... present gra- tification , and my general mood in youth , was an en- tire apathy to gainful views . With the strongest inclination to be respectable in life , and even with ambition to aspire to the first rank in my profession , I yet ...
... present gra- tification , and my general mood in youth , was an en- tire apathy to gainful views . With the strongest inclination to be respectable in life , and even with ambition to aspire to the first rank in my profession , I yet ...
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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...