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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... tion . With respect to my progress and that of the class to which I belonged , it was reputable and perhaps laudable for the first two years . From a pretty close application , we were well grounded in gram- mar , and had passed through ...
... tion . With respect to my progress and that of the class to which I belonged , it was reputable and perhaps laudable for the first two years . From a pretty close application , we were well grounded in gram- mar , and had passed through ...
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... tion ended . Water excursions are keen whetters of the appetite , and the calls of hunger began to be importunate . I forget whether we had taken any cakes with us , but if we had , the supply had been ve- ry insufficient for the day's ...
... tion ended . Water excursions are keen whetters of the appetite , and the calls of hunger began to be importunate . I forget whether we had taken any cakes with us , but if we had , the supply had been ve- ry insufficient for the day's ...
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... tion we had to tug at our oars like gally slaves , for the whole distance of from sixteen to eighteen miles . Then it was we perceived the folly of our two boats . It was between ten and eleven at night when we reached the city , wet ...
... tion we had to tug at our oars like gally slaves , for the whole distance of from sixteen to eighteen miles . Then it was we perceived the folly of our two boats . It was between ten and eleven at night when we reached the city , wet ...
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... tion for courage by drawing his sword in behalf of a young man of rank , in a broil at the theatre , he was received into the best company , and thence laid the foundation of his preferment . Such , at least was the generally received ...
... tion for courage by drawing his sword in behalf of a young man of rank , in a broil at the theatre , he was received into the best company , and thence laid the foundation of his preferment . Such , at least was the generally received ...
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... tion of the French language , of which he had him- self acquired a smattering from a temporary resi- dence in Canada ; and he gave me a pretty sharp lecture upon a resolution I had absurdly taken up , not to learn dancing , from an idea ...
... tion of the French language , of which he had him- self acquired a smattering from a temporary resi- dence in Canada ; and he gave me a pretty sharp lecture upon a resolution I had absurdly taken up , not to learn dancing , from an idea ...
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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...