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... Never was a country so ripe to receive a master , fitted to curb its licen- tious factions and to restore its vitality , as France in the latter part of 1799 . For ten years she had been engaged in a career of revolution , and at the ...
... Never was a country so ripe to receive a master , fitted to curb its licen- tious factions and to restore its vitality , as France in the latter part of 1799 . For ten years she had been engaged in a career of revolution , and at the ...
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... never known since she embarked in her wild crusade against kings , nobles , and priests . Commen- surate was the gratitude of her enraptured people , who were ready to testify it by any inordinate expression agreeable to the ambition of ...
... never known since she embarked in her wild crusade against kings , nobles , and priests . Commen- surate was the gratitude of her enraptured people , who were ready to testify it by any inordinate expression agreeable to the ambition of ...
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... Never did a more gay or fascinating widow flutter in the brilliant circles of that dissipated capital . Her ambition was to outstrip in attractions the graceful Jose- phine , whom , with all her beauty , she could never rival in the ...
... Never did a more gay or fascinating widow flutter in the brilliant circles of that dissipated capital . Her ambition was to outstrip in attractions the graceful Jose- phine , whom , with all her beauty , she could never rival in the ...
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... never supposed them capable of heeding inducements other than those of selfish interest : yet it is certainly strange that he should find , as he himself declared , his worst enemics in the bosom of his own family . There was one very ...
... never supposed them capable of heeding inducements other than those of selfish interest : yet it is certainly strange that he should find , as he himself declared , his worst enemics in the bosom of his own family . There was one very ...
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... never , amid the compelled and general sub- serviency of Europe , stooped for an instant from her defiant , unquailing attitude- ' Still , as in olden time , Sheltering within her dreadless arms Exiles of every clime'- albeit that she ...
... never , amid the compelled and general sub- serviency of Europe , stooped for an instant from her defiant , unquailing attitude- ' Still , as in olden time , Sheltering within her dreadless arms Exiles of every clime'- albeit that she ...
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Էջ 31 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Էջ 31 - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees: Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
Էջ 4 - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things ; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself...
Էջ 4 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho...
Էջ 9 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
Էջ 31 - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
Էջ 23 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Էջ 3 - A gentle answer did the old Man make, In courteous speech which forth he slowly drew: And him with further words I thus bespake, 'What occupation do you there pursue ? This is a lonesome place for one like you.
Էջ 31 - My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped : When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "If Lucy should be dead!