The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1819 |
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... become rapidly the possessor of that knowledge , which it has cost me so many years of labor to attain . " In the second chapter he unfolds the object of his work . " I shall entirely refrain from the discussion of republican government ...
... become rapidly the possessor of that knowledge , which it has cost me so many years of labor to attain . " In the second chapter he unfolds the object of his work . " I shall entirely refrain from the discussion of republican government ...
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... become a soldier . The hatchet fell , and Jacomuzio was soon drilled into one of the first generals of the age . Like most military men , he became ferocious and overbearing , and the nickname of Sforza was given him from his ...
... become a soldier . The hatchet fell , and Jacomuzio was soon drilled into one of the first generals of the age . Like most military men , he became ferocious and overbearing , and the nickname of Sforza was given him from his ...
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... become odious to his new subjects ; he established a civil tribunal in the centre of the country head- ed by a worthy magistrate , and at which every town had its own proper advocate ; being aware that the severities which had already ...
... become odious to his new subjects ; he established a civil tribunal in the centre of the country head- ed by a worthy magistrate , and at which every town had its own proper advocate ; being aware that the severities which had already ...
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... become protector of Pisa . And when he had no longer occasion to keep terms with the French , that is , when they were driven out of Naples by the Spaniards , and when both parties needed his assistance , he threw of the mask and became ...
... become protector of Pisa . And when he had no longer occasion to keep terms with the French , that is , when they were driven out of Naples by the Spaniards , and when both parties needed his assistance , he threw of the mask and became ...
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... become sedentary ? SIN . THIS word has been gradually banished the oligarchy of fashion , from the hour in which Charles II . and his profligate court trod down piety along with hypocrisy , to this day , when the new phi- losophy has ...
... become sedentary ? SIN . THIS word has been gradually banished the oligarchy of fashion , from the hour in which Charles II . and his profligate court trod down piety along with hypocrisy , to this day , when the new phi- losophy has ...
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Página 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Página 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Página 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Página 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Página 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Página 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Página 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Página 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Página 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Página 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...