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... duty to perform - has indeed enough of anxiety and privation . But there is no situation without its dangers ; and though we may allow that the man who is tossing about on the wide ocean , runs , upon the whole , a greater risk than him ...
... duty to perform - has indeed enough of anxiety and privation . But there is no situation without its dangers ; and though we may allow that the man who is tossing about on the wide ocean , runs , upon the whole , a greater risk than him ...
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... duty he has to perform , and how ne- cessary it is that for his numerous toils he should be well rewarded . Fortunately , even in the situation that we deem most unhappy , the man whose lot it is to be in it , accommodates himself to it ...
... duty he has to perform , and how ne- cessary it is that for his numerous toils he should be well rewarded . Fortunately , even in the situation that we deem most unhappy , the man whose lot it is to be in it , accommodates himself to it ...
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... duty we owe to him is ex- plained , who is it that does not listen . As the warm prayer is offered up for a prosperous voy- age - for the welfare and prosperity of our native land - for health and blessing upon friends far distant ...
... duty we owe to him is ex- plained , who is it that does not listen . As the warm prayer is offered up for a prosperous voy- age - for the welfare and prosperity of our native land - for health and blessing upon friends far distant ...
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... tyrannize over the poor Indian in his grasp : but it is good such a restraint does exist , for it ensures the conduct which duty dictates , and it shews that in the ruling power there is justice and humanity . When 88 THE ARRIVAL .
... tyrannize over the poor Indian in his grasp : but it is good such a restraint does exist , for it ensures the conduct which duty dictates , and it shews that in the ruling power there is justice and humanity . When 88 THE ARRIVAL .
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... duty it is to set before him the example of regularity and equity , do not give him the pat- tern they ought . And it proceeds , I hesitate not to say , in not a few instances , from the treatment he receives . There never was a heart ...
... duty it is to set before him the example of regularity and equity , do not give him the pat- tern they ought . And it proceeds , I hesitate not to say , in not a few instances , from the treatment he receives . There never was a heart ...
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Página 100 - Twas autumn, and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Página 100 - By the wolf-scaring faggot that guarded the slain ; At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again. Methought from the battle-field's dreadful array, Far, far I had roam'd on a desolate track : 'Twas autumn, — and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back.
Página 94 - I would not enter on my list of friends (Though graced with polished manners and fine sense, Yet wanting sensibility) the man Who needlessly sets foot upon a worm.
Página 37 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh ! night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong ; Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along From peak to peak the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder ! Not from one lone cloud, But every mountain now hath found a tongue, And Jura answers through her misty shroud, Back to the joyous Alps, who call to her aloud ! And this is in the night.
Página 40 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, — in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark heaving; — boundless, endless, and sublime. The image of eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 40 - Thou glorious mirror, where the Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed; in breeze or gale or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving, boundless, endless, and sublime, — The image of Eternity, the throne Of the Invisible; even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Página 72 - OF chance or change, 0 let not man complain, Else shall he never, never cease to wail ; For, from the imperial dome, to where the swain Rears the lone cottage in the silent dale, All feel the assault of Fortune's fickle gale...
Página 19 - What are these, So wither'd, and so wild in their attire ; That look not like the inhabitants o...
Página 78 - Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave . Such is the patriot's boast, where'er we roam; His first, best country, ever is at home; And yet, perhaps, if countries we compare, And estimate the blessings which they share, Though patriots flatter, still shall wisdom find An equal portion dealt to all mankind: As different good, by art or nature given, To different nations makes their blessings even.
Página 72 - And be it so. Let those deplore their doom. Whose hope still grovels in this dark sojourn : But lofty souls, who look beyond the tomb, Can smile at Fate, and wonder how they mourn.