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... reason to distrust , as regardless of his claims , at a time when he was in doubt , if not in despair , as to the fate that awaited them . Unless those claims were answered , he must go into retirement , on his return , with a fame , in ...
... reason to distrust , as regardless of his claims , at a time when he was in doubt , if not in despair , as to the fate that awaited them . Unless those claims were answered , he must go into retirement , on his return , with a fame , in ...
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... reason why fishes do not talk , the fact that they drink nothing but water . Demosthenes was likewise a water - drinker , and Cicero was remarkably tem- perate ; but Gay , when writing on wine , elevated , probably , by his subject ...
... reason why fishes do not talk , the fact that they drink nothing but water . Demosthenes was likewise a water - drinker , and Cicero was remarkably tem- perate ; but Gay , when writing on wine , elevated , probably , by his subject ...
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... , when they coincide with the poetic accent . The reason is , they then occupy the more conspicuous places , and therefore more completely seize the at- tention . When the emphasis , and the verbal and THE AMERICAN LOUNGER . 37.
... , when they coincide with the poetic accent . The reason is , they then occupy the more conspicuous places , and therefore more completely seize the at- tention . When the emphasis , and the verbal and THE AMERICAN LOUNGER . 37.
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... reason , though he has none of his own , which makes him appear so simple out of it . He believes all reason of state consists in faction , as all wis- dom in haranguing , of which he is so fond , that he had rather the nation should ...
... reason , though he has none of his own , which makes him appear so simple out of it . He believes all reason of state consists in faction , as all wis- dom in haranguing , of which he is so fond , that he had rather the nation should ...
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... reasons : so much the better ; for the thing is more difficult , and argues his judgment and insight the greater ; for any man can judge that understands the reasons of what he does , but very few know how to judge mechanically ...
... reasons : so much the better ; for the thing is more difficult , and argues his judgment and insight the greater ; for any man can judge that understands the reasons of what he does , but very few know how to judge mechanically ...
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Página 436 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Página 492 - 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...
Página 114 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Página 436 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun • And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The...
Página 222 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control; counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle and of fatal tendency.
Página 222 - Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned...
Página 257 - Require the borrow'd gloss of art ? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom.
Página 491 - Could I embody and unbosom now That which is most within me, — could I wreak My thoughts upon expression, and thus throw Soul, heart, mind, passions, feelings, strong or weak, All that I would have sought, and all I seek, Bear, know, feel, and yet breathe— into one word, And that one word were Lightning, I would speak ; But as it is, I live and die unheard, With a most voiceless thought, sheathing it as a sword.
Página 467 - WHEN the last sunshine of expiring day In summer's twilight weeps itself away, Who hath not felt the softness of the hour Sink on the heart, as dew along the flower? With a pure feeling which absorbs and awes While nature makes that melancholy pause, Her breathing moment on the bridge where Time Of light and darkness forms an arch sublime.
Página 285 - ... to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power, that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.