The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...F.C. and J. Rivington, 1818 |
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... sort of name among publishers , which occasioned many manuscripts of authors to be con- fided to him for revision and correction . Among others , he superintended the very popular work by Colonel B 2 . H Colonel Drinkwater , on the ...
... sort of name among publishers , which occasioned many manuscripts of authors to be con- fided to him for revision and correction . Among others , he superintended the very popular work by Colonel B 2 . H Colonel Drinkwater , on the ...
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... sort of shame and compunction , at having been , sometimes , the means of circulating ingredients , of the full tendency of which he was then unconscious , but which he has since ascertained to have developed some of those poisonous ...
... sort of shame and compunction , at having been , sometimes , the means of circulating ingredients , of the full tendency of which he was then unconscious , but which he has since ascertained to have developed some of those poisonous ...
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... sort of influence on his conduct ; his own opinion on any subject was the standard of right , and fari quid sentiat , his motto . During the time of his serving the office of Sheriff , it was thought expedient by government to execute ...
... sort of influence on his conduct ; his own opinion on any subject was the standard of right , and fari quid sentiat , his motto . During the time of his serving the office of Sheriff , it was thought expedient by government to execute ...
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... sort of conversation . His talents , however , were of a still higher order , and perhaps , there was no situation within the scope of his ambition , which he was not qualified to fill with dignity , and to the public advantage . He was ...
... sort of conversation . His talents , however , were of a still higher order , and perhaps , there was no situation within the scope of his ambition , which he was not qualified to fill with dignity , and to the public advantage . He was ...
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... ambition , he had a sort of proud and manly disregard of lucrative situations , merely considered as such , and was not at all inclined to remit his D ordinary VOL . II . ordinary habits , or to deviate from his accustomed paths 33.
... ambition , he had a sort of proud and manly disregard of lucrative situations , merely considered as such , and was not at all inclined to remit his D ordinary VOL . II . ordinary habits , or to deviate from his accustomed paths 33.
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Página 355 - Fanning their odoriferous wings, dispense Native perfumes, and whisper whence they stole Those balmy spoils. As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Página 352 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Página 384 - Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
Página 349 - Ascend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels That shake Heaven's basis, bring forth all my war, My bow and thunder, my almighty arms Gird on, and sword upon thy puissant thigh; Pursue these sons of darkness, drive them out From all Heaven's bounds into the utter deep : There let them learn, as likes them, to despise God, and Messiah his anointed King.
Página 332 - And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
Página 346 - Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Página 381 - » In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...
Página 378 - Mortals, that would follow me, Love virtue; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Página 383 - But on he moves to meet his latter end, Angels around befriending virtue's friend ; Sinks to the grave with unperceived decay, While resignation gently slopes the way ; And, all his prospects brightening to the last, His heaven commences ere the world be past.