The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry; Consisting of Narrative, Descriptive, Argumentative, Didactic, Pathetic, and Humorous Pieces ...Goodwin and Robinson & Pratt, 1838 - 336 páginas |
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... Dead Horse , 43. Biographical Anecdotes , 44. The Revenge of a Great Soul , 45. Death of Prince William , 48. Naval Action , 49. Damon and Pythias , 50. Test of Goodness , 51. The Mysterious Stranger , 52. Earthquake in Calabria , 53 ...
... Dead Horse , 43. Biographical Anecdotes , 44. The Revenge of a Great Soul , 45. Death of Prince William , 48. Naval Action , 49. Damon and Pythias , 50. Test of Goodness , 51. The Mysterious Stranger , 52. Earthquake in Calabria , 53 ...
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... dead on the spot . 9. This conduct , situated as he was , may appear to have been an act of madness , but it was doubtless the effect of sudden but sound reasoning ; for , if taken alive , he must have expected to be tortured to death ...
... dead on the spot . 9. This conduct , situated as he was , may appear to have been an act of madness , but it was doubtless the effect of sudden but sound reasoning ; for , if taken alive , he must have expected to be tortured to death ...
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... dead and wounded . Such fierce discharges of musketry produced the effect that might have been expected in a land of freemen , who saw their gal- lant brothers suddenly engaged in the strife of death . 4. Never before had the bosoms of ...
... dead and wounded . Such fierce discharges of musketry produced the effect that might have been expected in a land of freemen , who saw their gal- lant brothers suddenly engaged in the strife of death . 4. Never before had the bosoms of ...
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... dead and wounded ; and for the effect it pro- duced upon the opinions of men , in regard to the valor of the Americans , and the probable issue of the whole war . 7. Between mid - day and one o'clock , the heat being intense , all was ...
... dead and wounded ; and for the effect it pro- duced upon the opinions of men , in regard to the valor of the Americans , and the probable issue of the whole war . 7. Between mid - day and one o'clock , the heat being intense , all was ...
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... dead upon the spot . The Americans were apprehensive lest the English , availing themselves of victory , should sally out of the peninsula , and attack the head quarters at Cambridge . 27. But they contented themselves with taking ...
... dead upon the spot . The Americans were apprehensive lest the English , availing themselves of victory , should sally out of the peninsula , and attack the head quarters at Cambridge . 27. But they contented themselves with taking ...
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Página 154 - The struggling pangs of conscious Truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous Shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Página 295 - IT must be so — Plato, thou reason'st well ! — Else whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality ? Or whence this secret dread, and inward horror, Of falling into nought ? why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us ; 'Tis heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 278 - Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
Página 156 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Página 326 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street; On with the dance! let joy be unconfined; No sleep till morn, when Youth and Pleasure meet To chase the glowing Hours with flying feet.— But hark!
Página 326 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
Página 299 - Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since; their shores obey The stranger, slave, or savage; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts: — not so thou, Unchangeable save to thy wild waves' play — Time writes no wrinkle on thine azure brow — Such as creation's dawn beheld thou rollest now.
Página 292 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Página 301 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall. That's noble, and bespeaks a nation proud And jealous of the blessing. Spread it then, And let it circulate through every vein Of all your empire ; that, where Britain's power Is felt, mankind may feel her mercy too.
Página 256 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.