The Port Folio, Volumen3Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 |
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... officers arriving in the different ports of the island , were received with the most flatter- ing attention and respect . There was nobody like " les Anglois , " and during their stay , an American was scarcely noticed . This fer- vency ...
... officers arriving in the different ports of the island , were received with the most flatter- ing attention and respect . There was nobody like " les Anglois , " and during their stay , an American was scarcely noticed . This fer- vency ...
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... officer of any magnitude whom I have seen , is commodore Dublin , an English negro , who commands a schooner of about ... officers who have claim to rank . One day when Dublin was riding commodore in the harbour with his pennant at the ...
... officer of any magnitude whom I have seen , is commodore Dublin , an English negro , who commands a schooner of about ... officers who have claim to rank . One day when Dublin was riding commodore in the harbour with his pennant at the ...
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... officers of the fleet , was immediately convened , and the cap- tain's flag was instantly struck . The sentence of the court I did not hear . In speaking of this transaction to the commodore a few days after , he expressed great ...
... officers of the fleet , was immediately convened , and the cap- tain's flag was instantly struck . The sentence of the court I did not hear . In speaking of this transaction to the commodore a few days after , he expressed great ...
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... officers and professing friendship for them , under the impression that , should a massacre take place , they would be preserved by them . But still they all flattered them- selves that their fears were groundless . At length , however ...
... officers and professing friendship for them , under the impression that , should a massacre take place , they would be preserved by them . But still they all flattered them- selves that their fears were groundless . At length , however ...
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... officers would have assisted them , as is evident from their previous conduct ; the frigate would have effectually covered their retreat ; and a safe convoy would have been found in her to protect the vessels seized upon by the ...
... officers would have assisted them , as is evident from their previous conduct ; the frigate would have effectually covered their retreat ; and a safe convoy would have been found in her to protect the vessels seized upon by the ...
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Página 204 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Página 387 - The praise of Bacchus then the sweet musician sung, Of Bacchus ever fair and ever young: The jolly god in triumph comes!
Página 396 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 201 - And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter ; and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And Peter went out. and wept bitterly.
Página 390 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy...
Página 388 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Página 193 - Of all their regions; powers which only the control of Omnipotence restrains from laying creation waste, and filling the vast expanse of space with ruin and confusion. To display the motives and actions of beings thus superior, so far as human reason can examine them, or human imagination represent them, is the task which this mighty poet has undertaken and performed.
Página 341 - O'er many a distant foreign land ; Each place, each province I have tried, And sung and danced my saraband. But all their charms could not prevail To steal my heart from yonder vale.
Página 388 - Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And...
Página 203 - Now, my co-mates and brothers in exile, Hath not old custom made this life more sweet Than that of painted pomp? Are not these woods More free from peril than the envious court? Here feel we but the penalty of Adam, — The seasons...