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... Death . Like an experienced , about his dwelling I heed not , nor a faithful , and a trusty guide , he in- am I chilled into torpor by that be - dicates the paths of Honour , Peace , numbing Frost , and that cold , spe- and Security ...
... Death . Like an experienced , about his dwelling I heed not , nor a faithful , and a trusty guide , he in- am I chilled into torpor by that be - dicates the paths of Honour , Peace , numbing Frost , and that cold , spe- and Security ...
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... Death ! And would you learn to dissipate the band Of those huge threat'ning Difficulties dire , That in the weak man's way , like lions stand , His soul appal , and damp his rising fire ! Resolve , resolve , and to be men aspire , Exert ...
... Death ! And would you learn to dissipate the band Of those huge threat'ning Difficulties dire , That in the weak man's way , like lions stand , His soul appal , and damp his rising fire ! Resolve , resolve , and to be men aspire , Exert ...
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... death . As this little volume , the execution of which is highly creditable to the proprietors , is or ought to be , in the hands of every admirer of genius and eloquence , and , as from the strong passions , admirable talents , and ...
... death . As this little volume , the execution of which is highly creditable to the proprietors , is or ought to be , in the hands of every admirer of genius and eloquence , and , as from the strong passions , admirable talents , and ...
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... death , however , blighted this expec- tation ; and it remains only to hold for- ward his name , as a sad instance of the inefficacy of talents , without discre- tion . His parliamentary life , though short , was honourable . However er ...
... death , however , blighted this expec- tation ; and it remains only to hold for- ward his name , as a sad instance of the inefficacy of talents , without discre- tion . His parliamentary life , though short , was honourable . However er ...
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... death , for the preservation of his country against the invasion of the Peloponnesian . This spot was en- During the reign of Codrus , the son of Melanthus , who had saved his country by the prowess , which he displayed in a single ...
... death , for the preservation of his country against the invasion of the Peloponnesian . This spot was en- During the reign of Codrus , the son of Melanthus , who had saved his country by the prowess , which he displayed in a single ...
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Página 71 - Churchyard" abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo. The four stanzas, beginning "Yet even these bones," are to me original; I have never seen the notions in any other place, yet he that reads them here persuades himself that he has always felt them. Had Gray written often thus, it had been vain to blame and useless to praise him.
Página 29 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 237 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won ; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun : But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. 'Great praise the Duke of Marlbro* won And our good Prince Eugene;' 'Why 'twas a very wicked thing !' Said little Wilhelmine; 'Nay . . nay . . my little girl,' quoth he, 'It was a famous victory.
Página 100 - ... glistering with dew, fragrant the fertile earth after soft showers, and sweet the coming on of grateful evening mild, then silent night with this her solemn bird, and this fair moon and these the gems of heaven, her starry train.
Página 41 - The forward violet thus did I chide : Sweet thief, whence didst thou steal thy sweet that smells, If not from my love's breath ? The purple pride Which on thy soft cheek for complexion dwells In my love's veins thou hast too grossly dyed.
Página 100 - Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds; pleasant the sun, When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 237 - Old Kaspar took it from the boy, Who stood expectant by; And then the old man shook his head, And with a natural sigh, ' 'Tis some poor fellow's skull,' said he, 'Who fell in the great victory.
Página 93 - Then came there unto him all his brethren, and all his sisters, and all they that had been of his acquaintance before, and did eat bread with him in his house: and they bemoaned him, and comforted him over all the evil that the LORD had brought upon him : every man also gave him a piece of money, and every one an ear-ring of gold.
Página 219 - Celestial odours breathe through purpled air; And wings, whose colours glitter'd on the day, Wide at his back their gradual plumes display. The form ethereal bursts upon his sight, And moves in all the majesty of light...
Página 35 - Yea, ye yourselves know, that these hands have ministered unto my necessities, and to them that were with me. I have showed you all things, how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak, and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.