The Jack O'Lantern; or, The privateer, Volume 2

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Page 94 - Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have...
Page 262 - BOLT had not been tried. His case had several serious difficulties, and the orders allowed of a discretion. The punishment could scarcely be less than death, and, in addition to the loss of a stout, sinewy man, it involved questions of natural right, that were not always pleasant to be considered.
Page 1 - tis a thought sublime, that man can force A path upon the waste, can find a way Where all is trackless, and compel the winds — Those freest agents of almighty power — To lend their untamed wings, and bear him on To distant climes.
Page 157 - Sleep, sleep, thou sad one, on the sea ! The wash of waters lulls thee now ; His arm no more will pillow thee, Thy hand upon his brow. He is not near, to hush thee, or to save. The ground is his — the sea must be thy grave.
Page 125 - Like other tyrants, death delights to smite, What, smitten, most proclaims the pride of power, And arbitrary nod. His joy supreme, To bid the wretch survive the fortunate ; The feeble wrap th...

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