The Stranger: A Literary Paper ..., Volume 1John Cook, 1813 - 424 pages |
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... English language , than the sturgeon on which they were supposed to subsist , and it was firm- ly believed that the one would be as much out of his element , and as little capable of resistance if assailed in print , as the other would ...
... English language , than the sturgeon on which they were supposed to subsist , and it was firm- ly believed that the one would be as much out of his element , and as little capable of resistance if assailed in print , as the other would ...
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... English works . And it is very silly for mushroom authors to snarl at the public for not patronising their works , and abuse the people for not en- couraging genius , when every foreign or domestic work of merit receives a measure of ...
... English works . And it is very silly for mushroom authors to snarl at the public for not patronising their works , and abuse the people for not en- couraging genius , when every foreign or domestic work of merit receives a measure of ...
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... remember to instruct the youth of America in their mother tongue , remember that the English is still a living language , and do not permit your statute books , and your legislative debates to be polluted by terms , raked 20 THE STRANGER .
... remember to instruct the youth of America in their mother tongue , remember that the English is still a living language , and do not permit your statute books , and your legislative debates to be polluted by terms , raked 20 THE STRANGER .
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... ENGLISH ESSAYIST . A few remarks will not perhaps be unprofitably set down , on the subject of juvenile character , and the promising and unprom- ising indications that early display themselves in the manners of youth , Calumny has long ...
... ENGLISH ESSAYIST . A few remarks will not perhaps be unprofitably set down , on the subject of juvenile character , and the promising and unprom- ising indications that early display themselves in the manners of youth , Calumny has long ...
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... English Edition , there are sev- eral columns of Ancient and Modern Greek , which the noble au- thor has published to exhibit the alterations , that time has caused in this language . In the American copy , they are to be sought for in ...
... English Edition , there are sev- eral columns of Ancient and Modern Greek , which the noble au- thor has published to exhibit the alterations , that time has caused in this language . In the American copy , they are to be sought for in ...
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Page 139 - When at length Hyder Ali found that he had to do with men who either would sign no convention, or whom no treaty, and no signature could bind, and who were the determined enemies of human intercourse itself, he decreed to make the country possessed by these incorrigible and predestinated criminals...
Page 108 - Proud prelate, I understand you are backward in complying with your agreement : but I would have you know, that I, who made you what you are, can unmake you ; and if you do not forthwith fulfil your engagement, by God I will immediately unfrock you. Yours, as you demean yourself, Elizabeth.
Page 284 - Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute: Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In color though varied, in beauty may vie...
Page 411 - The Hag. THE hag is astride This night for to ride, The devil and she together ; Through thick and through thin, Now out and then in, Though ne'er so foul be the weather. A thorn or a burr She takes for a spur ; With a lash of a bramble she rides now, Through brakes and through briars, O'er ditches and mires, She follows the spirit that guides now.
Page 140 - A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple. The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered ; others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function, fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry, and amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity in an unknown and hostile land.
Page 139 - Arcot, he drew from every quarter whatever a savage ferocity could add to his new rudiments in the arts of destruction ; and compounding all the materials of fury, havock, and desolation, into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains. Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor, which blackened all their horizon, it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
Page 158 - Though singularity and pride Be call'd our choice, we'll step aside, Nor join the giddy dance. From the gay world we'll oft retire To our own family and fire, Where love our hours employs ; No noisy neighbour enters here, No intermeddling stranger near, To spoil our heart-felt joys..
Page 138 - Here, Hermes, says Jove, who with nectar was mellow, Go fetch me some clay— I will make an odd fellow: Right and wrong shall be jumbled, much gold and some dross, Without cause be he...
Page 159 - Dear Chloe, this is wisdom's part, This is that incense of the heart, Whose fragrance smells to Heaven.
Page 208 - I called it forth, and drew it into your service, a hardy and intrepid race of men ! men, who, when left by your jealousy, became a prey to the artifices of your enemies, and had gone nigh to have overturned the state in the war before the last. These men, in the last war, were brought to combat on your side ; they served with fidelity, as they fought with valour, and conquered for you in every part of the world.