A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged, from Sir John Mandeville to William Cowper : Consisting of Biographical Sketches of the Authors, Selections from Their Works, with Notes, Explanatory, Illustrative, and Directing to the Best Editions and to Various Criticisms |
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... become so great as to be really embarrassing . And here , doubtless , will be found the chief failing of my humble volume ; here is a field ample enough for the most vituperative critic to exercise his skill in . Many will see that some ...
... become so great as to be really embarrassing . And here , doubtless , will be found the chief failing of my humble volume ; here is a field ample enough for the most vituperative critic to exercise his skill in . Many will see that some ...
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... become acquainted before he went to London . Feeling the want of good books , he started the plan of a subscription library , - obtained fifty subscribers , " mostly young tradesmen , " who paid forty shillings each , -imported the ...
... become acquainted before he went to London . Feeling the want of good books , he started the plan of a subscription library , - obtained fifty subscribers , " mostly young tradesmen , " who paid forty shillings each , -imported the ...
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... Becoming an American the moment he landed upon our shores , he was selected by the citizens of New Jersey , in 1776 , as a delegate to the immortal Congress that promulgated the Declaration of Independence , to which instrument he ...
... Becoming an American the moment he landed upon our shores , he was selected by the citizens of New Jersey , in 1776 , as a delegate to the immortal Congress that promulgated the Declaration of Independence , to which instrument he ...
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... become inconvenient for transportation . 3. The people of every nation will get the quantity of these pre- cious metals that they are entitled to by their industry , and no more . If by any accident , as plunder in war , or borrowing ...
... become inconvenient for transportation . 3. The people of every nation will get the quantity of these pre- cious metals that they are entitled to by their industry , and no more . If by any accident , as plunder in war , or borrowing ...
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... becoming more human- ized in their policy ; that the subjects of ambition and causes for hostility are daily diminishing ; and , in fine , that the period is not very remote when the benefits of a liberal and free commerce will pretty ...
... becoming more human- ized in their policy ; that the subjects of ambition and causes for hostility are daily diminishing ; and , in fine , that the period is not very remote when the benefits of a liberal and free commerce will pretty ...
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Page 380 - In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man. The golden sun, The planets, all the infinite host of heaven, Are shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 59 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty.
Page 381 - At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near. And soon that toil shall end ; — Soon shalt thou find a summer home, and rest And scream among thy fellows ; reeds shall bend Soon o'er thy sheltered nest.
Page 380 - When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one, as before, will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 270 - Liberty first, and Union afterwards, — but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, — Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable," God grant it, — God grant it!
Page 405 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven. Forever float that standard sheet ! Where breathes the foe but falls before us, With Freedom's soil beneath our feet, And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us ? JOSEPH RODMAN DRAKE.
Page 51 - The mere Politician, equally with the pious man ought to respect and cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths, which are the instruments of investigation in Courts of Justice.
Page 639 - Only this, and nothing more." Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow— sorrow for the lost Lenore— For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore— Nameless here for evermore.
Page 76 - Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever ; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events ; that it may become probable by supernatural interference ! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Page 223 - Blest with victory and peace, may the heaven-rescued land Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation. Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just ; And this be our motto :