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... causes some to steal sheep , rob hen - roosts , lie , cheat and dissemble - others to put on the robe of piety , and go to church to pick pockets in prayer time -others to squeeze a poor man's sixpence in his clutches , till it squeals ...
... causes some to steal sheep , rob hen - roosts , lie , cheat and dissemble - others to put on the robe of piety , and go to church to pick pockets in prayer time -others to squeeze a poor man's sixpence in his clutches , till it squeals ...
Page 13
... causes it to fade , wither and blossom no more - and I have known it to droop and die itself , un- touched by frosts , fingers , anything or anybody . Poh ! my friends , it is absurd to talk about terrestrial virtue being unfading . It ...
... causes it to fade , wither and blossom no more - and I have known it to droop and die itself , un- touched by frosts , fingers , anything or anybody . Poh ! my friends , it is absurd to talk about terrestrial virtue being unfading . It ...
Page 14
... cause or a reasonable inducement admits of no excuse , and comes about as near to the worst of depravity as sundown does to sunset . You may think there is no harm in the act , and that you will escape punishment ; but as you push along ...
... cause or a reasonable inducement admits of no excuse , and comes about as near to the worst of depravity as sundown does to sunset . You may think there is no harm in the act , and that you will escape punishment ; but as you push along ...
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... cause the adamantine pillars of the Egyp- tian Tombs to tremble , and the Pewter Mug in Frankfort - street to hide itself behind the banner of the Washingtonian Temperance Society . At any rate , the day wILL come when this great metro ...
... cause the adamantine pillars of the Egyp- tian Tombs to tremble , and the Pewter Mug in Frankfort - street to hide itself behind the banner of the Washingtonian Temperance Society . At any rate , the day wILL come when this great metro ...
Page 18
... causes whence each blessing flows . MY HEARERS - there is no doubt but fire , water and women - taken separately or combined — are often the cause of man's ruin : and at the same time , they are the sources whence all his blessings flow ...
... causes whence each blessing flows . MY HEARERS - there is no doubt but fire , water and women - taken separately or combined — are often the cause of man's ruin : and at the same time , they are the sources whence all his blessings flow ...
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Page 150 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies, They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay, So flourish these, when those are past away.
Page 49 - I arise from dreams of thee In the first sweet sleep of night, When the winds are breathing low, And the stars are shining bright; I arise from dreams of thee, And a spirit in my feet Has led me — who knows how? — To thy chamber window, sweet...
Page 33 - Place me on Sunium's marbled steep, Where nothing, save the waves and I, May hear our mutual murmurs sweep; There, swan-like, let me sing and die: A land of slaves shall ne'er be mine— Dash down yon cup of Samian wine!
Page 147 - All Nature is but art, unknown to thee All chance, direction, which thou canst not see; All discord, harmony not understood; All partial evil, universal good: And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, Whatever is, is right.
Page 320 - I've borne a weary lot; But in my wanderings, far or near, Ye never were forgot. The fount that first burst frae this heart Still travels on its way; And channels deeper, as it rins, The luve o' life's young day. O dear, dear Jeanie Morrison, Since we were sindered young, I've never seen your face, nor heard The music o...
Page 234 - There's a bliss beyond all that the minstrel has told, When two, that are link'd in one heavenly tie, With heart never changing and brow never cold, Love on through all ills, and love on till they die...
Page 234 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Page 101 - Let not this weak, unknowing hand Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe.
Page 137 - The bower where he sat with — wife, children, and friends. The dayspring of youth, still unclouded by sorrow, Alone on itself for enjoyment depends; But drear is the twilight of age, if it borrow No warmth from the smile of — wife, children, and friends. Let the breath of renown ever freshen and nourish The laurel which o'er the dead...
Page 300 - Oh, that I were The viewless spirit of a lovely sound, A living voice, a breathing harmony, A bodiless enjoyment — born and dying With the blest tone which made me ! Enter from below a CHAMOIS HUNTER.