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... dear friends - it matters not upon whichsoever side we turn our eyes , we behold such beauty in its primitive nakedness as can- not fail to captivate the heart of every true worshipper of the God of Nature , and make him feel as though ...
... dear friends - it matters not upon whichsoever side we turn our eyes , we behold such beauty in its primitive nakedness as can- not fail to captivate the heart of every true worshipper of the God of Nature , and make him feel as though ...
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... friends I shan't meddle with the women in my present dis course , because they were never intended to be gentlemen ... dear friends , having exhibited to you the difference between mere outside show and internal worth , it behooves us ...
... friends I shan't meddle with the women in my present dis course , because they were never intended to be gentlemen ... dear friends , having exhibited to you the difference between mere outside show and internal worth , it behooves us ...
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... dear friends , are differently situated . Here you are , pla- ced in an ever - blooming garden of knowledge . The sun of enlight- enment shines down upon you from an unclouded firmament of peace : around you , on every side , flow ...
... dear friends , are differently situated . Here you are , pla- ced in an ever - blooming garden of knowledge . The sun of enlight- enment shines down upon you from an unclouded firmament of peace : around you , on every side , flow ...
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... dear friends - the text also enjoins you to be wise and dis- creet while sober . Most folks , I know , are the wisest when they are the soberest ; and yet I have known many instances where a man has been the most cautious , keen and ...
... dear friends - the text also enjoins you to be wise and dis- creet while sober . Most folks , I know , are the wisest when they are the soberest ; and yet I have known many instances where a man has been the most cautious , keen and ...
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... dear friends - if New York continues to gather such all manner of iniquities as at present , the time will soon come when the loud thunder of retributive justice will peal from the heavens , with a crash that shall cause the adamantine ...
... dear friends - if New York continues to gather such all manner of iniquities as at present , the time will soon come when the loud thunder of retributive justice will peal from the heavens , with a crash that shall cause the adamantine ...
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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.