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Page 118
The spot thus discover - asked for a bit of fire to be placed be . ed was soon
searched , and the honey side him ( the constant habit of the decided to be good
prize . naked aborigines ) , and on seeing a On the 14th of May , the expedi - few
...
The spot thus discover - asked for a bit of fire to be placed be . ed was soon
searched , and the honey side him ( the constant habit of the decided to be good
prize . naked aborigines ) , and on seeing a On the 14th of May , the expedi - few
...
Page 125
The open grassy country , extending as far river soon opened to an uniform width
as we could see , the hills round and of sixty yards , its waters being everysmooth
as a carpet , the meadows where smooth and unruffled , the cur . broad , and ...
The open grassy country , extending as far river soon opened to an uniform width
as we could see , the hills round and of sixty yards , its waters being everysmooth
as a carpet , the meadows where smooth and unruffled , the cur . broad , and ...
Page 232
Soon after I got the horse , imagined himself born the undoubted one gave me a
guinea to buy a bridle , successor of that great hero of the another gave me two
whips , another theatre who had once dandled him in trusted me for a saddle ...
Soon after I got the horse , imagined himself born the undoubted one gave me a
guinea to buy a bridle , successor of that great hero of the another gave me two
whips , another theatre who had once dandled him in trusted me for a saddle ...
Page 331
... gold - edged clouds , that Quitting the metropolis in a delicate just tempered
without obscuring his state of health , it is astonishing how radiance , threw down
long lines of soon these interesting insects begin to light upon the smiling waters
...
... gold - edged clouds , that Quitting the metropolis in a delicate just tempered
without obscuring his state of health , it is astonishing how radiance , threw down
long lines of soon these interesting insects begin to light upon the smiling waters
...
Page 553
Their glory seems of a differ - proof and tried , and they are found to ent order .
Akenside says , in conso . endure the proof - as soon as generous nance , as we
think , with the common loyalty has thrown its breast in the sentiments of menwuy
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Their glory seems of a differ - proof and tried , and they are found to ent order .
Akenside says , in conso . endure the proof - as soon as generous nance , as we
think , with the common loyalty has thrown its breast in the sentiments of menwuy
...
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Page 309 - Who God doth late and early pray More of his grace than gifts to lend; And entertains the harmless day With a...
Page 311 - Some men with swords may reap the field, And plant fresh laurels where they kill : But their strong nerves at last must yield ; They tame but one another still : Early or late They stoop to fate, And must give up their murmuring breath When they, pale captives, creep to death.
Page 308 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell, Of every star that Heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew; Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 481 - From Greenland's icy mountains ; From India's coral strand ; Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand ; From many an ancient river ; From many a palmy plain ; They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.
Page 309 - HOW happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armour is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill ! Whose passions not his masters are; Whose soul is still prepared for death, Untied unto the world by care Of public fame or private breath; Who envies none that chance doth raise...
Page 178 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 523 - If we are like you in the rest, we will resemble you in that.
Page 130 - ... twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure ! Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail...
Page 130 - A solemn, strange, and mingled air ; 'Twas sad by fits, by starts 'twas wild. But thou, O Hope ! with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure?
Page 130 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul: And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.