The Monthly Visitor, and Entertaining Pocket Companion, Volumul 9H.D. Symonds, 1800 |
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Pagina 8
... must not be forgotten . We have been af- fured , on the beft authority , that he has uniformly paid the greatest attention to the officers and feamen who have been placed under him . Far from affuming a forbidding fternnefs either of ...
... must not be forgotten . We have been af- fured , on the beft authority , that he has uniformly paid the greatest attention to the officers and feamen who have been placed under him . Far from affuming a forbidding fternnefs either of ...
Pagina 10
... must be charmed with its spirit and variety . At first we were at a lofs for an appropriate felec- tion , by which a fair judgment might be formed of the work . But recollecting the commencement of the NEW YEAR , we are tempted to ...
... must be charmed with its spirit and variety . At first we were at a lofs for an appropriate felec- tion , by which a fair judgment might be formed of the work . But recollecting the commencement of the NEW YEAR , we are tempted to ...
Pagina 13
... must be confeffed , in the words of a critic , that His ALLEGORIES in this work , whether phyfical , moral , or historical , always contain fome inftructive precept , wrapped up with much art , and developed with peculiar fagacity ...
... must be confeffed , in the words of a critic , that His ALLEGORIES in this work , whether phyfical , moral , or historical , always contain fome inftructive precept , wrapped up with much art , and developed with peculiar fagacity ...
Pagina 14
... must be allowed to be an excellent treatife on morality . The ftory of Deucalion and Pyrrha , teaches us to believe that piety and innocence always obtain the divine protection , and that the only irrreparable lofs is that of our ...
... must be allowed to be an excellent treatife on morality . The ftory of Deucalion and Pyrrha , teaches us to believe that piety and innocence always obtain the divine protection , and that the only irrreparable lofs is that of our ...
Pagina 23
... MUST confefs the afpe & t of JERUSALEM did not gratify my expectation . On afcending an hill , diftant about three miles , this celebrated city rofe to view , feated on an eminence , but furrounded by others of a greater height , and ...
... MUST confefs the afpe & t of JERUSALEM did not gratify my expectation . On afcending an hill , diftant about three miles , this celebrated city rofe to view , feated on an eminence , but furrounded by others of a greater height , and ...
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admiration Afhfield againſt alfo almoft alſo beauty becauſe bleffing Bushrod Washington caft caufe cauſe character circumftance confequence confiderable Daniel Dancer deceaſed defire diftinguished Dogue Creek earth Eliza eyes fafely faid fame fcene fecure feemed feen fent ferved fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft fituation fociety fome foon forrow foul fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fure fweet happineſs heart hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe intereft King Kotzebue laft laſt lefs Lord Hood meaſure mind moft moſt Mount Vernon muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary o'er obferved occafion paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prifon purpoſe racter raiſed reafon refidence refpect reft rifing ſhall Sir Philip ſky ſpeak ſtate Steinfort thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion uſed vifit virtue Washington weft whofe wife
Pasaje populare
Pagina 365 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Pagina 365 - Ransacked the Centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid.
Pagina 11 - Had form'd the whole, and made the parts agree, That no unequal portions might be found, He moulded earth into a spacious round: Then with a breath, he gave the winds to blow; And bade the congregated waters flow.
Pagina 353 - States, to which the youths of fortune and talents from all parts thereof might be sent for the completion of their education in all the branches of polite literature ; in arts and sciences, in acquiring knowledge in the principles of politics and good government...
Pagina 415 - Excepting the streets and avenues and a small part of the ground adjoining the public buildings, the whole place is covered with trees. To be under the necessity of going through a deep wood for one or two miles, perhaps, in order to see a next-door neighbor, and in the same city, is a curious and, I believe, a novel circumstance.
Pagina 351 - Item. — Whereas by a law of the Commonwealth of Virginia, enacted in the year 1785, the Legislature thereof was pleased, as an evidence of its approbation of the services I had rendered the public during the Revolution, and partly, I believe, in consideration of my having suggested the vast advantages which the community would derive from the extension of its inland navigation under legislative...
Pagina 352 - ... to see the youth of these United States sent to foreign countries for the purpose of education, often before their minds were formed or they had imbibed any adequate ideas of the happiness of their own, contracting too frequently not only habits of dissipation and extravagance, but principles unfriendly to republican government and to the true and genuine liberties of mankind, •which thereafter are rarely overcome.
Pagina 349 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, GEORGE WASHINGTON, of Mount Vernon, a citizen of the United States, and lately President of the same, do make, ordain, and declare this instrument, which is written with my own hand, and every page thereof subscribed with my name,« to be my last WILL and TESTAMENT, revoking all others.
Pagina 350 - ... the latter, while both descriptions are in the occupancy of the same proprietor; it not being in my power, under the tenure by which the dower negroes are held, to manumit them.
Pagina 18 - Aug. 1579, founded this Charity for Six poor Travellers, who not being ROGUES, or PROCTORS, May receive gratis for one Night, Lodging, Entertainment, and Four-pence each.