Public characters [Formerly British public characters] of 1798-9 - 1809-10, Volumul 81806 |
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Pagina 33
... feel the soft associations of domestic affection , and taste to appreciate elegant versification and accurate imagery , must say with delight- " On Gothard's hill eternal wreaths shall grow , " While lasts the mountain , or while Ruesse ...
... feel the soft associations of domestic affection , and taste to appreciate elegant versification and accurate imagery , must say with delight- " On Gothard's hill eternal wreaths shall grow , " While lasts the mountain , or while Ruesse ...
Pagina 55
... feel- ing and imagination that distinguishes this speaker . We cannot better give it than in his own words , which were to this effect : " Another brilliant example of tried fidelity flashes upon my mind : when Lord Rawdon was in South ...
... feel- ing and imagination that distinguishes this speaker . We cannot better give it than in his own words , which were to this effect : " Another brilliant example of tried fidelity flashes upon my mind : when Lord Rawdon was in South ...
Pagina 57
... feel- ings by dwelling upon the sad tale of complicated woe , the dismal portion of these unhappy men . The melancholy picture , alas ! requires not the high co- louring of pathetic description : every corner of your capital gives proof ...
... feel- ings by dwelling upon the sad tale of complicated woe , the dismal portion of these unhappy men . The melancholy picture , alas ! requires not the high co- louring of pathetic description : every corner of your capital gives proof ...
Pagina 58
... feel the sufferings of one man , and shall we be indifferent to those of one thousand ? That we may remove those distresses as far as lies in our power ; and that we may carry through the business of the nation , at present impeded by ...
... feel the sufferings of one man , and shall we be indifferent to those of one thousand ? That we may remove those distresses as far as lies in our power ; and that we may carry through the business of the nation , at present impeded by ...
Pagina 78
... feel great pride in your unanimous approbation of the measures I have adopted for the public safety . Experience has taught me that the best mode of resisting the invader , is to at- tack him while helpless in his boats , or in the ...
... feel great pride in your unanimous approbation of the measures I have adopted for the public safety . Experience has taught me that the best mode of resisting the invader , is to at- tack him while helpless in his boats , or in the ...
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Pagina 337 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling Nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Pagina 342 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Pagina 245 - One asylum of free discussion is still inviolate. There is still one spot in Europe where man can freely exercise his reason on the most important concerns of society, where he can boldly publish his judgment on the acts of the proudest and most powerful tyrants. The press of England is still free. It is guarded by the free Constitution of our forefathers. It is guarded by the hearts and arms of Englishmen, and I trust, I may venture to say, that if it be to fall, it will fall only under the ruins...
Pagina 553 - An elegant sufficiency, content, Retirement, rural quiet, friendship, books, Ease and alternate labour, useful life, Progressive virtue, and approving Heaven.
Pagina 337 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Pagina 371 - I stand ready to avow or disavow promptly and explicitly any precise or definite opinion which I may be charged with having declared of any gentleman.
Pagina 503 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Pagina 370 - still more despicable,' admits of infinite shades, from very light to very dark. How am I to judge of the degree intended ? or how shall I annex any precise idea to language so indefinite...
Pagina 46 - O early lost ! what tears the river shed, When the sad pomp along his banks was led ! His drooping swans on ev'ry note expire, 275 And on his willows hung each muse's lyre.
Pagina 375 - Jay, Adams, and Hamilton ; the only three who can be supposed to have stood in that relation to him. That he has too much reason to believe that, in regard to Mr. Hamilton, there has been no reciprocity. For several years his name has been lent to the support of base slanders. He has never had the generosity, the magnanimity, or the candor to contradict or disavow.