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... fide of the lake , and at last he faw it glimmering through the trees , and stop at fome distance from the place where he then was . 50. He fuppofed it fome piece of bridal merriment , and pushed on his horse that he might be a ...
... fide of the lake , and at last he faw it glimmering through the trees , and stop at fome distance from the place where he then was . 50. He fuppofed it fome piece of bridal merriment , and pushed on his horse that he might be a ...
Page 40
... the Major on the other fide , and in the fame instant again in the fire in fearch of her . The fergeant again faved him , not without the Major's being feverely burnt in his face f and other parts of his body . Every thing they 40.
... the Major on the other fide , and in the fame instant again in the fire in fearch of her . The fergeant again faved him , not without the Major's being feverely burnt in his face f and other parts of his body . Every thing they 40.
Page 44
... fide , many ftruck the tree , while fome paffed through the fleeves and skirts of his coat . In this ftate of jeopardy , una- ble to move his body , to ftir his limbs , or even to incline his head , he remained more than an hour . So ...
... fide , many ftruck the tree , while fome paffed through the fleeves and skirts of his coat . In this ftate of jeopardy , una- ble to move his body , to ftir his limbs , or even to incline his head , he remained more than an hour . So ...
Page 47
... fide lay as many Indians as could conveniently find lodging , in order to prevent the poffi- bility of his efcape . In this difagreeable and painful posture he remained until morning . 29. During this night , the longest and most dreary ...
... fide lay as many Indians as could conveniently find lodging , in order to prevent the poffi- bility of his efcape . In this difagreeable and painful posture he remained until morning . 29. During this night , the longest and most dreary ...
Page 56
... fide to behold , to contemplate , to admire this little band of pat- riots as they paffed . 1 22. They murmured their applaufe of that virtue which they could not but revere even in enemies ; and they regarded those ropes which they had ...
... fide to behold , to contemplate , to admire this little band of pat- riots as they paffed . 1 22. They murmured their applaufe of that virtue which they could not but revere even in enemies ; and they regarded those ropes which they had ...
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Page 216 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection.
Page 214 - Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not ; Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's ; then, if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr.
Page 213 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell...
Page 221 - And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel And shining morning face, creeping like snail Unwillingly to school. And then the lover, Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad Made to his mistress
Page 190 - WE all of us complain of the Shortness of Time, saith Seneca, and yet have much more than we know what to do with. Our Lives, says he, are spent either in doing nothing at all, or in doing nothing to the purpose, or in doing nothing that we ought to do: We are always Complaining our Days are few, and Acting as though there would be no End of them.
Page 169 - Who wickedly is wise, or madly brave, Is but the more a fool, the more a knave. Who noble ends by noble means obtains, Or failing, smiles in exile or in chains, Like good Aurelius let him reign, or bleed Like Socrates, that man is great indeed. What's fame? a fancied life in others' breath, A thing beyond us, ev'n before our death.
Page 169 - The friar hooded, and the monarch crown'd. " What differ more (you cry) than crown and cowl !" I'll tell you, friend ! a wise man and a fool.
Page 211 - Have faces flush'd with more exalted charms ; The sun that rolls his chariot o'er their heads, Works up more fire and colour in their cheeks : Were you with these, my prince, you'd soon forget, The pale, unripen'd beauties of the north.
Page 62 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 16 - The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together...