The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 18James Anderson Mundell and Son, 1722 - Scotland |
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... attention ! He often recommended to his , con- fidential and trusty subjects , kissing them and begging them with tears , to take care that the transformation of Russia , prosecuted with so much pains , and accom- panied with such ...
... attention ! He often recommended to his , con- fidential and trusty subjects , kissing them and begging them with tears , to take care that the transformation of Russia , prosecuted with so much pains , and accom- panied with such ...
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... attention to a regular force was in future observed ? Having cast a transient glance over the forces of Peter on fhore , which attained virility in infancy , and united victory with schoolboy - fhip , let us now , hearers ! stretch our ...
... attention to a regular force was in future observed ? Having cast a transient glance over the forces of Peter on fhore , which attained virility in infancy , and united victory with schoolboy - fhip , let us now , hearers ! stretch our ...
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... attention , by this con- stancy , unconquerable in labour the fabulous celeri ty of antiquity , was in the days of Peter actually ex- amplified . How agreeable these succefses in naval affairs so highly advantageous to the glory of the ...
... attention , by this con- stancy , unconquerable in labour the fabulous celeri ty of antiquity , was in the days of Peter actually ex- amplified . How agreeable these succefses in naval affairs so highly advantageous to the glory of the ...
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... attention from the culture of cochineal to the cultivation of silk . - Both are of infinite importance ; and I hope that whatever obstacles may for the present deter you from the pursuit of the culture of cochineal , which is of ...
... attention from the culture of cochineal to the cultivation of silk . - Both are of infinite importance ; and I hope that whatever obstacles may for the present deter you from the pursuit of the culture of cochineal , which is of ...
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... attention you have shewn to the multiplication of mulberry plants , and will im- mediately communicate the distinct method you propose of rearing them from seed , to the gentlemen in charge of mulberry plantations , which will likewise ...
... attention you have shewn to the multiplication of mulberry plants , and will im- mediately communicate the distinct method you propose of rearing them from seed , to the gentlemen in charge of mulberry plantations , which will likewise ...
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Page 330 - ... the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained ; and since the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 185 - Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme: How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed; How He Who bore in Heaven the second name Had not on earth whereon to lay His head; How...
Page 186 - Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro...
Page 184 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of heaven's avenging ire; Or, Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre.
Page 184 - Is there, in human form, that bears a heart — A wretch ! a villain ! lost to love and truth ! That can, with studied, sly, ensnaring art, Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth...
Page 185 - And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But, chiefly, in their hearts with Grace Divine preside.
Page 112 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet.
Page 184 - Scotia's food : The soupe their only hawkie does afford, That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood ; The dame brings forth in complimental mood, To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell ; An' aft he's prest, an' aft he ca's it guid ; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i
Page 112 - She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands. She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 183 - Jenny sees the visit's no ill ta'en ; The father cracks of horses, pleughs, and kye. The youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi...