The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer, Volume 18James Anderson Mundell and Son, 1722 - Scotland |
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... lefs destructive to the energy of the state . When the religious houses , as they were called , were entirely suppressed at the reformation , and the wealth that belonged to them was diverted into oth- er channels , the poor , who had ...
... lefs destructive to the energy of the state . When the religious houses , as they were called , were entirely suppressed at the reformation , and the wealth that belonged to them was diverted into oth- er channels , the poor , who had ...
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... lefs than that he had been travel , ling for many ages , or that all was finished by the u nited strength of the whole human race ; by the crea- ting hand of the Most High , or that all was the in- chantment of a transitory dream . From ...
... lefs than that he had been travel , ling for many ages , or that all was finished by the u nited strength of the whole human race ; by the crea- ting hand of the Most High , or that all was the in- chantment of a transitory dream . From ...
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... lefs than a quarter of a mile in width , and three feet in depth of running water . I forbear to say any thing on the new theory of water , and the union of its principles by the medium of fiery meteors , till that doctrine is more ...
... lefs than a quarter of a mile in width , and three feet in depth of running water . I forbear to say any thing on the new theory of water , and the union of its principles by the medium of fiery meteors , till that doctrine is more ...
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... lefs , for he was never to be seen unless mounting or dismounting from his horse , " with many o- ther reflections , which , let me tell you , prudent men will make . But it is madnefs in him who makes 2001 by his trade , to suppose ...
... lefs , for he was never to be seen unless mounting or dismounting from his horse , " with many o- ther reflections , which , let me tell you , prudent men will make . But it is madnefs in him who makes 2001 by his trade , to suppose ...
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... lefs at a lofs to consume those numberless heavy hours , days , nay , even weeks and months , that so frequently hang upon their hands for though wine , women , and sleep , with fribblifh difsipation , may for some time engage them a ...
... lefs at a lofs to consume those numberless heavy hours , days , nay , even weeks and months , that so frequently hang upon their hands for though wine , women , and sleep , with fribblifh difsipation , may for some time engage them a ...
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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...