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Page 380 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us and to die) Expatiate free o'er all this scene of Man ; A mighty maze ! but not without a plan ; A wild, where weeds and flowers promiscuous shoot ; Or garden, tempting with forbidden fruit.
Page 399 - Here lies Fred, Who was alive, and is dead. Had it been his father, I had much rather. Had it been his brother, Still better than another. Had it been his sister, No one would have missed her. Had it been the whole generation, Still better for the nation. But since 'tis only Fred, Who was alive, and is dead, There's no more to be said.
Page 144 - De la physiologie du système nerveux et spécialement du cerveau; recherches sur les maladies nerveuses en général et en particulier sur le siège, la nature et le traitement de l'hystérie, de l'hypochondrie, de l'épilepsie et de l'asthme convulsi'f. 2 Voll. (Paris 1821.) (Uebtr bie Çfiofïologi« bcê Sîeroenfpjlemô unb mâbefonbere beô ®eb,irnô ufw, uberf.
Page 457 - Why, — not to underrate your merit, Others would court with different spirit ; And I — perhaps — might like another, A little better than a brother, Could I have one of England's breeding ; But 'tis a point they're all agreed in, That I must wed a foreigner...
Page 143 - ... poignet fort, doigts courts et gros, jambes et cuisses peu longues, le nez écrasé et comme coupé dans le haut, large du bas; yeux gris dont un est sensiblement plus petit que l'autre...
Page 474 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain : Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew ! Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Page 389 - To enroll the fair deeds of his youth! When you mention the acts of his age, Leave a blank for his honour and truth ! Say, he made a great monarch change hands : He spake- --and the minister fell.
Page 1 - Johnson, determin'd to save him or kill, A second prescription display'd ; And that none might find fault with his drop or his pill, Fresh doctors he call'd to his aid. " First, Steevens came loaded with black-letter books, Of fame more desirous than pelf; Such reading, observers might read in his looks, As no one e'er read but himself.
Page 457 - Like your's, is wedded to the nation ; And future times I hope will see Me general, in reality. — • Indeed, I wish to serve this land, - It is my father's strict command ; And none he ever gave will be More cheerfully obey'd by me.
Page 144 - Delà folie: considérations sur cette maladie, son siège et ses symptômes , la nature et le mode d'action de ses causes , sa marche et...

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