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His horse appears careering over the prostrate foe , while the rider , fainting from
the loss of blood , is caught in the arms of a Highland soldier . Expressive of the
victory he obtained , the dying figure of the enemy is seen vainly grasping at the ...
His horse appears careering over the prostrate foe , while the rider , fainting from
the loss of blood , is caught in the arms of a Highland soldier . Expressive of the
victory he obtained , the dying figure of the enemy is seen vainly grasping at the ...
الصفحة 23
This decay of fortune led him to bring young George up to the profession of arms ,
in which men of gentle blood were at that period greatly caressed , and if at all
deserving , seldom failed to secure a handsome competence . George Monk ...
This decay of fortune led him to bring young George up to the profession of arms ,
in which men of gentle blood were at that period greatly caressed , and if at all
deserving , seldom failed to secure a handsome competence . George Monk ...
الصفحة 40
... been written by Paul Whitehead , the Poet Laureate , and runs thus :Britons ,
behold , if patriot worth be dear , A shrine that claims a tributary tear ; Silent that
tongue admiring senates heard , Nerveless that arm opposing legions feared .
... been written by Paul Whitehead , the Poet Laureate , and runs thus :Britons ,
behold , if patriot worth be dear , A shrine that claims a tributary tear ; Silent that
tongue admiring senates heard , Nerveless that arm opposing legions feared .
الصفحة 45
The fury of the rabble rose to actual violence ; and there was required as much of
prudence and firmness to restrain them from arms , as there were demanded
policy and talents to work the law through the two houses . But , however difficult
...
The fury of the rabble rose to actual violence ; and there was required as much of
prudence and firmness to restrain them from arms , as there were demanded
policy and talents to work the law through the two houses . But , however difficult
...
الصفحة 107
At the outset of the battle between the royalists and presbyterians , almost all the
actors who were not disabled by the infirmities of age , followed the buoyant
impulse of their profession ; and highly to their honour , took up arms with the ...
At the outset of the battle between the royalists and presbyterians , almost all the
actors who were not disabled by the infirmities of age , followed the buoyant
impulse of their profession ; and highly to their honour , took up arms with the ...
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الصفحة 19 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
الصفحة 244 - I call upon the honor of your lordships to reverence the dignity of your ancestors and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country to vindicate the national character. I invoke the genius of the constitution. From the tapestry that adorns these walls, the immortal ancestor of this noble lord frowns with indignation at the disgrace of his country.
الصفحة 411 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony This universal frame began ; When Nature underneath a heap Of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high, Arise, ye more than dead.
الصفحة 385 - Others to sin, and made my sin their door .Wilt thou forgive that sin which I did shun A year or two, but wallowed in a score ? When thou hast done, thou hast not done, For I have more. I have a sin of fear, that when...
الصفحة 244 - These abominable principles, and this more abominable avowal of them, demand the most decisive indignation.
الصفحة 19 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us— And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — he must delight in virtue; And that which he delights in must be happy.
الصفحة 284 - And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice ; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
الصفحة 261 - In the first place, as he is the father of English poetry, so I hold him in the same degree of veneration as the Grecians held Homer, or the Romans Virgil. He is a perpetual fountain of good sense...
الصفحة 228 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
الصفحة 169 - A man so various, that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts, and nothing long; But, in the course of one revolving moon, Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.