The life and adventures of Joe Thompson, written by himself [or rather by E. Kimber].1775 |
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الصفحة 13
... fired his Pistol , the Ball of which grazed upon my Shoulder , and took away a Piece of my Coat . We immediately concluded we were to expect no Quarter from them , and therefore , turning Back to Back , prepared to make the beft Defence ...
... fired his Pistol , the Ball of which grazed upon my Shoulder , and took away a Piece of my Coat . We immediately concluded we were to expect no Quarter from them , and therefore , turning Back to Back , prepared to make the beft Defence ...
الصفحة 38
... Firing , and five Shillings . extraordinary , for occupying the Room by myself ; which , with what my Dinners , Suppers , and Li- quors , came to , in their Way of Reckoning , amounted , for the Day and an Half I ftaid there , to forty ...
... Firing , and five Shillings . extraordinary , for occupying the Room by myself ; which , with what my Dinners , Suppers , and Li- quors , came to , in their Way of Reckoning , amounted , for the Day and an Half I ftaid there , to forty ...
الصفحة 56
... fired with their Injuries , are too apt to think his Punishment juft , and , arrogant- ly affuming to themselves the Authority of Heaven , call down Vengeance , and inflict Tortures , un- ceafing Tortures , on his Head ; not reflecting ...
... fired with their Injuries , are too apt to think his Punishment juft , and , arrogant- ly affuming to themselves the Authority of Heaven , call down Vengeance , and inflict Tortures , un- ceafing Tortures , on his Head ; not reflecting ...
الصفحة 90
... fired with the Expectations of my new Destination , and the Plea fures I should experience in viewing Foreign Coun- tries , improving my Fortune , and making my Friends happy . Two or three Days after I re- ceived an Order to attend the ...
... fired with the Expectations of my new Destination , and the Plea fures I should experience in viewing Foreign Coun- tries , improving my Fortune , and making my Friends happy . Two or three Days after I re- ceived an Order to attend the ...
الصفحة 109
... fired , as from a Ship in Diftrefs ; which Signals our Cap- tain answered , and ftood far to the Weftward , more than his Course required , as we imagined the Sound came from that Point of the Compass : They continued firing for several ...
... fired , as from a Ship in Diftrefs ; which Signals our Cap- tain answered , and ftood far to the Weftward , more than his Course required , as we imagined the Sound came from that Point of the Compass : They continued firing for several ...
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الصفحة 60 - 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 328 - Since every man who lives, is born to die, And none can boast sincere felicity, With equal mind, what happens, let us bear, Nor joy, nor grieve too much for things beyond our care.
الصفحة 344 - Emily, ere day, Arose, and dress'd herself in rich array; Fresh as the month, and as the morning fair: Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair: A riband did the braided tresses bind, The rest was loose and wanton'd in the wind.
الصفحة 280 - Man from Man: He claim'd no Title from Descent of Blood, But that which made him Noble, made him Good: Warm'd with more Particles of Heav'nly Flame, He wing'd his upward Flight, and soar'd to Fame ; The rest remain'd below, a Tribe without a Name. This Law, though Custom now diverts the Course, As Natures Institute, is yet in force; Uncancell'd, tho disus'd: And he whose Mind Is Vertuous, is alone of Noble Kind.
الصفحة i - TO wake the foul by tender ftrokes of art, To raife the genius, and to mend the heart ; To make mankind, in confcious virtue bold, Live o'er each fcene, and be what they behold : For this the Tragic Mufe firft trod the ftage, 5 Commanding tears to ftream thro' ev'ry age ; Tyrants no more their favage nature kept, And foes to virtue wonder'd how they wept.
الصفحة 279 - One pafte of flefh on all degrees beftow'd, And kneaded up alike with moiftning blood. The fame almighty pow'r infpir'd the frame With kindled life, and form'd the...