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الصفحة 43
Tis to him that these honors are paid , And his dust must be guarded - from whom
? Are the terrified nations afraid Lest he yet should arise from the curse of his
doom , And bursting its cerements , escape from the tomb ? Ah no ! he lies ...
Tis to him that these honors are paid , And his dust must be guarded - from whom
? Are the terrified nations afraid Lest he yet should arise from the curse of his
doom , And bursting its cerements , escape from the tomb ? Ah no ! he lies ...
الصفحة 76
To the Honorable Speakers and Members of the General Assembly of Virginia :
The petition of the crows of the Northern Neck , humbly complaining , sheweth
unto your honors that your petitioners view with feelings of the deepest alarm ,
the ...
To the Honorable Speakers and Members of the General Assembly of Virginia :
The petition of the crows of the Northern Neck , humbly complaining , sheweth
unto your honors that your petitioners view with feelings of the deepest alarm ,
the ...
الصفحة 77
To say nothing of the demoralizing effects of such exhibitions , and the impolicy of
destroying so useful a race as ourselves , for proof of which we beg leave to refer
your honors to Wilson's Ornithology ; permit us to ask why are we singled out ...
To say nothing of the demoralizing effects of such exhibitions , and the impolicy of
destroying so useful a race as ourselves , for proof of which we beg leave to refer
your honors to Wilson's Ornithology ; permit us to ask why are we singled out ...
الصفحة 78
not be unknown to your honors that the hog is , beyond all contradiction , the
most destructive to grain of all animals upon earth . In a single night he will
ravage an entire field , and notwithstanding the authority to do so , derived from
your ...
not be unknown to your honors that the hog is , beyond all contradiction , the
most destructive to grain of all animals upon earth . In a single night he will
ravage an entire field , and notwithstanding the authority to do so , derived from
your ...
الصفحة 88
But here my muse her wing “ maun cower , " Like Burns , in Tam O'Shanter ; They
gave old warrior Giles the power , And off they all did canterHis " blushing honors
" thickly borne , No frost of age can wither ; They bloom as fresh as when full ...
But here my muse her wing “ maun cower , " Like Burns , in Tam O'Shanter ; They
gave old warrior Giles the power , And off they all did canterHis " blushing honors
" thickly borne , No frost of age can wither ; They bloom as fresh as when full ...
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الصفحة 200 - A pleasing land of drowsy-head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye ; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, For ever flushing round a summer sky...
الصفحة 192 - As loath to leave the helpless maid, When, fast as shaft can fly, Bloodshot his eyes, his nostrils spread, The loose rein dangling from his head. Housing and saddle bloody red, Lord Marmion's steed rushed by...
الصفحة 196 - Of the first year ! a beauty ripe as harvest ! Whose skin is whiter than a swan all over, Than silver, snow, or lilies! a soft lip, Would tempt you to eternity of kissing! And flesh that melteth in the touch to blood ! Bright as your gold, and lovely as your gold ! Volp.
الصفحة 144 - Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school. A man severe he was, and stern to view; I knew him well, and every truant knew...
الصفحة 83 - Taint in poetry, is it ?" interposed his father. " No, no/' replied Sam. " Wery glad to hear it," said Mr. Weller. " Poetry's unnat'ral ; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin...
الصفحة 7 - I've often thought if I were asked Whose lot I envied most — What one, I thought most lightly tasked Of man's unnumber'd host — I'd say, I'd be a mountain boy, And drive a noble team, Wo, hoy ! Wo, hoy ! I'd cry, And lightly fly Into my saddle seat ; My rein I'd slack — My whip I'd crack — • What music is so sweet ? Six blacks I'd drive, of ample chest, All carrying high the head ; All...
الصفحة 115 - The floor of Heaven was thick inlaid With patines of bright gold ;"* A firmament beneath was made — A mimic Heaven unroll'd.
الصفحة 22 - Entertaining his friends with kindness, he was neither a prodigal nor a thrifty host. His first wife was Judith, daughter of John Armistead, Esq. ; his second, Betty, a descendant of the noble family of the Landons, by whom he had many children, on whose education he expended a considerable portion of his property.
الصفحة 40 - The tomb was railed round with green railing, and a sentinel walked round it night and day, to prevent approach within the railing. There was no inscription upon the tomb. The ground surrounding it, it was understood, was to be laid out as gardens, for the accommodation of those who came to visit the grave of the departed Emperor. The cemetery of Napoleon is a singular instance of adaptation to the character of the individual...
الصفحة 7 - This appeal was too cogent to be resisted ? Up jumped one of the justices, and protested that " it was not to be borne ; let the prisoner go : away with your British authorities !" The counsel for the accused rubbed his hands and winked at the attorney ; the attorney stood aghast ; his astonishment was too great for utterance, and the negress was halfway home, before he recovered from his amazement.