The Scrap Table for MDCCCXXXI.Carter, Hendee & Babcock, 1830 - 184 Seiten |
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... British princess , which all her glories cannot hide . When the intelligence arrived , Mary could not con- ceal her indignation . Clearing her room of her attendants , she addressed Throgmorton , the English Envoy , in these memorable ...
... British princess , which all her glories cannot hide . When the intelligence arrived , Mary could not con- ceal her indignation . Clearing her room of her attendants , she addressed Throgmorton , the English Envoy , in these memorable ...
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... skir- mishes took place almost every day between the ad- vanced pickets ; but as long as the British flag was flying , the gentlemen of the fort and the loungers at the King's Arms were quite safe , ( or so 52 OLDEN TIME .
... skir- mishes took place almost every day between the ad- vanced pickets ; but as long as the British flag was flying , the gentlemen of the fort and the loungers at the King's Arms were quite safe , ( or so 52 OLDEN TIME .
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... British Commanders , with regard to the speedy subjugation of America . At the onset , they had supposed an inconsiderable rebellion ' was scarcely worth the name of a war , 9 and that Sir Henry Clinton , was like Cæsar 58 OLDEN TIME .
... British Commanders , with regard to the speedy subjugation of America . At the onset , they had supposed an inconsiderable rebellion ' was scarcely worth the name of a war , 9 and that Sir Henry Clinton , was like Cæsar 58 OLDEN TIME .
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... British service , by offers of food , which , to half starved and hungry men , were almost irresistible . To say nothing of the prison - ships which lay in the Wallabout , where hundreds of patriots lost their lives by disease and ...
... British service , by offers of food , which , to half starved and hungry men , were almost irresistible . To say nothing of the prison - ships which lay in the Wallabout , where hundreds of patriots lost their lives by disease and ...
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... British were now as anxious to vindicate their honor , as before they had been indifferent to their reputation . Communication after communication was made to General Washington of the relaxation in the treat- ment of the prisoners ...
... British were now as anxious to vindicate their honor , as before they had been indifferent to their reputation . Communication after communication was made to General Washington of the relaxation in the treat- ment of the prisoners ...
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Seite 64 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.
Seite 147 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Seite 31 - I SAW thy form in youthful prime, Nor thought that pale decay Would steal before the steps of Time, And waste its bloom away, Mary ! Yet still thy features wore that light, Which fleets not with the breath ; And life ne'er look'd more...
Seite 121 - The small birds rejoice in the green leaves returning, The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale; The primroses blow in the dews of the morning, And wild...
Seite 101 - In our country [she continues], though all men are not "created equal," such is the influence of the sentiment of liberty and political equality, that "All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame," may with as much probability be supposed to affect conduct and expectation in the log cabin as in the marble mansion; and to illustrate this truth, to dispel that erroneous belief of the necessary baseness of the "common people...
Seite 125 - How happy could I be with either, Were t'other dear Charmer away!
Seite 99 - England, has rendered herself forever famous. The exhibition of her devotion to him amid the horrors of battle, and the tedious hours of sickness, has been celebrated by the classic pen of Burgoyne, as a ' picture of the spirit, the enterprize, and the distress of romance realized, and regulated, upon the chaste and sober principles of rational love and connubial duty.
Seite 80 - Arms, the noisy chorus of the bar was hushed to silence, and Tippleglass sank to rest with sundry calculations of profit, which were followed by a delightful dream of wealth and repose. He might have been almost heard to exclaim, with ancient Pistol : ' A foutra for the world and worldlings base, I speak of Africa and golden joys,' THE EXILE, ' I will a round unvarnished tale deliver.
Seite 32 - Seem'd worthless in thy own, Mary ! If souls could always dwell above, Thou ne'er hadst left that sphere : Or could we keep the souls we love, We ne'er had lost thee here, Mary ! Though many a gifted mind we meet, Though fairest forms we see, To live with them is far less sweet, Than to remember thee, Mary !i — :o: — BY THAT LAKE WHOSE GLOOMY SHORE.