The Spirit of the Public Journals: Being an Impartial Selection of the Most Exquisite Essays and Jeux D'esprits, Principally Prose, that Appear in the Newspapers and Other Publications, Volume 15Stephen Jones, Charles Molloy Westmacott James Ridgway, 1812 Being an impartial selection of the most exquisite essays and jeux d'esprits, principally prose, that appear in the newspapers and other publications. |
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... England has something like a free Government , guarantied and defended by wholesome laws , and by the spirit of a rational and high - minded population , All this is very well , for we are all susceptible of pre- judices equally ill ...
... England has something like a free Government , guarantied and defended by wholesome laws , and by the spirit of a rational and high - minded population , All this is very well , for we are all susceptible of pre- judices equally ill ...
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... England . -It is not clearly stated in the Decree who are to be appointed instructors of the youths ; only that the Maritime Prefects are to be the supreme pedagogues . In addition to these , we must suppose that a few of the best ...
... England . -It is not clearly stated in the Decree who are to be appointed instructors of the youths ; only that the Maritime Prefects are to be the supreme pedagogues . In addition to these , we must suppose that a few of the best ...
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... England and her Old Naval School , against France and her New Naval School , and all her new principles in morality , in re- ligion , and in politics ! It is scarcely possible that persons embarked in the profession of the navy at the ...
... England and her Old Naval School , against France and her New Naval School , and all her new principles in morality , in re- ligion , and in politics ! It is scarcely possible that persons embarked in the profession of the navy at the ...
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... England's case is , They poze me with new - fangled phrases , And evanescent mummery ' ; Knowing good eating's my desire , They snatch the shovel from the fire , And stuff me full of flummery ! Ah ! could I cram me , like a bomb , With ...
... England's case is , They poze me with new - fangled phrases , And evanescent mummery ' ; Knowing good eating's my desire , They snatch the shovel from the fire , And stuff me full of flummery ! Ah ! could I cram me , like a bomb , With ...
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... England's oak and Scotia's pine ; For while they steer , ' t will swell their pride , And lead their blindness further wide ; ' T will hasten and confirm the more That fate which threaten'd thee before . Of foes the mock , of fools the ...
... England's oak and Scotia's pine ; For while they steer , ' t will swell their pride , And lead their blindness further wide ; ' T will hasten and confirm the more That fate which threaten'd thee before . Of foes the mock , of fools the ...
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Page 249 - AIR. From hardy sports, from manly schools, From Truth's pure lore in Learning's bower* From equal Law alike that rules The people's will, the monarch's power; From Piety, whose soul sincere Fears God, and knows no other fear ; From Loyalty, whose high disdain Turns from the fawning, faithless train ; From deeds the Historian's records show, . Valour's renown, and Freedom's glow, "Tis hence that springs the unconquered fire, That bids to Glory's heights aspire.
Page 163 - ... battle, Tooth and nail strove to worry him out of his life ; He robb'd him of children, slaves, houses, and cattle, But, mark me, he ne'er thought of taking his wife. But heaven at length Job's forbearance rewards, At length double wealth, double honor arrives, He doubles his children, slaves, houses, and herds, But we don't hear a word of a couple of wives.
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