The Sexagenarian: Or, The Recollections of a Literary Life ...F. C. and J. Rivington, 1817 |
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... profession , and one day fell from a scaf- fold , and was killed by the fall . The father , who was present on seeing the accident , only exclaimed , " Take care of his watch . " In the riots of the year 1780 , which at the same time ...
... profession , and one day fell from a scaf- fold , and was killed by the fall . The father , who was present on seeing the accident , only exclaimed , " Take care of his watch . " In the riots of the year 1780 , which at the same time ...
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... profession too lofty for his pretensions , and which the connections and friendships he had formed , might not easily have procured . But though not more proud than became a man so endowed , and so distinguished , he had not the ...
... profession too lofty for his pretensions , and which the connections and friendships he had formed , might not easily have procured . But though not more proud than became a man so endowed , and so distinguished , he had not the ...
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... profession . He became , from familiar commu- nication and personal observation , so well ac- quainted with the natural history of the country , the peculiarities of the climate , its endemic diseases , the manners of the inhabitants ...
... profession . He became , from familiar commu- nication and personal observation , so well ac- quainted with the natural history of the country , the peculiarities of the climate , its endemic diseases , the manners of the inhabitants ...
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... profession . The Major , however , gave a notable example of what might be effected by personal personal observation , acting in conjunction with real science . 6 Orbis situm dicere, impeditum opus et facundiæ minime ...
... profession . The Major , however , gave a notable example of what might be effected by personal personal observation , acting in conjunction with real science . 6 Orbis situm dicere, impeditum opus et facundiæ minime ...
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... profession ? The interrogatory is more easily proposed than an- swered . Perhaps it is true , that with all his great attainments , and love of literature , the Prime Minister of that day was so occupied with political perplexities ...
... profession ? The interrogatory is more easily proposed than an- swered . Perhaps it is true , that with all his great attainments , and love of literature , the Prime Minister of that day was so occupied with political perplexities ...
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Page 380 - Thus, loved associates, chiefs of elder art, Teachers of wisdom, who could once beguile My tedious hours, and lighten every toil, I now resign you; nor with fainting heart; For pass a few short years, or days, or hours, And happier seasons may their dawn unfold, And all your sacred fellowship restore: When, freed from earth, unlimited its powers, Mind shall with mind direct communion hold, And kindred spirits meet to part no more.
Page 374 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 348 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Page 351 - As when to them who sail Beyond the Cape of Hope, and now are past Mozambic, off at sea north-east winds blow Sabean odours from the spicy shore Of Araby the Blest; with, such delay Well pleased they slack their course, and many a league Cheer'd with the grateful smell old Ocean smiles...
Page 345 - Ascend my chariot, guide the rapid wheels That shake Heaven's basis, bring forth all my war, My bow and thunder, my almighty arms Gird on, and sword upon thy puissant thigh; Pursue these sons of darkness, drive them out From all Heaven's bounds into the utter deep : There let them learn, as likes them, to despise God, and Messiah his anointed King.
Page 328 - And if I have done well, and as is fitting the story, it is that which I desired : but if slenderly and meanly, it is that which I could attain unto.
Page 362 - ... quisnam igitur liber? sapiens, sibi qui imperiosus, quem neque pauperies neque mors neque vincula terrent, responsare cupidinibus, contemnere honores fortis, et in se ipso totus teres atque rotundus externi ne quid valeat per leve morari, in quem manca mit semper fortuna.
Page 342 - Highest, and fierce with grasped arms Clashed on their sounding shields the din of war, Hurling defiance toward the vault of Heaven.
Page 377 - » In all the dewy landscapes of the Spring, In the bright eye of Hesper, or the morn, In Nature's fairest forms, is aught so fair As virtuous friendship ? as the candid blush Of him who strives with fortune to be just ? The graceful tear that streams for others...