Analectic Magazine: Containing Selections from Foreign Reviews and Magazines, Volume 3James Maxwell, 1814 |
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... frequently differed with his party ; placing his country , and his country only , full before him , on all questions affecting its standing policy , and permanent interest . Faithful to this high vocation , he was prepared to sacrifice ...
... frequently differed with his party ; placing his country , and his country only , full before him , on all questions affecting its standing policy , and permanent interest . Faithful to this high vocation , he was prepared to sacrifice ...
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... frequent , and they entertain no fear of punishment ; our ordinary force , especially in Upper Louisiana , including the mi- litia , is not sufficient to create any alarm among them . They are ex- tremely bold in their threats ; and ...
... frequent , and they entertain no fear of punishment ; our ordinary force , especially in Upper Louisiana , including the mi- litia , is not sufficient to create any alarm among them . They are ex- tremely bold in their threats ; and ...
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... frequently the theme of his pupil's admi- ration . Dr. Rush received the degree of bachelor of arts in the autumn of 1760 , at the early age of fifteen . The next succeeding six years of his life were devoted to the study of medicine ...
... frequently the theme of his pupil's admi- ration . Dr. Rush received the degree of bachelor of arts in the autumn of 1760 , at the early age of fifteen . The next succeeding six years of his life were devoted to the study of medicine ...
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... frequently been the subject of surprise , that amidst the numerous avocations of Dr. Rush , as a practitioner and a teacher of medicine , that he found leisure for the composition and the publication of the numerous medical and literary ...
... frequently been the subject of surprise , that amidst the numerous avocations of Dr. Rush , as a practitioner and a teacher of medicine , that he found leisure for the composition and the publication of the numerous medical and literary ...
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... our species . In his last moments it was his frequent ejaculation , in reference to this subject , " I thank God I am dying in so glo rious a cause . " A circumstance , in connexion with this memoir , we LIEUTENANT AYLWIN . 59.
... our species . In his last moments it was his frequent ejaculation , in reference to this subject , " I thank God I am dying in so glo rious a cause . " A circumstance , in connexion with this memoir , we LIEUTENANT AYLWIN . 59.
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Page 246 - O' my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloom'd the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shade I clasp'd her to my bosom ! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and life Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wi' mony a vow and lock'd embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And pledging aft to meet again, We tore oursels asunder; But, Oh!
Page 257 - KNOW ye the land where the cypress and myrtle Are emblems of deeds that are done in their clime? Where the rage of the vulture, the love of the turtle, Now melt into sorrow, now madden to crime...
Page 364 - I have given suck, and know How tender 'tis to love the babe that milks me: I would, while it was smiling in my face, Have pluck'd my nipple from his boneless gums, And dash'd the brains out, had I so sworn as you Have done to this.
Page 365 - These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.
Page 363 - In thoughts from the visions of the night, when deep sleep f alleth on men, Fear came upon me, and trembling, which made all my bones to shake. Then a spirit passed before my face ; the hair of my flesh stood up : It stood still, but I could not discern the form thereof: an image was before mine eyes, there was silence, and I heard a voice...
Page 484 - O early ripe! to thy abundant store What could advancing age have added more? It might (what Nature never gives the young) Have taught the numbers of thy native tongue. But satire needs not those, and wit will shine Through the harsh cadence of a rugged line.
Page 363 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that were in the camp trembled.
Page 257 - Wax faint o'er the gardens of gul in her bloom, Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute , Where the tints of the earth , and the hues of the sky , In...
Page 247 - O pale, pale now, those rosy lips, I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly ! And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly : And mouldering now in silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary.
Page 403 - And something previous even to taste - 'tis sense: Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven: A light, which in yourself you must perceive ; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give.