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... Dead Horse , 43. Biographical Anecdotes , 44. The Revenge of a Great Soul , 45. Death of Prince William , 48. Naval Action , 49. Damon and Pythias , 50. Test of Goodness , 51. The Mysterious Stranger , 52. Earthquake in Calabria , 53 ...
... Dead Horse , 43. Biographical Anecdotes , 44. The Revenge of a Great Soul , 45. Death of Prince William , 48. Naval Action , 49. Damon and Pythias , 50. Test of Goodness , 51. The Mysterious Stranger , 52. Earthquake in Calabria , 53 ...
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... dead on the spot . 9. This conduct , situated as he was , may appear to have been an act of madness , but it was doubtless the effect of sudden but sound reasoning ; for , if taken alive , he must have expected to be tortured to death ...
... dead on the spot . 9. This conduct , situated as he was , may appear to have been an act of madness , but it was doubtless the effect of sudden but sound reasoning ; for , if taken alive , he must have expected to be tortured to death ...
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... dead and wounded . Such fierce discharges of musketry produced the effect that might have been expected in a land of freemen , who saw their gal- lant brothers suddenly engaged in the strife of death . 4. Never before had the bosoms of ...
... dead and wounded . Such fierce discharges of musketry produced the effect that might have been expected in a land of freemen , who saw their gal- lant brothers suddenly engaged in the strife of death . 4. Never before had the bosoms of ...
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... dead and wounded ; and for the effect it pro- duced upon the opinions of men , in regard to the valor of the Americans , and the probable issue of the whole war . 7. Between mid - day and one o'clock , the heat being intense , all was ...
... dead and wounded ; and for the effect it pro- duced upon the opinions of men , in regard to the valor of the Americans , and the probable issue of the whole war . 7. Between mid - day and one o'clock , the heat being intense , all was ...
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... dead upon the spot . The Americans were apprehensive lest the English , availing themselves of victory , should sally out of the peninsula , and attack the head quarters at Cambridge . 27. But they contented themselves with taking ...
... dead upon the spot . The Americans were apprehensive lest the English , availing themselves of victory , should sally out of the peninsula , and attack the head quarters at Cambridge . 27. But they contented themselves with taking ...
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The National Preceptor: Or, Selections in Prose and Poetry J. (Jesse) 1798-1872 Olney No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 331 - Last noon beheld them full of lusty life, Last eve in Beauty's circle proudly gay, The midnight brought the signal-sound of strife, The morn the marshalling in arms— the day Battle's magnificently stern array!
Page 159 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 281 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 300 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Page 285 - No matter where; of comfort no man speak: Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs; Make dust our paper and with rainy eyes Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth...
Page 253 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To be, contents his natural desire, He asks no angel's wing, no seraph's fire ; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 159 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 298 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, Must give us pause: there's the respect...
Page 281 - Mr. President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be of the number of those who having eyes see not, and having ears hear not, the things which so nearly concern their temporal salvation?
Page 187 - By the struggling moonbeam's misty light, And the lantern dimly burning. No useless coffin enclosed his breast, Not in sheet nor in shroud we wound him; But he lay like a warrior taking his rest, With his martial cloak around him. Few and short were the prayers we said, And we spoke not a word of sorrow; But we steadfastly gazed on the face of the dead, And we bitterly thought of the morrow.