Chambers's Miscellany of Useful and Entertaining Tracts, Volume 7, Issue 60 - Volume 9, Issue 86William Chambers, Robert Chambers William and Robert Chambers, 1845 - Art |
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... head - quarters of the army at Tappan , a board of officers was summoned by Washington to consider his case . The conclusion they came to was , that André ought to be regarded as a spy , and , according to the law and usage of nations ...
... head - quarters of the army at Tappan , a board of officers was summoned by Washington to consider his case . The conclusion they came to was , that André ought to be regarded as a spy , and , according to the law and usage of nations ...
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... head of the government , if not with the title of king , at least with some other corresponding title . So strong had this convic- tion become in the army , that at length a number of the officers met , and deputed a veteran colonel to ...
... head of the government , if not with the title of king , at least with some other corresponding title . So strong had this convic- tion become in the army , that at length a number of the officers met , and deputed a veteran colonel to ...
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... head of the former party was Henderson ; the head of the latter was Jefferson . Washington personally inclined to the former ; but , as president , he made it his object to make the different elements work as har- moniously as possible ...
... head of the former party was Henderson ; the head of the latter was Jefferson . Washington personally inclined to the former ; but , as president , he made it his object to make the different elements work as har- moniously as possible ...
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... head and trunk , which are his principal organs of action and defence . Compared with the bulk of his body , the head appears small ; but not so when we take into account the weight and size of its appendages . These are pendulous ears ...
... head and trunk , which are his principal organs of action and defence . Compared with the bulk of his body , the head appears small ; but not so when we take into account the weight and size of its appendages . These are pendulous ears ...
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... head , it is inca- pable of backward and upward vision , yet this defect is remedied in a great degree by the acuteness of his hearing . Indeed all his senses are peculiarly keen , and concentrated , as it were , around the proboscis ...
... head , it is inca- pable of backward and upward vision , yet this defect is remedied in a great degree by the acuteness of his hearing . Indeed all his senses are peculiarly keen , and concentrated , as it were , around the proboscis ...
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Page 6 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Page 31 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent: Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect, in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns: To him no high, no low, no great, no small; He fills, he bounds, connects, and equals all.
Page 12 - For his was the singular destiny and merit, of leading the armies of his country successfully through an arduous war, for the establishment of its independence ; of conducting its councils through the birth of a government, new in its forms and principles, until it had settled down into a quiet and orderly train ; and of scrupulously obeying the laws through the whole of his career, civil and military, of which the history of the world furnishes no other example.
Page 2 - Let me hope, sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy and not of resentment, I shall experience the operation of these feelings in your breast, by being informed that I am not to die on a gibbet.
Page 21 - O whare will I get a skeely skipper, To sail this new ship of mine?' O up and spake an eldern knight, Sat at the King's right knee, 'Sir Patrick Spens is the best sailor That ever sailed the sea.
Page 4 - Let me conjure you, then, if you have any regard for your country, concern for yourself or posterity, or respect for me, to banish these thoughts from your mind and never communicate, as from yourself or any one else, a sentiment of the like nature.
Page 7 - I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
Page 14 - And many monstrous forms in sleep we see, That neither were, nor are, nor e'er can be. Sometimes forgotten things, long cast behind, Rush forward in the brain, and come to mind. The nurse's legends are for truths received, And the man dreams but what the boy believed.
Page 28 - Fair is the crystal hall for me With rubies and with emeralds set; And sweet the music of the sea Shall sing, when we for love are met. " How sweet to dance with gliding feet Along the level tide so green, Responsive to the cadence sweet That breathes along the moonlight scene...