The Port Folio, Volume 1Joseph Dennie, John Elihu Hall Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... wish to pass the rest of their days in tranquil obscurity . There are few or no equipages in the streets , and not many people ; and they , as well as the shops , have an air of belonging to a different age , or a different nation ...
... wish to pass the rest of their days in tranquil obscurity . There are few or no equipages in the streets , and not many people ; and they , as well as the shops , have an air of belonging to a different age , or a different nation ...
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... wishes to study an air , or any one of them who is desirous of consoling himself with some treatise of devotion , or has perhaps received a letter from a friend , for the same mode is applied to writing , turns over the paper , and ...
... wishes to study an air , or any one of them who is desirous of consoling himself with some treatise of devotion , or has perhaps received a letter from a friend , for the same mode is applied to writing , turns over the paper , and ...
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... wishes , he left the Prudent , and returned to his old ship . In the early part of 1775 , he commanded a vessel , and was very successful in bringing considerable quantities of powder into the United Colonies : but about the close of ...
... wishes , he left the Prudent , and returned to his old ship . In the early part of 1775 , he commanded a vessel , and was very successful in bringing considerable quantities of powder into the United Colonies : but about the close of ...
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... wish it to be read , studied and admired for the sake of being extolled or revered by others , as the authors of so much eloquence or wisdom . We feel unspeakable complacen- cy and satisfaction in the survey of the work . Review it ...
... wish it to be read , studied and admired for the sake of being extolled or revered by others , as the authors of so much eloquence or wisdom . We feel unspeakable complacen- cy and satisfaction in the survey of the work . Review it ...
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... wish for repose . But alas ! it is in vain . Our indefatigable bard continues to whirl us backward and forward , with the rapidity of a postboy , from " Penn's beauteous town , " to " imperial Mexic " and " Cusco's shining roofs . " At ...
... wish for repose . But alas ! it is in vain . Our indefatigable bard continues to whirl us backward and forward , with the rapidity of a postboy , from " Penn's beauteous town , " to " imperial Mexic " and " Cusco's shining roofs . " At ...
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Page 260 - Hecuba ! What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba, That he should weep for her? What would he do, Had he the motive and the cue for passion That I have?
Page 509 - These are thy glorious works, Parent of good, Almighty, thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then ! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine.
Page 136 - For in my way it lies. Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires: The eye wink at the hand; yet let that be Which the eye fears, when it is done, to see.
Page 236 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue) A curse shall light upon the limbs of men; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Page 379 - My beloved spake, and said unto me, Rise up, my love, my fair one, and come away. For, lo, the winter is past, The rain is over and gone ; The flowers appear on the earth ; The time of the singing of birds is come, And the voice of the turtle is heard in our land ; The fig tree putteth forth her green figs, And the vines with the tender grape give a good smell. Arise, my love, my fair one, and come away.
Page 304 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look, And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 110 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the, knell of my departed hours : Where are they?
Page 262 - Cannot be ill ; cannot be good : — if ill, Why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion Whose horrid image doth unfix my hair. And make my seated heart knock at my ribs, Against the use of nature...
Page 109 - Behold me then, me for him, life for life, I offer: on me let thine anger fall; Account me man ; I for his sake will leave Thy bosom, and this glory next to thee Freely put off, and for him lastly die...
Page 254 - Nor will I quit thy shore A second time; for still I seem To love thee more and more.