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... spirit would take fire in beholding such exact mili- tary maneuvers , as are exhibited by the scientific corps ; and in the pride of his soul he would declare that a country who gave her sons such an education could never be conquered ...
... spirit would take fire in beholding such exact mili- tary maneuvers , as are exhibited by the scientific corps ; and in the pride of his soul he would declare that a country who gave her sons such an education could never be conquered ...
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... spirit of command , in a tone not altogether familiar to the ears of the surgeon in a prison , directed him to attend to that youth , and to have him removed to the hospital . - Non- sense ! replied the leech , he was sent here to die ...
... spirit of command , in a tone not altogether familiar to the ears of the surgeon in a prison , directed him to attend to that youth , and to have him removed to the hospital . - Non- sense ! replied the leech , he was sent here to die ...
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... spirit's trance : Give thy soul air , thy faculties expanse . Knock off the shackles which thy spirit bind To dust and sense , and set at large thy mind ! Then move in sympathy with God's great whole , And be , like man at first , " a ...
... spirit's trance : Give thy soul air , thy faculties expanse . Knock off the shackles which thy spirit bind To dust and sense , and set at large thy mind ! Then move in sympathy with God's great whole , And be , like man at first , " a ...
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... spirits — were much more industri- ous than they ever had been - laid up their earnings - con- tracted for materials for building a new house - and their success not only made them appear better in their own estimation , but also in ...
... spirits — were much more industri- ous than they ever had been - laid up their earnings - con- tracted for materials for building a new house - and their success not only made them appear better in their own estimation , but also in ...
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... spirit could not brook these indignities from a master , whom if he had offended , it had only been by reason of excess of zeal in his service . In a short time the once confident Toledo , sickened and died of pure dis- appointment and ...
... spirit could not brook these indignities from a master , whom if he had offended , it had only been by reason of excess of zeal in his service . In a short time the once confident Toledo , sickened and died of pure dis- appointment and ...
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Page 93 - And I have loved thee, Ocean ! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward : from a boy I wanton'd with thy breakers — they to me Were a delight ; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror — 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane — as I do here.
Page 23 - ... melancholy, which is emulation ; nor the musician's which is fantastical ; nor the courtier's, which is proud ; nor the soldier's, which is ambitious ; nor the lawyer's, which is politic ; nor the lady's, which is nice ; nor the lover's, which is all these : but it is a melancholy of mine own, compounded of many simples, extracted from many objects, and, indeed, the sundry contemplation of my travels, in which my often rumination wraps me in a most humorous sadness.
Page 105 - And weepings heard where only joy has been ; When by his children borne, and from his door Slowly departing to return no more, He rests in holy earth with them that went before. And such is Human Life ; so gliding on, It glimmers like a meteor, and is gone...
Page 176 - Thus, near the gates conferring as they drew, Argus, the dog, his ancient master knew: He not unconscious of the voice and tread, Lifts to the sound his ear, and rears his head; Bred by Ulysses, nourish'd at his board, But, ah!
Page 178 - Jove fix'd it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave takes half his worth away.
Page 189 - BREATHES there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land ! Whose heart hath ne'er within him burn'd, As home his footsteps he hath turn'd, From wandering on a foreign strand...
Page 148 - What th' unsearchable dispose Of highest Wisdom brings about, And ever best found in the close. Oft he seems to hide his face, But unexpectedly returns, And to his faithful champion hath in place Bore witness gloriously ; whence Gaza mourns, And all that band them to resist His...
Page 177 - He knew his lord; he knew and strove to meet; In vain he strove to crawl and kiss his feet; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
Page 177 - Ulysses' gate? His bulk and beauty speak no vulgar praise: If, as he seems, he was in better days, Some care his age deserves; or was he prized For worthless beauty? therefore now despised; Such dogs and men there are, mere things of state; And always cherish'd by their friends, the great.
Page 177 - Not Argus so, (Eumaeus thus rejoin'd,) But served a master of a nobler kind, Who never, never shall behold him more ! Long, long since perish'd on a distant shore ! Oh had you seen him, vigorous, bold, and young, Swift as a stag, and as a lion strong : Him no fell savage on the plain withstood, None...