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Page 91
... poor a man so far a journey from his own home . It had pleased Heaven , he said , to bless him with three sons , the finest lads in all Germany ; but hav- ing in one week lost two of them by the small - pox , and the youngest falling ...
... poor a man so far a journey from his own home . It had pleased Heaven , he said , to bless him with three sons , the finest lads in all Germany ; but hav- ing in one week lost two of them by the small - pox , and the youngest falling ...
Page 92
... poor creature , who had been a patient partner of his jour ney - that it had eaten the same bread with him all the way , and was unto him as a friend . Every body who stood about heard the poor fellow with concern - La Fleur offered him ...
... poor creature , who had been a patient partner of his jour ney - that it had eaten the same bread with him all the way , and was unto him as a friend . Every body who stood about heard the poor fellow with concern - La Fleur offered him ...
Page 95
... POOR Monk , of the order of St. Francis , came into the room to beg something for his convent . The moment I cast my eyes upon him , I was determined not to give him a single sous ; and accordingly I put my purse into my pocket ...
... POOR Monk , of the order of St. Francis , came into the room to beg something for his convent . The moment I cast my eyes upon him , I was determined not to give him a single sous ; and accordingly I put my purse into my pocket ...
Page 97
... poor as I am , continued I , pointing at my portmanteau , full cheerfully should it have been opened to you for the ransom of the un- fortunate . The monk made me a bow - But , resumed I , the unfortunate of our own country surely have ...
... poor as I am , continued I , pointing at my portmanteau , full cheerfully should it have been opened to you for the ransom of the un- fortunate . The monk made me a bow - But , resumed I , the unfortunate of our own country surely have ...
Page 99
... poor - if you can still hold your petty parliaments , and say your little speeches , and make your little motions - if you can still outrage and insult the par- liament and people of England , to what do you owe it ? To nothing but our ...
... poor - if you can still hold your petty parliaments , and say your little speeches , and make your little motions - if you can still outrage and insult the par- liament and people of England , to what do you owe it ? To nothing but our ...
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Page 205 - 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 238 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts — not so thou Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves
Page 245 - They say it was a shocking sight After the field was won; For many thousand bodies here Lay rotting in the sun; But things like that, you know, must be After a famous victory. "Great praise the Duke of Marlbro' won, And our good Prince Eugene.
Page 232 - The spirits of your fathers Shall start from every wave ! — For the deck it was their field of fame, And Ocean was their grave...
Page 218 - 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 283 - With a bare bodkin ? who would fardels bear, To grunt and sweat under a weary life, But that the dread of something after death, The undiscover'd country from whose bourn No traveller returns, puzzles the will, And makes us rather bear those ills we have Than fly to others that we know not of ? Thus conscience does make cowards of us all...
Page 253 - As awaked from the dead, And amazed he stares around. Revenge, revenge, Timotheus cries, See the Furies arise ! See the snakes that they rear, How they hiss in their hair, And the sparkles that flash from their eyes!
Page 253 - Think, O think it worth enjoying! Lovely Thais sits beside thee, Take the good the gods provide thee!
Page 250 - I'll meet the raging of the skies, But not an angry father." The boat has left a stormy land, A stormy sea before her, — When, oh ! too strong for human hand. The tempest gathered o'er her.
Page 217 - There was a sound of revelry by night, And Belgium's capital had gathered then Her Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men...