The Letters of the British SpyJ. & J. Harper, 1899 - 260 sider |
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... believe , fallen into disuse , at least in America . This was " capping verses , " as it is called , —a sort of game of the memory to which we suspect the orators of St. Stephen's chapel are as much indebted for the quotations from the ...
... believe , fallen into disuse , at least in America . This was " capping verses , " as it is called , —a sort of game of the memory to which we suspect the orators of St. Stephen's chapel are as much indebted for the quotations from the ...
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... him , was then alloyed by some impetuousness of manner . It arose , we believe , chiefly out of his own diffidence , a feel- ing which often makes the expression turbid , and gives an air of vehemence to what is only WILLIAM WIRT . 35.
... him , was then alloyed by some impetuousness of manner . It arose , we believe , chiefly out of his own diffidence , a feel- ing which often makes the expression turbid , and gives an air of vehemence to what is only WILLIAM WIRT . 35.
Side 42
... believe , to diverting his chagrin by change of scene , his friends urged him to allow himself to be nomi- nated in the next election of Clerk of the House of Delegates . This was pressed also by several members of influence in the ...
... believe , to diverting his chagrin by change of scene , his friends urged him to allow himself to be nomi- nated in the next election of Clerk of the House of Delegates . This was pressed also by several members of influence in the ...
Side 45
... to him till the very moment before the election came on in the House of Delegates , and his first notice of it , we believe , was his being requested by his friends to withdraw till the nomination should be WILLIAM WIRT . 45.
... to him till the very moment before the election came on in the House of Delegates , and his first notice of it , we believe , was his being requested by his friends to withdraw till the nomination should be WILLIAM WIRT . 45.
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... believe it was chiefly owing to the influence of this gentleman , then already emi- nent in the profession which he adorns , that Mr. Wirt abandoned his design of going to the west , and went , in the winter of 1803-4 , to reside at ...
... believe it was chiefly owing to the influence of this gentleman , then already emi- nent in the profession which he adorns , that Mr. Wirt abandoned his design of going to the west , and went , in the winter of 1803-4 , to reside at ...
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Side 220 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene, The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear: Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village Hampden that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood; Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Side 200 - This grew speedily to an excess ; for men began to hunt more after words than matter, and more after the choiceness of the phrase, and the round and clean composition of the sentence, and the sweet falling of the clauses, and the varying and illustration of their works with tropes and figures, than after the weight of matter, worth of subject, soundness of argument, life of invention, or depth of judgment.
Side 187 - Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives.
Side 220 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire, Hands that the rod of empire might have...
Side 194 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood; (Loose his beard and hoary hair Streamed like a meteor to the troubled air...
Side 250 - Evidence of the Truth of the Christian Religion derived from the Literal Fulfilment of Prophecy, particularly as Illustrated by the History of the Jews, and the Discoveries of Recent Travellers.
Side 250 - Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of his Shipwreck, and consequent Discovery of certain Islands in the Caribbean Sea.
Side 73 - ... objects of science and taste, so classed and arranged as to produce their finest effect. On one side, specimens of sculpture set out, in such order, as to exhibit at a coup...
Side 83 - ... we find her shivering at midnight on the winter banks of the Ohio and mingling her tears with the torrents that froze as they fell.