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... Glory and Wisdom of The Importance of Order in the Distribution of our Time Blair 331 INTRODUCTION . AN is designed for action . Na- ture. Ode on the Passions .... Ossian's Address to the Sun ... Collins 256 203 Paper .... ..Franklin 325 ...
... Glory and Wisdom of The Importance of Order in the Distribution of our Time Blair 331 INTRODUCTION . AN is designed for action . Na- ture. Ode on the Passions .... Ossian's Address to the Sun ... Collins 256 203 Paper .... ..Franklin 325 ...
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... glory lead but to the grave . Bphc X. q a a R2 shf n Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , rL1 veq w If mem❜ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise , vhf p- L2 sec q Where , thro ' the long - drawn aisle , and fretted vault , a ...
... glory lead but to the grave . Bphc X. q a a R2 shf n Nor you , ye proud , impute to these the fault , rL1 veq w If mem❜ry o'er their tomb no trophies raise , vhf p- L2 sec q Where , thro ' the long - drawn aisle , and fretted vault , a ...
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... glory . The gesture on lead , is the pre- paration for that which descends to the word grave , on which falls the emphatic and terminating gesture . The advance , noted in this line , aR2 , for the step , combines with the descending ...
... glory . The gesture on lead , is the pre- paration for that which descends to the word grave , on which falls the emphatic and terminating gesture . The advance , noted in this line , aR2 , for the step , combines with the descending ...
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... glory not phf d ihf- extenuated wherein he was vef sp- worthy ; nor his offences enforced , for which he suffered phf st - death . n B - ikb shc - F shc — shb Here comes his body , mourned by Mark TR1 shf - R Antony , who , though he ...
... glory not phf d ihf- extenuated wherein he was vef sp- worthy ; nor his offences enforced , for which he suffered phf st - death . n B - ikb shc - F shc — shb Here comes his body , mourned by Mark TR1 shf - R Antony , who , though he ...
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... glory ! FB phf U B veq sp Helpless immortal ! idf n- U A worm ! a Ꮴ B br vef sp God ! d B sdf n a frail child of dust !夺 D idf- ― U veq w- insect infinite ! B shf sh I tremble at myself , And in myself am lost . UFst - R vef - br At ...
... glory ! FB phf U B veq sp Helpless immortal ! idf n- U A worm ! a Ꮴ B br vef sp God ! d B sdf n a frail child of dust !夺 D idf- ― U veq w- insect infinite ! B shf sh I tremble at myself , And in myself am lost . UFst - R vef - br At ...
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Page 332 - Eske river, where ford there was none ; But, ere he alighted at Netherby gate, The bride had consented, the gallant came late : For a laggard in love, and a dastard in war, Was to wed the fair Ellen of brave Lochinvar. So boldly he...
Page 238 - Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall, And breathless darkness, and the narrow house, Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart — Go forth, under the open sky, and list To nature's teachings, while from all around — Earth and her waters, and the depths of air — Comes a still voice...
Page 314 - Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders, This many summers in a sea of glory; But far beyond my depth : my high-blown pride At length broke under me ; and now has left me, Weary, and old with service, to the mercy Of a rude stream, that must for ever hide me.
Page 211 - 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 249 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Page 177 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 324 - Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there ! She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light ; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle-bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land...
Page 255 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation ? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled that force must be called in to win back our love?
Page 239 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings, — yet the dead are there: And millions in those solitudes, since first The flight of years began, have laid them down In their last sleep, — the dead reign there alone.
Page 275 - He looks abroad into the varied field Of nature, and though poor, perhaps, compared With those whose mansions glitter in his sight, Calls the delightful scenery all his own. His are the mountains, and the valleys his, And the resplendent rivers. His to' enjoy With a propriety that none can feel, But who, with filial confidence inspired. Can lift to Heaven an unpresumptuous eye, And smiling say —