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... heart , and dispose the mind to pon- der on the brevity of life , on the imperfections and un- satisfactory nature of our enjoyments , and on the in- stability of all earthly possessions . They tell us , that " Though we wade in wealth ...
... heart , and dispose the mind to pon- der on the brevity of life , on the imperfections and un- satisfactory nature of our enjoyments , and on the in- stability of all earthly possessions . They tell us , that " Though we wade in wealth ...
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... heart felt passion more sincere ; To nobler sentiments to fire the brave , For never Briton more disdain'd a slave . Peace to thy gentle shade and endless rest , Blest in thy genius , in thy love too blest ! And blest , that timely from ...
... heart felt passion more sincere ; To nobler sentiments to fire the brave , For never Briton more disdain'd a slave . Peace to thy gentle shade and endless rest , Blest in thy genius , in thy love too blest ! And blest , that timely from ...
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... heart , Burst freely forth and shamed the mimic art . Oft on the scene with colours not her own , She painted vice and taught us what to shun : One virtuous track her real life pursu'd , That noble part was uniformly good ; Each duty ...
... heart , Burst freely forth and shamed the mimic art . Oft on the scene with colours not her own , She painted vice and taught us what to shun : One virtuous track her real life pursu'd , That noble part was uniformly good ; Each duty ...
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... heart . NATIONAL TO GEORGE N. HARDINGE , Esq . Captain of the St. Fiorenza , 36 Guns , 186 Men , Who attacked on three successive days The La - Piedmontise , 50 Guns , 566 Men , And fell near Ceylon , in the path to Victory , 8th March ...
... heart . NATIONAL TO GEORGE N. HARDINGE , Esq . Captain of the St. Fiorenza , 36 Guns , 186 Men , Who attacked on three successive days The La - Piedmontise , 50 Guns , 566 Men , And fell near Ceylon , in the path to Victory , 8th March ...
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... life and sense failed not , Until it was made known to him That the destruction of the Enemy being completed , The glory of his Country , and his own , Had attained their summit ; Then laying his hand on his brave heart , With 46.
... life and sense failed not , Until it was made known to him That the destruction of the Enemy being completed , The glory of his Country , and his own , Had attained their summit ; Then laying his hand on his brave heart , With 46.
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Page 67 - Why do we mourn departing friends Or shake at death's alarms? 'tis but the voice that Jesus sends To call them to his arms.
Page 253 - Here Reynolds is laid, and, to tell you my mind, He has not left a wiser or better behind ; His pencil was striking, resistless, and grand ; His manners were gentle, complying, and bland ; Still born to improve us in every part, His pencil our faces, his manners our heart : To coxcombs averse, yet most civilly steering, When they judged without skill, he was still hard of hearing : When they talk'd of their Raphaels, Correggios, and stuff, He shifted his trumpet,* and only took snuff.
Page 47 - HEAR what the voice from heaven proclaims, For all the pious dead, Sweet is the savour of their names, And soft their sleeping bed. 2 They die in Jesus and are bless'd ; How kind their slumbers are ! From sufferings and from sins released, And freed from every snare.
Page 215 - JLjO ! where this silent Marble weeps, A Friend, a Wife, a Mother sleeps : A Heart, within whose sacred cell The peaceful Virtues lov'd to dwell. Affection warm, and faith sincere, • And soft humanity were there.
Page 35 - The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of the City of London...
Page 246 - Immediately after leaving the King's Bench Prison, By the benefit of the Act of Insolvency, In consequence of which he registered His Kingdom of Corsica For the use of his Creditors.
Page 214 - Take, holy earth ! all that my soul holds dear : Take that best gift which Heaven so lately gave. To Bristol's fount I bore with trembling care Her faded form : she bow'd to taste the wave, And died.
Page 251 - EPITAPH ON CHARLES II. Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on, Who never said a foolish thing, Nor ever did a wise one.
Page 217 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Page 236 - Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.