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Page 181
... thou wast near , has lost its cheering ray ; The lip which breath'd affection , and on which A smile of fondest love was used to dwell ; Where thou hast oft impressed the rapt'rous kiss , Is cold and bloodless ; and the heart which ...
... thou wast near , has lost its cheering ray ; The lip which breath'd affection , and on which A smile of fondest love was used to dwell ; Where thou hast oft impressed the rapt'rous kiss , Is cold and bloodless ; and the heart which ...
Page 182
... thou woudst wish me to forget thee . Forget thee ! No. Yet I have lived to view that day , To mourn my past destructive blindness , To see now turn'd with scorn away Those eyes once filled with answering kindness . But go - farewell ...
... thou woudst wish me to forget thee . Forget thee ! No. Yet I have lived to view that day , To mourn my past destructive blindness , To see now turn'd with scorn away Those eyes once filled with answering kindness . But go - farewell ...
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... thou- sand pounds place him in the same condition of comfort and happi- ness that he enjoyed before the adultery , and which the adulterer has deprived him of ? You know that it will not . Ask your own hearts the question , and you will ...
... thou- sand pounds place him in the same condition of comfort and happi- ness that he enjoyed before the adultery , and which the adulterer has deprived him of ? You know that it will not . Ask your own hearts the question , and you will ...
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... thou hast the opportu- nity ; fly , this instant ; I command it thee as an act of duty ; but it is impossible that I should fly with thee . I have lived long enough ; my troubles will soon be finished ; and death will be deprived of its ...
... thou hast the opportu- nity ; fly , this instant ; I command it thee as an act of duty ; but it is impossible that I should fly with thee . I have lived long enough ; my troubles will soon be finished ; and death will be deprived of its ...
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... thou art seen to smile , I view my parting hour with dread . Though far from Albin's craggy shore , Divided by the dark - blue main ; A few , brief , rolling seasons o'er , Perchance I view her cliffs again : But wheresoe'er I now may ...
... thou art seen to smile , I view my parting hour with dread . Though far from Albin's craggy shore , Divided by the dark - blue main ; A few , brief , rolling seasons o'er , Perchance I view her cliffs again : But wheresoe'er I now may ...
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Page 46 - 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...
Page 201 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 383 - Thou smil'st as if thy soul were soaring To heaven, and heaven's God adoring! And who can tell what visions high May bless an infant's sleeping eye ? What brighter throne can brightness find To reign on than an infant's mind, Ere sin destroy, or error dim, The glory of the seraphim...
Page 120 - Parliament which contradicted those principles is a question which, I presume, they would not entertain a priori because they will not entertain a priori the supposition that any such will arise. In like manner this court will not let itself loose into speculations as to what would be its duty under such an emergency; because it cannot, without extreme indecency, presume that any such emergency will happen. And it is the less disposed to entertain them because its own observation and experience attest...
Page 116 - ... locally here in the belligerent country, according to the known law and practice of nations, but the law itself has no locality. It is the duty of the person who sits here to determine this question exactly as he would determine the same question if sitting at Stockholm, to assert no pretensions on the part of Great Britain which he would not allow to Sweden in the same circumstances, and to impose no duties on Sweden as a neutral country which he would not admit to belong to Great Britain in...
Page 470 - The first discovery of their being affected, was to see the white gutters made by their tears, which plentifully fell down their black cheeks, as they came out of their coal-pits. Hundreds and hundreds of them were soon brought under deep convictions, which (as the event proved) happily ended in a sound and thorough conversion.
Page 374 - Oh ! many a dream was in the ship An hour before her death ; And sights of home with sighs disturbed The sleeper's long-drawn breath.
Page 474 - After a solemn pause, Mr. Whitefield thus addressed his numerous audience ; — ' The attendant angel is just about to leave the threshold, and ascend to heaven. And shall he ascend and not bear with him the news of one sinner...
Page 117 - In my opinion, if it could be shown that, regarding mere speculative general principles, such a condemnation ought to be deemed sufficient, that would not be enough ; more must be proved ; it must be shown that it is conformable to the usage and practice of nations...
Page 384 - As ye do now, unwearied choristers, Till the land ring with joy. Yet are ye not, Sporting in tree and air, more beautiful Than the young lambs, that from the valley-side Send a soft bleating like an infant's voice, Half happy, half afraid ! O blessed things ! At sight of this your perfect innocence, The sterner thoughts of manhood melt away Into a mood as mild as woman's dreams.