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The Poetical Works of John Trumbull, LL. D.: Containing M'Fingal, a Modern ... - Page 10
by John Trumbull - 1820
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M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos

John Trumbull - United States - 1813 - 124 pages
...committeea were ap• uitwl to tri/orfc the due observance oi' these voluntary r«sup •"ions. B2 Meanwhile our hero, as their head, In pomp the tory...Rome's grave senate did the Gaul. High o'er the rout on pulpit-stairs, Like den of thieves in house of pray'rs; ' /(That house, which, loth a rule to break,....
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M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos

John Trumbull - United States - 1816 - 162 pages
...Bohea-teas ;f * Homer's Odyssey. With winds of doctrine veer'd about, And turn'd all Whig-Committees out. Meanwhile our Hero, as their head, In pomp the tory...And now the town was summon'd, greeting, To grand p-irading of town-meeting ; ' A show, that strangers might appal, As Rome's grave senate did the Gaul...
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M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem, in Four Cantos

John Trumbull - United States - 1826 - 180 pages
...of doctrine veer'd about And turn'd all Whig-Committees out. Meanwhile our Hero,"as their head, la pomp the tory faction led, Still following, as .the...grave senate did the Gaul. High o'er the rout, on pulpit-stairs,* Like den of thieves in house of pra'yrs, (That house, which, loth a rule to break,...
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Selections from the American Poets, Issue 111

William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1840 - 328 pages
...all drinking of Bohea-teas ; With winds of doctrine veer'd about, And turn'd all Whig committees out. Meanwhile our hero, as their head, In pomp the Tory...should please, Successive on. like files of geese. WILLIAM CLIFTON. ST. JOHN HONEVWOOD. INEFFICACY OP PUNISHMENTS. WITH stronger force than fear temptations...
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The Poets and Poetry of America: With an Historical Introduction

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1842 - 638 pages
...all drinking of Bohea-teasj With winds of doctrine vecr'd about, And turn'd all Whig committees out. Meanwhile our hero, as their head, In pomp the Tory...should please, Successive on, like files of geese. EXTREME HUMANITY.s THU§ GAGT.'s arms did fortune bless With triumph, safety, and success : But merey...
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M'Fingal: A Modern Epic Poem

John Trumbull - United States - 1856 - 200 pages
...all drinking of Bohea teas;* With winds of doctrine veer'd about, And turn'd all whig committees out. Meanwhile our hero, as their head, In pomp the tory...might appal, As Rome's grave senate did the Gaul. * One of the subjects of dispute, which brought on the war, was a tax upon tea, on its importation...
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The Poets and Poetry of America

Rufus Wilmot Griswold - American poetry - 1873 - 730 pages
...all drinking of Bohca-teas ; With winds of doctrine veer'd about, And tum'd all Whig committees out. Meanwhile our hero, as their head, In pomp the Tory...faction led, Still following, as the squire should iileaw Successive on, like files of geese. EXTREME HUMANH THUS GAGE'!) arms did fortune bless With...
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New Englander and Yale Review, Volume 42

Edward Royall Tyler, William Lathrop Kingsley, George Park Fisher, Timothy Dwight - United States - 1883 - 872 pages
...town was summoned, greeting, To grand parading of town meeting, A show, that strangers might appall, As Rome's grave senate did the Gaul. * * * * High o'er the rout, on pulpit stairs, Like den of thieves in house of prayers, * * * * Stood forth the constable, and bore His staff, like...
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The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical ..., Volume 23

John Clark Ridpath - Literature - 1898 - 600 pages
...the town was summoned greeting, To grand parading of Town-Meeting; A show that strangers might appall As Rome's grave Senate did the Gaul. High o'er the rout, on pulpit stairs, Like den of thieves in house of prayers (That house which, loath a rule to break, Served heaven but...
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American Literature in the Colonial and National Periods

Lorenzo Sears - American literature - 1902 - 494 pages
...town was summoned greeting, To grand parading of town-meeting ; To show that strangers might appall, As Rome's grave senate did the Gaul. High o'er the rout, on pulpit stairs, Like den of thieves in house of prayers, (That house, which loth a rule to break, Serv'd heav'n but...
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