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... nation , his wisdom in council , and his eloquence in debate , imposed on him the arduous and responsible office of a leader , in many of the most intricate concerns of legislation . As long as the state of his health enabled him to ...
... nation , his wisdom in council , and his eloquence in debate , imposed on him the arduous and responsible office of a leader , in many of the most intricate concerns of legislation . As long as the state of his health enabled him to ...
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... nation . Rome , in her best days , would have gloried in a senate so enlightened and digni- fied ; and the states of Greece would have committed their des- tinies to a council so preeminent in patriotism and wisdom . VOL . IX . R This ...
... nation . Rome , in her best days , would have gloried in a senate so enlightened and digni- fied ; and the states of Greece would have committed their des- tinies to a council so preeminent in patriotism and wisdom . VOL . IX . R This ...
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... nation were discussed and adjusted with that sagacity and discernment , that expanded wisdom and spotless integrity , which their weight and the crisis so pressingly de- manded . The complex and mighty machine of a government calculated ...
... nation were discussed and adjusted with that sagacity and discernment , that expanded wisdom and spotless integrity , which their weight and the crisis so pressingly de- manded . The complex and mighty machine of a government calculated ...
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... nation . On the close of this session , which was the last under the auspices of the Washington administration , Mr. Ames , having previously declined standing a candidate for congress , returned to the walks of private life . But it ...
... nation . On the close of this session , which was the last under the auspices of the Washington administration , Mr. Ames , having previously declined standing a candidate for congress , returned to the walks of private life . But it ...
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... nation . His works are distinguished for a rigid adherence to antique ; the countenances , the draperies , the surrounding scenery , and all the accessories are framed on those exquisite models from which he never ventured to depart ...
... nation . His works are distinguished for a rigid adherence to antique ; the countenances , the draperies , the surrounding scenery , and all the accessories are framed on those exquisite models from which he never ventured to depart ...
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Page 57 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Page 195 - Yet are thy skies as blue, thy crags as wild; Sweet are thy groves, and verdant are thy fields, Thine olive ripe as when Minerva smiled, And still his honied...
Page 60 - Thou must be patient; we came crying hither. Thou know'st, the first time that we smell the air, We wawl, and cry: — I will preach to thee; mark me. Glo. Alack, alack the day ! Lear. When we are born, we cry, that we are come To this great stage of fools...
Page 191 - Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native Land — Good night...
Page 193 - For who would trust the seeming sighs Of wife or paramour ? Fresh feeres will dry the bright blue eyes We late saw streaming o'er. For pleasures past I do not grieve, Nor perils gathering near ; My greatest grief is that I leave No thing that claims a tear.
Page 193 - With thee, my bark, I'll swiftly go Athwart the foaming brine ; Nor care what land thou bear'st me to, So not again to mine.
Page 174 - How charming is divine philosophy ! Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 69 - The painter dead, yet still he charms the eye; While England lives, his fame can never die: But he who struts his hour upon the stage, Can scarce extend his fame for half an age; Nor pen nor pencil can the actor save, The art, and artist, share one common grave.
Page 474 - And the swallow's song in the eaves. His arms enclosed a blooming boy, Who listened, with tears of sorrow and joy, To the dangers his father had passed ; And his wife — by turns she wept and smiled, As she looked on the father of her child, Returned to her heart at last. — He wakes at the vessel's sudden roll, And the rush of waters is in his soul.