Memoir of Colonel Henry Lee: With Selections from His Writings and Speeches |
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... do the work ; we look back upon him through the atmosphere of the imagination , for he was a man of striking , singular and picturesque traits , and we smile with pleasure as we call up the memory of the shrewd , witty , HIS YOUTH 9.
... do the work ; we look back upon him through the atmosphere of the imagination , for he was a man of striking , singular and picturesque traits , and we smile with pleasure as we call up the memory of the shrewd , witty , HIS YOUTH 9.
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... look so pale and ghastly ; he was standing up fighting , I believe , like a lion . The next person was Rutledge , he was fighting well , swinging round and driving his fists into his an- tagonist's face ; the next moment I saw him ...
... look so pale and ghastly ; he was standing up fighting , I believe , like a lion . The next person was Rutledge , he was fighting well , swinging round and driving his fists into his an- tagonist's face ; the next moment I saw him ...
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... says that it was when this enterprise was getting under way that he first observed that Mr. Lee was beginning to look old . CHAPTER II MATTERS THEATRICAL : FAMILY RELATIONS DURING these years 20 MEMOIR OF COLONEL HENRY LEE.
... says that it was when this enterprise was getting under way that he first observed that Mr. Lee was beginning to look old . CHAPTER II MATTERS THEATRICAL : FAMILY RELATIONS DURING these years 20 MEMOIR OF COLONEL HENRY LEE.
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... look which the surface of the earth acquires when it has been patiently worked over for generations , and when it still bears witness to its history in the relation of its towns to each other , its roads , and its local names and ...
... look which the surface of the earth acquires when it has been patiently worked over for generations , and when it still bears witness to its history in the relation of its towns to each other , its roads , and its local names and ...
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... Look at the portrait of Ellen Terry dressed as Lady Macbeth , and then think of Mrs. Siddons , or of our own Charlotte Cushman in that part . Could im- pertinence further go , unless it be Mr. Mansfield outdoing Colley Cibber with ...
... Look at the portrait of Ellen Terry dressed as Lady Macbeth , and then think of Mrs. Siddons , or of our own Charlotte Cushman in that part . Could im- pertinence further go , unless it be Mr. Mansfield outdoing Colley Cibber with ...
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Page 320 - The current, that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But, when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamel'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays With willing sport to the wild ocean.
Page 362 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 337 - The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.
Page 208 - Moses' father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?
Page 430 - O good old man ; how well in thee appears The constant service of the antique world, When service sweat for duty, not for meed...
Page 55 - It is time to be old, To take in sail: — The god of bounds, Who sets to seas a shore, Came to me in his fatal rounds, And said: "No more! No farther shoot Thy broad ambitious branches, and thy root. Fancy departs: no more invent; Contract thy firmament To compass of a tent.
Page 87 - And do you now put on your best attire? And do you now cull out a holiday? And do you now strew flowers in his way, That comes in triumph over Pompey's blood? Be gone; Run to your houses, fall upon your knees, Pray to the gods to intermit the plague That needs must light on this ingratitude.
Page 49 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 152 - It must not be; there is no power in Venice Can alter a decree established: 'Twill be recorded for a precedent, And many an error by the same example Will rush into the state; it cannot be.
Page 350 - How happy is he born and taught That serveth not another's will; Whose armor is his honest thought, And simple truth his utmost skill!