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... voice which seemed to give permission had pro- ceeded from the young wag himself . In maturer years Cullen could not only mimic any voice or mode of speech , but enter so thoroughly into the na'ure of any man , that he could supply ...
... voice which seemed to give permission had pro- ceeded from the young wag himself . In maturer years Cullen could not only mimic any voice or mode of speech , but enter so thoroughly into the na'ure of any man , that he could supply ...
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... voice which seemed to give permission had pro- ceeded from the young wag himself . On He In maturer years Cullen could not only mimic any voice or mode of speech , but enter so thoroughly into the na'ure of any man , that he could s ipp ...
... voice which seemed to give permission had pro- ceeded from the young wag himself . On He In maturer years Cullen could not only mimic any voice or mode of speech , but enter so thoroughly into the na'ure of any man , that he could s ipp ...
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... voice and presence . The President , Sir James Dalrymple , af- terwards Viscount Stair , an illustrious name in the annals of Scotish Jurisprudence , we regret to admit , lent himself to • A Moral Discourse on the Power of Interest , by ...
... voice and presence . The President , Sir James Dalrymple , af- terwards Viscount Stair , an illustrious name in the annals of Scotish Jurisprudence , we regret to admit , lent himself to • A Moral Discourse on the Power of Interest , by ...
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... voice like a tinkler , Charles Hope , Esq . now Lord President of the Court of Session . † This gentleman obtained the office of King's Printer , besides the easy ap- pointment of Keeper of the State Paper Office . He died some years ...
... voice like a tinkler , Charles Hope , Esq . now Lord President of the Court of Session . † This gentleman obtained the office of King's Printer , besides the easy ap- pointment of Keeper of the State Paper Office . He died some years ...
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... voice struck the young gentleman , and his astonishment and con- fusion may be imagined when he beheld his master . In place of scolding him , the old gentleman contented himself with using the very powerful weapon of ridicule , and ...
... voice struck the young gentleman , and his astonishment and con- fusion may be imagined when he beheld his master . In place of scolding him , the old gentleman contented himself with using the very powerful weapon of ridicule , and ...
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Page 51 - One morn I missed him on the customed hill, Along the heath and near his favorite tree; Another came; nor yet beside the rill, Nor up the lawn, nor at the wood was he; "The next with dirges due in sad array Slow through the churchway path we saw him borne. Approach and read (for thou canst read) the lay, Graved on the stone beneath yon aged thorn.
Page 52 - He gained from heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend. No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 54 - Full many a gem of purest ray serene The dark unfathom'd caves of ocean bear : Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. Some village- Hampden, that, with dauntless breast, The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 48 - The breezy call of incense-breathing morn, The swallow twittering from the straw-built shed, The cock's shrill clarion, or the echoing horn, No more shall rouse them from their lowly bed. For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn, Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 50 - Forbade to wade through slaughter to a throne. And shut the gates of mercy on mankind, The struggling pangs of conscious truth to hide, To quench the blushes of ingenuous shame, Or heap the shrine of Luxury and Pride With incense kindled at the Muse's flame.
Page 69 - Shall I bid him go, ; , and spare not?" Clo. "O no, no, no, no, you dare not." 121 Sir To. Out o' tune, sir: ye lie. Art any more than a steward? Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale? Clo. Yes, by Saint Anne, and ginger shall be hot i
Page 51 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Page 48 - How long didst thou think that his silence was slumber ? When the wind waved his garment, how oft didst thou start '.' How many long days and long weeks didst thou number, Ere he faded before thee, the friend of thy heart?
Page 48 - I CLIMBED the dark brow of the mighty Helvellyn, Lakes and mountains beneath me gleamed misty and wide : All was still, save, by fits, when the eagle was yelling, And starting around me the echoes replied.