The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1819 |
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Strana 5
... by Ros- seau , the very choice of his hero sufficiently proves the real ob- ject he had in view . It is the notorious Cæsar Borgia whom he • Del Principe , cap . v . holds forth as a model for princes . A short LIFE OF MACHIAVEL . 5.
... by Ros- seau , the very choice of his hero sufficiently proves the real ob- ject he had in view . It is the notorious Cæsar Borgia whom he • Del Principe , cap . v . holds forth as a model for princes . A short LIFE OF MACHIAVEL . 5.
Strana 26
... hero or even a suitable scene for a poet's eye in a fine frenzy to roll upon , it required uncommon nerves and powerful motives to publish an epic lay . We say to publish , because it will not be disputed , even by those English ...
... hero or even a suitable scene for a poet's eye in a fine frenzy to roll upon , it required uncommon nerves and powerful motives to publish an epic lay . We say to publish , because it will not be disputed , even by those English ...
Strana 27
... to " diversity of character " they find none except in that comprehensive passage where it is said of the hero , after lis emigration to the woods , that Judge , general , congressman , and half a score THE BACKWOODSMAN ; A POEM . 27.
... to " diversity of character " they find none except in that comprehensive passage where it is said of the hero , after lis emigration to the woods , that Judge , general , congressman , and half a score THE BACKWOODSMAN ; A POEM . 27.
Strana 28
... hero was in danger of starving . His industry To other's boards gave plenty through the year While he and his , at home but half supplied Shar'd all the ills that poverty betide . p . 10 . He was pinched too by another cause , for we ...
... hero was in danger of starving . His industry To other's boards gave plenty through the year While he and his , at home but half supplied Shar'd all the ills that poverty betide . p . 10 . He was pinched too by another cause , for we ...
Strana 29
... hero having conducted his " equipage " to Ohio , we hear no more of him , except some matter of course particulars about his children growing up , his own hair becoming white , his private prosperity and his public honours . Besides the ...
... hero having conducted his " equipage " to Ohio , we hear no more of him , except some matter of course particulars about his children growing up , his own hair becoming white , his private prosperity and his public honours . Besides the ...
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Strana 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Strana 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Strana 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Strana 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Strana 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Strana 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Strana 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Strana 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Strana 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Strana 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...