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... spirit , and he readily merged paternal patriotism in the greater call to partake the dangers and the glories of the new competition about to arise from the crash of feudalism . It was very different with the old patriot of the island ...
... spirit , and he readily merged paternal patriotism in the greater call to partake the dangers and the glories of the new competition about to arise from the crash of feudalism . It was very different with the old patriot of the island ...
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... spirit fired with genius and ambition ; and such was his exercise of scientific skill , combined with a personal heroism remarkable even in those days of matchless daring , that on the eighteenth day from unmasking his batteries , he ...
... spirit fired with genius and ambition ; and such was his exercise of scientific skill , combined with a personal heroism remarkable even in those days of matchless daring , that on the eighteenth day from unmasking his batteries , he ...
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... spirit , and he readily merged paternal patriotism in the greater call to partake the dangers and the glories of the new competition about to arise from the crash of feudalism . It was very different with the old patriot of the island ...
... spirit , and he readily merged paternal patriotism in the greater call to partake the dangers and the glories of the new competition about to arise from the crash of feudalism . It was very different with the old patriot of the island ...
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... spirit fired with genius and ambition ; and such was his exercise of scientific skill , combined with a personal heroism remarkable even in those days of matchless daring , that on the eighteenth day from unmasking his batteries , he ...
... spirit fired with genius and ambition ; and such was his exercise of scientific skill , combined with a personal heroism remarkable even in those days of matchless daring , that on the eighteenth day from unmasking his batteries , he ...
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... perfidious deed by facilitating that personage's escape from the vengeance of the Convention after the event of the 1st Prairial ( 20th May 1795 ) . galling and deplorable ; since to his impetuous spirit the 7 THE BONAPARTE FAMILY .
... perfidious deed by facilitating that personage's escape from the vengeance of the Convention after the event of the 1st Prairial ( 20th May 1795 ) . galling and deplorable ; since to his impetuous spirit the 7 THE BONAPARTE FAMILY .
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Сторінка 31 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Сторінка 31 - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees: Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
Сторінка 4 - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things ; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself...
Сторінка 4 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho...
Сторінка 9 - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
Сторінка 31 - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
Сторінка 23 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Сторінка 3 - A gentle answer did the old Man make, In courteous speech which forth he slowly drew: And him with further words I thus bespake, 'What occupation do you there pursue ? This is a lonesome place for one like you.
Сторінка 31 - My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped : When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "If Lucy should be dead!