The Poems, Odes, Songs, and Other Metrical EffusionsAbraham Asten and Matthias Lopez, 1818 - 288 pages |
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... wish to be particularly and distinctly understood by its patrons . First - A desire to rescue from oblivion the fugitive productions of a native poet ; -productions , which , in their opinion , would have secured an English author both ...
... wish to be particularly and distinctly understood by its patrons . First - A desire to rescue from oblivion the fugitive productions of a native poet ; -productions , which , in their opinion , would have secured an English author both ...
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... wishes , At the age of fourteen , the extent of our author's acquirements was a partial knowledge of reading , writing , and arithmetic . No school was taught in the village , except during the three winter months ; and , as a mistaken ...
... wishes , At the age of fourteen , the extent of our author's acquirements was a partial knowledge of reading , writing , and arithmetic . No school was taught in the village , except during the three winter months ; and , as a mistaken ...
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... wish being at length gratified . But the good clergyman and his unfortunate pupil were both destined to be disappointed . No one came forward to aid in the benevolent design - time rolled on - and his friends began to remind him that it ...
... wish being at length gratified . But the good clergyman and his unfortunate pupil were both destined to be disappointed . No one came forward to aid in the benevolent design - time rolled on - and his friends began to remind him that it ...
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... wish shall be possess'd ; " Unfolded to his view the classic page , And all its treasures promised ripening age ; Show'd Learning's flowery path which led to Fame , Whose distant temple glitter'd with his name . Illusive all ! -the ...
... wish shall be possess'd ; " Unfolded to his view the classic page , And all its treasures promised ripening age ; Show'd Learning's flowery path which led to Fame , Whose distant temple glitter'd with his name . Illusive all ! -the ...
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... wishes one , within each breast The dove of peace shall make her nest , Nor ever from the ark remove ; Till call'd to Heav'n , through ages there Be ours the blissful lot to wear A never - fading Wreath of Love . NATURE AND THE PASSIONS ...
... wishes one , within each breast The dove of peace shall make her nest , Nor ever from the ark remove ; Till call'd to Heav'n , through ages there Be ours the blissful lot to wear A never - fading Wreath of Love . NATURE AND THE PASSIONS ...
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Page 279 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God ? Shall I come before him with burnt offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 270 - And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously ; the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 275 - Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom no man hath seen, nor can see : to whom be honour and power everlasting.
Page 276 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 277 - Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given, and the government shall be upon his. shoulders, and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, the mighty God, the everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace.
Page 274 - And I saw no temple therein: for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it. And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof.
Page 275 - If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also, and from henceforth ye know him and have seen him. . Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Shew us the Father?
Page 275 - And he said, Thou canst not see my face : for there shall no man see me, and live.
Page 186 - air^drawn dagger " nigh ; And so the prince of Denmark stared, When first his father's ghost appeared. At length our hero silence broke, .And thus in wildest accents spoke : "Cut off my whiskers ! O ye gods ! I'd sooner lose my ears, by odds ; THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH.
Page 204 - He lingered ibr some time; till, at last, he called me, one day, and, gazing on me, while a faint smile played upon his lips he said, ' He believed death was more kind than his creditors.