The SavageT.S. Manning, 1810 - 312 pages |
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... opinions . How indelible are the impressions we receive in child- hood ! Fifty summers have browned my visage , and fifty winters have furrowed my cheek ; yet still the maxims of Oconi - mico are deeply engraven on the tablets of my ...
... opinions . How indelible are the impressions we receive in child- hood ! Fifty summers have browned my visage , and fifty winters have furrowed my cheek ; yet still the maxims of Oconi - mico are deeply engraven on the tablets of my ...
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John Robinson, Piomingo. What shall we say , when we hear the various opinions of men on these subjects ? What shall we do , but mourn over the folly , the imbecility , the insanity of man ! Desire of distinction . The desire of ...
John Robinson, Piomingo. What shall we say , when we hear the various opinions of men on these subjects ? What shall we do , but mourn over the folly , the imbecility , the insanity of man ! Desire of distinction . The desire of ...
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... opinions of the world . The vain man values himself for his personal qualifications , as long as they continue fashionable ; but the moment they cease to be admired by others , they sink also in his own estimation . Little Vapid is one ...
... opinions of the world . The vain man values himself for his personal qualifications , as long as they continue fashionable ; but the moment they cease to be admired by others , they sink also in his own estimation . Little Vapid is one ...
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... Whip , Mr. Soot , and Mr. Wheelbarrow . There is considerable ingenuity displayed in the reasonings of K ; but we are not disposed to propagate such opinions . THE SAVAGE — NO . IV . RECOLLECTIONS OF YOUTH 36 THE SAVAGE .
... Whip , Mr. Soot , and Mr. Wheelbarrow . There is considerable ingenuity displayed in the reasonings of K ; but we are not disposed to propagate such opinions . THE SAVAGE — NO . IV . RECOLLECTIONS OF YOUTH 36 THE SAVAGE .
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... opinion of Aristotle been so very explicit on this point , the author had it in contemplation to have written an epic poem without be- ginning , middle , or end ; but it is always safer , in affairs of such consequence , to follow the ...
... opinion of Aristotle been so very explicit on this point , the author had it in contemplation to have written an epic poem without be- ginning , middle , or end ; but it is always safer , in affairs of such consequence , to follow the ...
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Page 289 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Page 78 - There were giants in the earth in those days; and also after that, when the sons of God came in unto the daughters of men, and they bare children to them, the same became mighty men that were of old, men of renown.
Page 10 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Page 156 - Why, what should be the fear ? I do not set my life at a pin's fee ; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself ? It waves me forth again : I'll follow it.
Page 202 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Page 225 - The one seemed woman to the waist, and fair, But ended foul in many a scaly fold Voluminous and vast, a serpent armed With mortal sting.
Page 301 - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep: All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Beth day and night.
Page 217 - For pronunciation the best general rule is, to consider those as the most elegant speakers who deviate least from the written words.