Cyclopaedia of American literature, by E. A. and G. L. Duyckinck, Volumen1;Volumen62 |
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... Lord 1614 , with the successe of sixe ships that went the next year , 1615 ; and the accidents befell him among the French men of warre : with the proofe of the present benefit this countrey affords : whither this present yeare , 1616 ...
... Lord 1614 , with the successe of sixe ships that went the next year , 1615 ; and the accidents befell him among the French men of warre : with the proofe of the present benefit this countrey affords : whither this present yeare , 1616 ...
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... Lord Bacon , and bears date at least as early as 1618. Strachey was three years in the Colony , 1610-12 . The motto from the Psalms shows his religious disposition and prescience , " This shall be written for the generation to come ...
... Lord Bacon , and bears date at least as early as 1618. Strachey was three years in the Colony , 1610-12 . The motto from the Psalms shows his religious disposition and prescience , " This shall be written for the generation to come ...
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... Lord's songs of praise according to his own will ; until he take us from hence , and wipe away all our tears , and bid us enter into our master's joy to sing eternal Hallelujahs . As specimens of this version we may give the following ...
... Lord's songs of praise according to his own will ; until he take us from hence , and wipe away all our tears , and bid us enter into our master's joy to sing eternal Hallelujahs . As specimens of this version we may give the following ...
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... Lord , and to my God cry'd : he did heare from his temple my voyce , my crye , before him came , unto his eare . 7. Then th ' earth shooke and quak't and moun- taines roots moov'd , and were stir'd at his ire .. 8. Up from his nostrils ...
... Lord , and to my God cry'd : he did heare from his temple my voyce , my crye , before him came , unto his eare . 7. Then th ' earth shooke and quak't and moun- taines roots moov'd , and were stir'd at his ire .. 8. Up from his nostrils ...
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... Lord ! what end or number is there of the vani- ties which mine eyes are weary of beholding ? But what seest thou ? I see men walking like the tops of trees shaken with the wind , like masts of ships reeling on the tempestuous seas ...
... Lord ! what end or number is there of the vani- ties which mine eyes are weary of beholding ? But what seest thou ? I see men walking like the tops of trees shaken with the wind , like masts of ships reeling on the tempestuous seas ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 202 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot, will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 189 - Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a people ? And the speech pleased the Lord, that Solomon had asked this thing.
Página 185 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Página 355 - Yet there happened in my time one noble speaker, who was full of gravity in his speaking. His language (where he could spare or pass by a jest) was nobly censorious. No man ever spake more neatly, more pressly, more weightily, or suffered less emptiness, less idleness, in what he uttered. No member of his speech but consisted of his own graces. His hearers could not cough, or look aside from him, without loss. He commanded where he spoke; and had his judges angry and pleased at his devotion.
Página 169 - In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of Art by Nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true : In happy climes, the seat of innocence...
Página 245 - This he had acquired by conversation with the world, for his education was merely reading, writing, and common arithmetic, to which he added surveying at a later day. His time was employed in action chiefly, reading little, and that only in agriculture and English history.
Página 109 - That not to know at large of things remote From use, obscure and subtle, but to know That which before us lies in daily life, Is the prime wisdom...
Página 112 - When I was a child of seven years old my friends, on a holiday, filled my pocket with coppers. I went directly to a shop where they sold toys for children ; and, being charmed with the sound of a whistle, that I met by the way in the hands of another boy, I voluntarily offered and gave all my money for one.
Página 389 - Come, dear bowl, Glide o'er my palate, and inspire my soul. The milk beside thee, smoking from the kine, Its substance mingled, married in with thine, Shall cool and temper thy superior heat, And save the pains of blowing while I eat.
Página 105 - 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.