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... possessed , and from thence to attack and with consummate ability . Marmont's object , was break our line ; or at all events , to render difficult evidently to cut off the allies from their commu any movement of ours to our right ...
... possessed , and from thence to attack and with consummate ability . Marmont's object , was break our line ; or at all events , to render difficult evidently to cut off the allies from their commu any movement of ours to our right ...
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... possessed altogether thirty - seven colleges , and flourished till the Netherlands fell into the hands of the French , who suppressed it , and converted the building into an hospital for invalids . By an edict , however , of William the ...
... possessed altogether thirty - seven colleges , and flourished till the Netherlands fell into the hands of the French , who suppressed it , and converted the building into an hospital for invalids . By an edict , however , of William the ...
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... possessed the art of gaining the confidence and good - will of the natives , who worked with cheerfulness for him ; and a singular circumstance forwarded his views . An old negress , who was a native , but had been carried a slave to ...
... possessed the art of gaining the confidence and good - will of the natives , who worked with cheerfulness for him ; and a singular circumstance forwarded his views . An old negress , who was a native , but had been carried a slave to ...
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THE HALIFAX GIBBET - LAW . A SINGULAR power was possessed by the Lord of the manor of Halifax , in Yorkshire , from time immemo- rial to the year 1650 , for the trial and execution of any felon taken within the Forest of Hardwiok . This ...
THE HALIFAX GIBBET - LAW . A SINGULAR power was possessed by the Lord of the manor of Halifax , in Yorkshire , from time immemo- rial to the year 1650 , for the trial and execution of any felon taken within the Forest of Hardwiok . This ...
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... possessed of 45,5001 . stock , by dis- posing of which when it bore an extremely advanced price , he realized a considerable sum . If it hould seem to detract from the character of this be evolent man , that he trafficked in sailors ...
... possessed of 45,5001 . stock , by dis- posing of which when it bore an extremely advanced price , he realized a considerable sum . If it hould seem to detract from the character of this be evolent man , that he trafficked in sailors ...
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Page 82 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To. abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Page 14 - Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Page 110 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Page 157 - He sendeth the springs into the valleys, which run among the hills. They give drink to every beast of the field : the wild asses quench their thirst. By them shall the fowls of the heaven have their habitation, which sing among the branches.
Page 27 - Mercurius Rusticus ; or, The Countries Complaint of the Barbarous Out-rages committed by the Sectaries of this late flourishing Kingdom.
Page 6 - At sea everything that breaks the monotony of the surrounding expanse attracts attention. It proved to be the mast of a ship that must have been completely wrecked ; for there were the remains of handkerchiefs, by which some of the crew had fastened themselves to this spar to prevent their being washed off by the waves. There was no trace by which the name of the ship could be ascertained. The wreck had evidently drifted about for many months ; clusters of...
Page 90 - Those who quit their proper character, to assume what does not belong to them, are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave, and of the character they assume.
Page 171 - O Caledonia! stern and wild, Meet nurse for a poetic child ! Land of brown heath and shaggy wood, Land of the mountain and the flood...
Page 44 - But this is excellently expressed, that it is in imagination, and not always in fact. For certainly great riches have sold more men than they have bought out. Seek not proud riches, but such as thou mayest get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
Page 61 - The naked negro, panting at the line. Boasts of his golden sands, and palmy wine; Basks in the glare, or stems the tepid wave, And thanks his gods for all the good they gave.