Wolfert's Roost and Other Papers, Now First CollectedG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1884 |
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173. oldal
... Louis XIV . , and his relig- ious persecutions of whole classes of the most in- dustrious of his subjects , had exhausted his treas- ury , and overwhelmed the nation with debt . The old monarch clung to his selfish magnificence , and ...
... Louis XIV . , and his relig- ious persecutions of whole classes of the most in- dustrious of his subjects , had exhausted his treas- ury , and overwhelmed the nation with debt . The old monarch clung to his selfish magnificence , and ...
174. oldal
... Louis XIV . , detested all innovations , especially those which came from a rival nation : the project of a bank , therefore , was utterly rejected . Law remained for a while in Paris , leading a gay and affluent existence , owing to ...
... Louis XIV . , detested all innovations , especially those which came from a rival nation : the project of a bank , therefore , was utterly rejected . Law remained for a while in Paris , leading a gay and affluent existence , owing to ...
175. oldal
... Louis XIV . was dead . Louis XV . was a mere child , and during his minority the Duke of Orleans held the reins of government as Re- gent . Law had at length found his man . The Duke of Orleans has been differently represented by ...
... Louis XIV . was dead . Louis XV . was a mere child , and during his minority the Duke of Orleans held the reins of government as Re- gent . Law had at length found his man . The Duke of Orleans has been differently represented by ...
177. oldal
... Louis XIV . , now gave way to every kind of debauchery . With these men the Regent used to shut himself up , after the hours of business , and excluding all graver per- sons and graver concerns , celebrate the most drunken and ...
... Louis XIV . , now gave way to every kind of debauchery . With these men the Regent used to shut himself up , after the hours of business , and excluding all graver per- sons and graver concerns , celebrate the most drunken and ...
180. oldal
... Louis XIV . As the bills of the bank bore an interest , and as it was stipulated they would be of invari- able value , and as hints had been artfully circu- lated that the coin would experience successive diminution , everybody hastened ...
... Louis XIV . As the bills of the bank bore an interest , and as it was stipulated they would be of invari- able value , and as hints had been artfully circu- lated that the coin would experience successive diminution , everybody hastened ...
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384. oldal - Knowledge before — a discovery that there are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in our philosophy.
35. oldal - Sweet bird ! thy bower is ever green, Thy sky is ever clear ; Thou hast no sorrow in thy song, No winter in thy year...
34. oldal - But in this genial interval, nature is in all her freshness and fragrance ; " the rains are over and gone, the flowers appear upon the earth, the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is heard in the land.
37. oldal - Does he take warning and reform? Alas ! not he. Incorrigible epicure ! again he wings his flight. The rice swamps of the south invite him. He gorges himself among them almost to bursting; he can scarcely fly for corpulency. He has once more changed his name, and is now the famous rice-bird of the Carolinas. Last stage of his career: behold him spitted, with dozens of his corpulent companions, and served up, a vaunted dish, on the table of some southern gastronome.
58. oldal - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
124. oldal - I' the commonwealth I would by contraries Execute all things ; for no kind of traffic Would I admit ; no name of magistrate ; Letters should not be known ; riches, poverty, And use of service, none ; contract, succession, Bourn, bound of land, tilth, vineyard, none ; No use of metal, corn, or wine, or oil ; No occupation ; all men idle, all ; And women too, — but innocent and pure ; No sovereignty, — Seb.
327. oldal - No cruel enemy to dread ; nothing to give them disquietude, but the gradual encroachments of the white people. Thus contented and undisturbed, they appear as blithe and free as the birds of the air, and like them as volatile and active, tuneful and vociferous. The visage, action, and deportment of the...
374. oldal - Looking tranquillity ! it strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart.
124. oldal - Treason, felony, Sword, pike, knife, gun, or need of any engine Would I not have ; but nature should bring forth Of its own kind, all foison, all abundance, To feed my innocent people.
386. oldal - full of noises, Sounds, and sweet airs, that give delight, and hurt not.