Historical and literary celebrities, selected from Chambers's papers for the people |
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10. oldal
... Society was very dissolute at this period ; she had heretofore enjoyed an intimacy with Barras which gave her great influence over him ; and as this personage had been elected one of the new directors , he was now possessed of greater ...
... Society was very dissolute at this period ; she had heretofore enjoyed an intimacy with Barras which gave her great influence over him ; and as this personage had been elected one of the new directors , he was now possessed of greater ...
15. oldal
... society ; but which it would certainly not have accepted from any hands save his alone . Yet rarely has the intoxication of power been so quick and overwhelming in its corruption of the mind and the understanding as in the instance of ...
... society ; but which it would certainly not have accepted from any hands save his alone . Yet rarely has the intoxication of power been so quick and overwhelming in its corruption of the mind and the understanding as in the instance of ...
16. oldal
... society , for her disposition was of the sweetest and most ami- able ; and her influence over him was always exercised in kind and benevolent purposes . That she had borne him no children was a subject of inconsolable regret , but he ...
... society , for her disposition was of the sweetest and most ami- able ; and her influence over him was always exercised in kind and benevolent purposes . That she had borne him no children was a subject of inconsolable regret , but he ...
27. oldal
... society of his wife and daughters . In 1832 he re- visited Europe , where he appeared under the title of the Count de Survilliers , which he had assumed from his first landing in America . Three years sub- sequently he returned to his ...
... society of his wife and daughters . In 1832 he re- visited Europe , where he appeared under the title of the Count de Survilliers , which he had assumed from his first landing in America . Three years sub- sequently he returned to his ...
31. oldal
... society of the metropolis . Before proceeding on this last expedition he had issued a preparatory work entitled ' Idées Napoleoniennes , ' in which he expounded not only his own ideas on manifold important topics , but those also of his ...
... society of the metropolis . Before proceeding on this last expedition he had issued a preparatory work entitled ' Idées Napoleoniennes , ' in which he expounded not only his own ideas on manifold important topics , but those also of his ...
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31. oldal - 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.
31. oldal - A SLUMBER did my spirit seal ; I had no human fears: She seemed a thing that could not feel The touch of earthly years. No motion has she now, no force ; She neither hears nor sees: Rolled round in earth's diurnal course, With rocks, and stones, and trees.
4. oldal - Little remains : but every hour is saved From that eternal silence, something more, A bringer of new things ; and vile it were For some three suns to store and hoard myself...
4. oldal - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down : It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides ; and tho...
9. oldal - We ask but for peace, liberty, and safety. We wish not a diminution of the prerogative, nor do we solicit the grant of any new right in our favor. Your royal authority over us, and our connection with Great Britain, we shall always carefully and zealously endeavor to support and maintain.
31. oldal - Tell them the men that placed him here Are scandals to the times — Are at a loss to find his guilt, And can't commit his crimes.
23. oldal - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
3. oldal - A gentle answer did the old Man make, In courteous speech which forth he slowly drew: And him with further words I thus bespake, 'What occupation do you there pursue ? This is a lonesome place for one like you.
31. oldal - My horse moved on; hoof after hoof He raised, and never stopped : When down behind the cottage roof, At once, the bright moon dropped. What fond and wayward thoughts will slide Into a lover's head! "O mercy!" to myself I cried, "If Lucy should be dead!