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our view , next , the building , and , at last of all , the fhore , which can proceed from nothing elfe but the roundness of the earth , whereby the lower objects are longer hid from the fight than those which are higher . 2. The higher ...
our view , next , the building , and , at last of all , the fhore , which can proceed from nothing elfe but the roundness of the earth , whereby the lower objects are longer hid from the fight than those which are higher . 2. The higher ...
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... last , The shadowy vapours fly before the wind , Sink into viewlefs air , " nor leave a wreck behind . " But if the raptur'd train whom heaven inspires Of glory to record each deathless meed , Tune to heroic worth their golden lyres ...
... last , The shadowy vapours fly before the wind , Sink into viewlefs air , " nor leave a wreck behind . " But if the raptur'd train whom heaven inspires Of glory to record each deathless meed , Tune to heroic worth their golden lyres ...
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... last year t , is faid to have denied himself not only the comforts , but even the neceffaries of life ; and , among other inftances of penuriousness , we learn , that , after a faithful fer- vice of feventeen years , he called in the ...
... last year t , is faid to have denied himself not only the comforts , but even the neceffaries of life ; and , among other inftances of penuriousness , we learn , that , after a faithful fer- vice of feventeen years , he called in the ...
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... last illness , and treated her with uncommon kindness . But the disease , which , dreadful to relate , is fuppofed to have pro- ceeded originally from inanition , proved mortal , and rendered all the good old lady's care ineffectual ...
... last illness , and treated her with uncommon kindness . But the disease , which , dreadful to relate , is fuppofed to have pro- ceeded originally from inanition , proved mortal , and rendered all the good old lady's care ineffectual ...
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... last war , and had mistaken him for one of Squire Dancer's fervants , he bridled up , and faid that he intended foon to become a gen- tleman himself ! " " In his miferable habitation were found fome hundred weight of wafte paper , the ...
... last war , and had mistaken him for one of Squire Dancer's fervants , he bridled up , and faid that he intended foon to become a gen- tleman himself ! " " In his miferable habitation were found fome hundred weight of wafte paper , the ...
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admiration Afhfield againſt alfo almoft alſo beauty becauſe bleffing Bushrod Washington caft caufe cauſe character circumftance confequence confiderable Daniel Dancer deceaſed defire diftinguished Dogue Creek earth Eliza eyes fafely faid fame fcene fecure feemed feen fent ferved fervice feven feveral fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft fituation fociety fome foon forrow foul fpirit ftand ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fure fweet happineſs heart hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe intereft King Kotzebue laft laſt lefs Lord Hood meaſure mind moft moſt Mount Vernon muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary o'er obferved occafion paffed paffion perfon philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffeffion prefent prifon purpoſe racter raiſed reafon refidence refpect reft rifing ſhall Sir Philip ſky ſpeak ſtate Steinfort thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion uſed vifit virtue Washington weft whofe wife
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Seite 365 - Mammon led them on, Mammon, the least erected spirit that fell From heaven ; for even in heaven his looks and thoughts Were always downward bent, admiring more The riches of heaven's pavement, trodden gold, Than aught divine or holy else enjoyed In vision beatific.
Seite 365 - Ransacked the Centre, and with impious hands Rifled the bowels of their mother Earth For treasures better hid.
Seite 11 - Had form'd the whole, and made the parts agree, That no unequal portions might be found, He moulded earth into a spacious round: Then with a breath, he gave the winds to blow; And bade the congregated waters flow.
Seite 353 - States, to which the youths of fortune and talents from all parts thereof might be sent for the completion of their education in all the branches of polite literature ; in arts and sciences, in acquiring knowledge in the principles of politics and good government...
Seite 415 - Excepting the streets and avenues and a small part of the ground adjoining the public buildings, the whole place is covered with trees. To be under the necessity of going through a deep wood for one or two miles, perhaps, in order to see a next-door neighbor, and in the same city, is a curious and, I believe, a novel circumstance.
Seite 351 - Item. — Whereas by a law of the Commonwealth of Virginia, enacted in the year 1785, the Legislature thereof was pleased, as an evidence of its approbation of the services I had rendered the public during the Revolution, and partly, I believe, in consideration of my having suggested the vast advantages which the community would derive from the extension of its inland navigation under legislative...
Seite 352 - ... to see the youth of these United States sent to foreign countries for the purpose of education, often before their minds were formed or they had imbibed any adequate ideas of the happiness of their own, contracting too frequently not only habits of dissipation and extravagance, but principles unfriendly to republican government and to the true and genuine liberties of mankind, •which thereafter are rarely overcome.
Seite 349 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. I, GEORGE WASHINGTON, of Mount Vernon, a citizen of the United States, and lately President of the same, do make, ordain, and declare this instrument, which is written with my own hand, and every page thereof subscribed with my name,« to be my last WILL and TESTAMENT, revoking all others.
Seite 350 - ... the latter, while both descriptions are in the occupancy of the same proprietor; it not being in my power, under the tenure by which the dower negroes are held, to manumit them.
Seite 18 - Aug. 1579, founded this Charity for Six poor Travellers, who not being ROGUES, or PROCTORS, May receive gratis for one Night, Lodging, Entertainment, and Four-pence each.