The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of MadridT. and J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-street, 1804 - 394 σελίδες |
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... peace - invocation to peace - address to the armies on the happiness to be expected from it - invitation for them to settle in the western country — its beauties and advantages de- scribed - enjoyments resulting from the friendship of ...
... peace - invocation to peace - address to the armies on the happiness to be expected from it - invitation for them to settle in the western country — its beauties and advantages de- scribed - enjoyments resulting from the friendship of ...
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... peace appears so near , Weep the third stroke that cuts a life so dear ; That blots the prospect of our rising morn , And leaves thy country , as thy sire , forlorn ? Companions lov'd ! long as the life - blood flows , Or vital warmth ...
... peace appears so near , Weep the third stroke that cuts a life so dear ; That blots the prospect of our rising morn , And leaves thy country , as thy sire , forlorn ? Companions lov'd ! long as the life - blood flows , Or vital warmth ...
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... peace : The martial clarion shall be heard no more , Nor the loud cannon's desolating roar : No more our heroes pour the purple flood , No corse be seen with garments roll'd in blood ; No shivering wretch shall roam without a shed ; No ...
... peace : The martial clarion shall be heard no more , Nor the loud cannon's desolating roar : No more our heroes pour the purple flood , No corse be seen with garments roll'd in blood ; No shivering wretch shall roam without a shed ; No ...
Σελίδα 17
... charms are added , and superior grace . Then cities rise , and spiry towns increase , With gilded domes , and every art of peace . 430 D Then Cultivation shall extend his pow'r , Rear the green UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . 17.
... charms are added , and superior grace . Then cities rise , and spiry towns increase , With gilded domes , and every art of peace . 430 D Then Cultivation shall extend his pow'r , Rear the green UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . 17.
Σελίδα 26
... peace - dissolution of the army - General Washington's farewell advice and retirement - apostrophe to him — the hap- piness of the Americans considered as a free and agricultural people - articles which contribute to their felicity ...
... peace - dissolution of the army - General Washington's farewell advice and retirement - apostrophe to him — the hap- piness of the Americans considered as a free and agricultural people - articles which contribute to their felicity ...
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Σελίδα 203 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Σελίδα 205 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Σελίδα 207 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain ; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Σελίδα 301 - The royal band now ready stand, All ranged in dread array, sir, With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded ; The distant woods, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded.
Σελίδα 203 - Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Σελίδα 300 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Σελίδα 209 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Σελίδα iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Σελίδα 302 - A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. " Such feats did they perform that day Against these wicked kegs, sir, That, years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sir.
Σελίδα 205 - Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...