The Echo: With Other PoemsPrinted at the Porcupine Press by Pasquin Petronius, 1807 - 331 σελίδες Anthology of poems by the Hartford Wits that had appeared in the American Mercury magazine from 1791 to 1805. The primary contributors were Richard Alsop and Theodore Dwight. Other contributors included Lemuel Hopkins, H.H. Brackenridge (on the Indian War), Mason Cogswell, William Trumbull, Elihu Hubbard Smith. |
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... light . " dele period . 18 after " so " insert period . 27 3 26 29981185 |||| * 58 *** 88 8 1 for " waistcoat's " read waistcoate . " bid " read bade . 66 system " read system's . " Beholds " read Behold . Note , line 3 for " a " read ...
... light . " dele period . 18 after " so " insert period . 27 3 26 29981185 |||| * 58 *** 88 8 1 for " waistcoat's " read waistcoate . " bid " read bade . 66 system " read system's . " Beholds " read Behold . Note , line 3 for " a " read ...
Σελίδα 4
... light , In all its native glories glowing bright , The next adorn'd with less refulgent rays , But borrowing lustre from its brother's blaze ; Shone a bright reflex of those colours gay That deck'd with light creation's primal day ...
... light , In all its native glories glowing bright , The next adorn'd with less refulgent rays , But borrowing lustre from its brother's blaze ; Shone a bright reflex of those colours gay That deck'd with light creation's primal day ...
Σελίδα 6
... light of the divinity , within him , and in that moment he becomes a slave . How dare the worms of the dust thus trample upon the sacred rights of each other ? " HARTFORD , OCTOBER 3 , 1791 . " With strange astonishment our eyes behold ...
... light of the divinity , within him , and in that moment he becomes a slave . How dare the worms of the dust thus trample upon the sacred rights of each other ? " HARTFORD , OCTOBER 3 , 1791 . " With strange astonishment our eyes behold ...
Σελίδα 9
... light He sinks a recreant slave in tenfold night- How dare these worms , ordain'd the ground to crawl , And on their bellies in the dust to sprawl , Mount up , like man , erect on hinder feet , And kick the shins of every worm they meet ...
... light He sinks a recreant slave in tenfold night- How dare these worms , ordain'd the ground to crawl , And on their bellies in the dust to sprawl , Mount up , like man , erect on hinder feet , And kick the shins of every worm they meet ...
Σελίδα 12
... light displays , Undeck'd with bombast's meretricious blaze ; Where wax - work Belles assail the wond'ring heart , And Bowen's Indians make the Ladies start- And mighty Achish , leader of the state , By gouts untroubled , rules the ...
... light displays , Undeck'd with bombast's meretricious blaze ; Where wax - work Belles assail the wond'ring heart , And Bowen's Indians make the Ladies start- And mighty Achish , leader of the state , By gouts untroubled , rules the ...
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American Mercury appear'd bade band Behold Ben Austin beneath blest blood bosom BRACKENRIDGE brave Christopher Love Congress Connecticut Connecticut Courant Cornplanter dare dark Democrats dire dread e'en e'er Echo eyes Faction's fame fate fear Fed'ralists feel fill'd fire foes freedom French friends Gallia's genius Gentlemen grace Guillotina hand HARTFORD head heart heaven History of Connecticut honour hope human Indian Jacobins John Woods king land late laws length Liberty light loud Matthew Lyon mighty mind nation ne'er never New-York night o'er patriot peace plain race rejoice renegadoes Resolv'd roar round Samuel Adams sans-culotte savage scarce scene Shawanese shore Sir William Johnson skies smiles song sons soul sound spirit spread storm strain sway thee thing thou thought throng thunder toil tongue town Treaty tribes truth vex'd vile Virginia voice wild wond'rous
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Σελίδα 162 - I know that the acquisition of Louisiana has been disapproved by some, from a candid apprehension that the enlargement of our territory would endanger its union. But who can limit the extent to which the federative principle may operate effectively?
Σελίδα 163 - These persons inculcate a sanctimonious reverence for the customs of their ancestors ; that whatsoever they did must be done through all time ; that reason is a false guide, and to advance under its counsel in their physical, moral, or political condition, is perilous innovation ; that their duty is to remain as the Creator made them — ignorance being safety, and knowledge full of danger.
Σελίδα 165 - Contemplating the union of sentiment now manifested so generally as auguring harmony and happiness to our future course, I offer to our country sincere congratulations. With those, too, not yet rallied to the same point the disposition to do so is gaining strength; facts are piercing through the veil drawn over them, and our doubting brethren will at length see that the mass of their...
Σελίδα 322 - ... passing through the town unusually clamorous. The inhabitants were equally perplexed and frightened : some expected to find an army of French and Indians; others feared an earthquake, and dissolution of Nature. The consternation was universal. Old and young, male and female, fled naked from their beds, with worse shriekings than those of the frogs.
Σελίδα 165 - ... let us cherish them with patient affection; let us do them justice, and more than justice, in all competitions of interest; and we need not doubt that truth, reason, and their own interests, will at length prevail, will gather them into the fold of their country, and will complete their entire union of opinion, which gives to a nation the blessing of harmony, and the benefit of all its strength.
Σελίδα 164 - ... they too have their anti-philosophers, who find an interest in keeping things in their present state, who dread reformation, and exert all their faculties to maintain the ascendency of habit over the duty of improving our reason and obeying its mandates.
Σελίδα 145 - My system for the attainment of this object has uniformly been, to overlook all personal, local, and partial considerations ; to contemplate the United States as one great whole ; to confide that sudden impressions, when erroneous, would yield to candid reflection ; and to consult only the substantial and permanent interests of our country.
Σελίδα 321 - July, 1758, the frogs of an artificial pond three miles square, and about five miles from Windham, finding the water dried up, left the place in a body, and marched, or rather hopped, towards Winnomantic River. They were under the necessity of taking the road and going through the town, which they entered about midnight.
Σελίδα 162 - ... conduct myself as may best satisfy their just expectations. On taking this station, on a former occasion, I declared the principles on which I believed it my duty to administer the affairs of our commonwealth. My conscience tells me I have, on every occasion, acted up to that declaration, according to its obvious import, and to the understanding of every candid mind.
Σελίδα 163 - But the endeavors to enlighten them on the fate which awaits their present course of life, to induce them to exercise their reason, follow its dictates, and change their pursuits with the change of circumstances, have powerful obstacles to encounter.