The Old Bachelor ...Printed at the Enquirer Press, for Thomas Ritchie & Fielding Lucas, 1814 - 235 páginas |
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... ther in my shoulder at the battle of Brandywine . This put an end to my campaigning ; for , ever since , I have been copelled to hobble on a cane and have been una- ble to lift any weight in my right hand , much heavier than my pen . My ...
... ther in my shoulder at the battle of Brandywine . This put an end to my campaigning ; for , ever since , I have been copelled to hobble on a cane and have been una- ble to lift any weight in my right hand , much heavier than my pen . My ...
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... ther . Ah ! how unavailing , how contemptible then appear- ed to me all the triumphs of the art : I called in my instruc- It was in vain ; the disease gathered strength every hour , and I saw , distinctly , the approach of death . But I ...
... ther . Ah ! how unavailing , how contemptible then appear- ed to me all the triumphs of the art : I called in my instruc- It was in vain ; the disease gathered strength every hour , and I saw , distinctly , the approach of death . But I ...
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... ther can I feel myself an alien to the world in which I live . I cannot , to save a penny , shut my door against hospitali- ty , my bosom against sociability , my heart against the brightening countenance and inspiring salute of ...
... ther can I feel myself an alien to the world in which I live . I cannot , to save a penny , shut my door against hospitali- ty , my bosom against sociability , my heart against the brightening countenance and inspiring salute of ...
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... ther states as those of my own . In the winter I have sought amusement and information by attending the de- bates of Congress ; and when this source failed , I have visited for a month or two the best theatre that I could find on the ...
... ther states as those of my own . In the winter I have sought amusement and information by attending the de- bates of Congress ; and when this source failed , I have visited for a month or two the best theatre that I could find on the ...
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... ther of those countries with ours , would give him no ground of triumph , before an impartial tribunal , on the score ei- ther of morality or of manners . As to Scotland , I should be glad to know on what quarter of the world , where a ...
... ther of those countries with ours , would give him no ground of triumph , before an impartial tribunal , on the score ei- ther of morality or of manners . As to Scotland , I should be glad to know on what quarter of the world , where a ...
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Página 205 - Be not too tame neither, but let your own discretion be your tutor: suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature...
Página 119 - Thucydides, and have studied and admired the master-states of the world— that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general Congress at Philadelphia. I trust it is obvious to your lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation must be vain, must be fatal.
Página 106 - There was no ambition of eloquence, no effort to shine, in anything which came from him. There was nothing which made any demand either upon your allegiance or your admiration. His manner was as unaffected as infancy. It was nature's self. He talked like an old patriarch ; and his plainness and simplicity put you, at once, at your ease, and gave you the full...
Página 119 - I must declare and avow, that, in the master. states of the world, I know not the people'* nor the senate, who in such a complication of difficult circumstances, can stand in preference to the Delegates of America, assembled in General Congress at Philadelphia.
Página 107 - ... or your admiration. His manner was as unaffected as infancy. It was nature's self. He talked like an old patriarch; and his plainness and simplicity put you at once at your ease, and gave you the full and free possession and use of all your faculties. His thoughts were of a character to shine by their own light, without any adventitious aid. They required only a medium of vision like his pure and simple style to exhibit, to the highest advantage, their native radiance and beauty. His cheerfulness...
Página 16 - If I attack the vicious, I shall only set upon them in a body ; and will not be provoked by the worst usage I can receive from others, to make an example of any particular criminal.
Página 89 - I wish popularity ; but it is that popularity which follows, not that which is run after ; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends by noble means.
Página 64 - To wake the soul by tender strokes of art, To raise the genius, and to mend the heart ; To make mankind, in conscious virtue bold, Live o'er each scene, and be what they behold : For this the tragic Muse first trod the stage...
Página 106 - Great as he was, both as a statesman and a philosopher, he never shone in a light more winning than when he was seen in a domestic circle. It was once my good fortune to pass two or three weeks with him, at the house of a private gentleman...