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... vast vault van W wave waft wall wax y yate yarn yawl yam ye veer vex vine vill vote novel vulgar Vouch we wet wine wit Wove WOO wot won would wound yet yoke yon yule yug Z gaze czar gauze adz ch chain char zes cheer zed size zinc zone ...
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... vast difference , then , between savage and civilized nations ? Knowledge . What forms the principal difference between men , as they appear in the same society ? Knowledge . What raised Franklin from the humble station of a printer's ...
... vast difference , then , between savage and civilized nations ? Knowledge . What forms the principal difference between men , as they appear in the same society ? Knowledge . What raised Franklin from the humble station of a printer's ...
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... vast extent , sublimely great ! But here , on these gigantic mountains , here Thy greatness , glōry , wisdom , strength , and spirit , In terrible sublimity appear ! Thy awe - imposing võice is heard ; we hear it ! The Almighty's ...
... vast extent , sublimely great ! But here , on these gigantic mountains , here Thy greatness , glōry , wisdom , strength , and spirit , In terrible sublimity appear ! Thy awe - imposing võice is heard ; we hear it ! The Almighty's ...
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... vast conceptions birth ; - Hark ! I hear thy thunder's sound , Shake the Forum round and round- Shake the pillars of the earth ! 10. First - born of Liberty divine ! -- Put on Religion's bright array ; Speak ! and the starless grave ...
... vast conceptions birth ; - Hark ! I hear thy thunder's sound , Shake the Forum round and round- Shake the pillars of the earth ! 10. First - born of Liberty divine ! -- Put on Religion's bright array ; Speak ! and the starless grave ...
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... vast concourse of the populace , came forth to welcome him . His entrance into this noble city has been compared to one of those tri- umphs , which the Romans were accustomed to decree to con- querors . 5. First were paraded the Indians ...
... vast concourse of the populace , came forth to welcome him . His entrance into this noble city has been compared to one of those tri- umphs , which the Romans were accustomed to decree to con- querors . 5. First were paraded the Indians ...
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Page 373 - Nor in the embrace of ocean shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Page 45 - There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats ; For I am armed so strong in honesty That they pass by me as the idle wind, Which I respect not.
Page 374 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 384 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will, to be rightful, must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate which would be oppression.
Page 24 - Some Books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; That is, some Books are to be read only in parts; others to be read but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention. Some Books also may be read by deputy...
Page 373 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, - the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods - rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 40 - The style of Dryden is capricious and varied ; that of Pope is cautious and uniform. Dryden obeys the motions of his own mind ; Pope constrains his mind to his own rules of composition. Dryden is sometimes vehement and rapid; Pope is always smooth, uniform, and gentle.
Page 344 - He thinks the whole world sees it in his face, reads it in his eyes, and almost hears its workings in the very silence of his thoughts. It has become his master. It betrays his discretion, it breaks down his courage, it conquers his prudence. When suspicions from without begin to embarrass him, and the net of circumstance to entangle him, the fatal secret struggles with still greater violence to burst forth.
Page 336 - Called upon by your country to defend its invaded rights, you accepted the sacred charge, before it had formed alliances, and whilst it was without funds or a government to support you. You have conducted the great military contest with wisdom and fortitude, invariably regarding the rights of the civil power through all disasters and changes.
Page 73 - And the widows of Ashur are loud in their wail, And the idols are broke in the temple of Baal ; And the might of the Gentile, unsmote by the sword, Hath melted like snow in the glance of the Lord...