The Columbian ReaderR. P. & C. Williams, and Ezekiel Goodale, Hallowell. E. Goodale, printer, 1818 - 204 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 3
Page 156
... Blennerhasset as principal in this treason . It is an honor , I dare say , for which Mr. Blennerhasset is by no means anxious ; one which he has never disputed with Col. Burr , and which I am persuaded he would be as little - inclined ...
... Blennerhasset as principal in this treason . It is an honor , I dare say , for which Mr. Blennerhasset is by no means anxious ; one which he has never disputed with Col. Burr , and which I am persuaded he would be as little - inclined ...
Page 157
... Blennerhasset . Who is Blennerhasset ? A native of Ireland , a man of letters ; who fled from the storms of his own country , to find quiet in ours . His history shews that war is not the natural element of his mind ; if it had been he ...
... Blennerhasset . Who is Blennerhasset ? A native of Ireland , a man of letters ; who fled from the storms of his own country , to find quiet in ours . His history shews that war is not the natural element of his mind ; if it had been he ...
Page 158
... Blennerhasset , found but little difficulty in changing the native cha- racter of that heart and the object of its affection . By degrees he infuses into it the poison of his own ambi- tion ; he breathes into it the fire of his own ...
... Blennerhasset , found but little difficulty in changing the native cha- racter of that heart and the object of its affection . By degrees he infuses into it the poison of his own ambi- tion ; he breathes into it the fire of his own ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Aaron Burr accent appear Arcot art of reading beauty behold Blennerhasset body bosom breast breath character charms choly Cicero clouds countenance death delightful dread earth eloquence emphasis emphatical exertion expression fancy feel friends genius gesture give graceful grave groves habit Hamet hand happy harmony hast hath hearer heart heaven honor human human voice Hyder Ali imagination language light live look mankind manner means melan ment mind miserable moral motion MOUNT ETNA mountains nabob nation nature ness never o'er object occasion orator passions person phatical Philomela plain pleasure principles pronunciation proper racter reading or recitation religion Robert Boyle RODOLPHUS DICKINSON scene seems sentiments shade silent tongue smile sorrow soul speaking spirit storm storms of passion sweet syllable taste tempest thee thing thou thought thro tion tones truth utter virtue voice Warren Hastings whole words
Popular passages
Page 53 - of the duties of men and citizens. The mere politician, equally with the pious man, ought to respect and cherish them. A volume could not trace all their connections with private and public felicity. Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert-the
Page 53 - which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice? And let us with caution indulge the supposition, that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
Page ii - title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit; " The Columbian Reader, comprising a new and various selection of elegant extracts in prose and poetry, for the use of schools in the United States, to which is prefixed an Introduction on the Arts of Reading and Speaking
Page ii - In conformity to the act ofthe Congress ofthe United States, entitled " An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned," and also to an act, entitled
Page 167 - peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children more shall he behold. Nor friends, nor sacred home. On every nerve The deadly winter seizes ; shuts* up sense; And. o'er his inmost vitals creeping cold, Lays him along the snows, a stiffened corse,
Page xix - thing. When this opposition is expressed in words, it forms an antithesis, the opposite parts of which are always emphatical. 'thus in the following couplet from Pope : Tis hard to say, if greater want of skill . Appear in writing, or in judging ill. The words writing and judging are opposed to
Page 200 - No more disturbs their deep repose, Than summer evening's latest sigh,. That shuts the rose. I long to lay this painful head* And aching heart beneath the soil, To slumber in that dreamless bed. From all my toil. For misery stole me at my birth, And cast me helpless on the wild j
Page 203 - The soul, of origin divine, God's glorious image, freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine,^ A star of day ! "■ The sun is but a spark of fire,: A transient meteor in the sky ; The soul, immortal as its sire, SHALL