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... land , writers , such as Aikema , Victorio , where I staid but one day merely to Siri , and the first part of the theatre rest myself ; so much the more ne- of Europe , ( the latter commonly sup- cessary , as passengers in the Dutch ...
... land , writers , such as Aikema , Victorio , where I staid but one day merely to Siri , and the first part of the theatre rest myself ; so much the more ne- of Europe , ( the latter commonly sup- cessary , as passengers in the Dutch ...
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... land , and embrace , which the inhospitable a stedfast blast or two backing our waves had seemed to proffer us , we design , that , in less than an hour , we proceeded so slowly , as if a Remora touched the shore , were we might had ...
... land , and embrace , which the inhospitable a stedfast blast or two backing our waves had seemed to proffer us , we design , that , in less than an hour , we proceeded so slowly , as if a Remora touched the shore , were we might had ...
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... land of the Fairies , and implored me to lead them back ; others , sup- posing them devils , exhorted me to recal my footsteps , and haste back again , while there was opportunity . But hunger was a more prevalent ora- tor at that time ...
... land of the Fairies , and implored me to lead them back ; others , sup- posing them devils , exhorted me to recal my footsteps , and haste back again , while there was opportunity . But hunger was a more prevalent ora- tor at that time ...
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... land of misery ; though such kind of men are not only believed to go to hell themselves , but are known to lead others thither . This place is the Gate of Hell , those are devils , which he would fain persuade us to be men ; and the ...
... land of misery ; though such kind of men are not only believed to go to hell themselves , but are known to lead others thither . This place is the Gate of Hell , those are devils , which he would fain persuade us to be men ; and the ...
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... land , Feels at her name his eager soul expand : Whether as Patriot , Husband , Father , To that dear point his thoughts , his wishes Friend , bend : And still he owns , where'er his footsteps roam , Life's choicest blessings centre all ...
... land , Feels at her name his eager soul expand : Whether as Patriot , Husband , Father , To that dear point his thoughts , his wishes Friend , bend : And still he owns , where'er his footsteps roam , Life's choicest blessings centre all ...
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Page 27 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it ; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 290 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 514 - But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison ; and now do they thrust us out privily ? nay verily ; but let them come themselves and fetch us out.
Page 437 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Page 27 - Eye hath not seen, nor Ear heard, neither hath it entered into the Heart of Man, to conceive the things which God hath prepared for them that love him.
Page 514 - And, as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned? 26 When the centurion heard that, he went and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest : for this man is a Roman.
Page 157 - Keating, and the Sirius having joined, we proceeded at dusk on the evening of the 20th for the Isle of Bourbon; the force intended to be landed were the detachment of His Majesty's and Company's troops, reinforced by the marines of the squadron, and a party of about 100 seamen from this ship and the Otter, under the command of Captain Willoughby, whose zeal induced him to volunteer the command of so small a party. As secrecy and dispatch were essential to the success of the expedition, the whole...
Page 262 - The neist we never saw,"— are worthy of the first poet. It is long posterior to Ramsay's days. About the year 1771, or 72, it came first on the streets as a ballad; and I suppose the composition of the song was not much anterior to that period.
Page 247 - ... and, in this view, it was besides distinctly agreed upon, that a vigorous attack by the navy upon the sea front should be made at the same time that the troops, after effecting their landing, advanced to invest Flushing; it being hoped that by a powerful cooperation from the sea, at the moment the troops presented themselves before the place, the labour and delay of a regular siege might have been avoided...
Page 251 - The difficulty of conducting such a fleet at all through the mazes of such a navigation, can only be appreciated by professional men ; it was very greatly increased by an adverse wind, blowing for some time with such violence, as to render the expedient of warping (the only means of proceeding) totally impracticable...