Letters from Paris and Other Cities of France, Holland, &c: Written During a Tour and Residence in These Countries, in the Years 1816, 17, 18, 19, and 20 ; with Remarks on the Conduct of the Ultra-royalists Since the RestorationJames V. Seaman, J. & J. Harper, Printers, 1821 - 375 pages |
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Page 341 - Oh the grave! the grave: —it buries every error—covers every defect—extinguishes every resentment! From its peaceful bosom spring none but fond regrets, and tender recollections. Who can look down upon the grave even of an enemy, and not feel a .compunctious throb, that he should ever have warred with the poor handful of earth that lies mouldering before him.
Page 246 - The pent ocean rising o'er the pile, " Sees an amphibious world beneath him smile : " The slow canal, the yellow-blossom'd vale, " The willow tufted bank, the gliding sail, " The crowded mart, the cultivated plain, " A new creation rescued from his reign
Page iv - of the said District, hath deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit:
Page 370 - Tis sweet to hear the watch-dog's honest bark, " Bay deep-mouth'd welcome as we draw near home; " 'Tis sweet to know there is an eye will mark " Our coming, and look brighter when we come.
Page 31 - Upon the block he bow'd his head ; «« These the last accents Hugo spoke: " ' Strike'—and flashing fell the stroke— " Roll'd the head—and gushing sunk " Back the stain'd and heaving trunk, " In the dust, which each deep vein " Slaked with its ensanguined rain ; " His eyes and lips a moment quiver, " Convulsed and quick—then fix for ever.
Page 275 - «Who o'er the herd would wish to reign' " Fantastic, fickle, fierce, and vain ? " Vain as the leaf upon the stream, " And fickle as a changeful dream; " Fantastic as a woman's mood " And fierce as Frenzy's fevered blood!
Page 291 - make them, as a breath has made ; { " But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, " When once destroy'd, can never be supplied.
Page 173 - Her conscious tail, her joy declared, " The fair round face, the snowy beard, " The velvet of her paws, " Her coat that with the tortoise vies,
Page 268 - There was a laughing Devil in his sneer, " That raised emotions both of rage and fear; " And where his frown of hatred darkly fell, " Hope withering fled, and Mercy
Page 373 - Thou symbol of a drear immensity ! ; "' *'.. " Thou thing that windest round the solid world ./• ' " Like a huge animal, which, downward hurled " From the black clouds, lies weltering and alone " Lashing and writhing till its strength be gone.