The Miscellaneous Works of David Humphreys: Late Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of MadridT. and J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-street, 1804 - 394 strán (strany) |
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... British invasion will seem to have fallen from a pen dipped in gall ; but we must remember that he wrote , as well as fought , in America , and for America . He cele- brates the principal events of the war , and has many de- scriptive ...
... British invasion will seem to have fallen from a pen dipped in gall ; but we must remember that he wrote , as well as fought , in America , and for America . He cele- brates the principal events of the war , and has many de- scriptive ...
Strana xi
... British still occupying New - York and Charleston , the great cause of American liberty was not then decided . The author is an American officer , writing in the midst of the tumult of a camp , and conciliating the occupations and ...
... British still occupying New - York and Charleston , the great cause of American liberty was not then decided . The author is an American officer , writing in the midst of the tumult of a camp , and conciliating the occupations and ...
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... British deed await ! ) On York's fam'd field , amid the first alarms , Ere yet fair vict'ry crown'd the allied arms , Fell chance betray'd thee to the hostile band , The hapless victim of th ' assassin hand ! Lo ! while I tell the ...
... British deed await ! ) On York's fam'd field , amid the first alarms , Ere yet fair vict'ry crown'd the allied arms , Fell chance betray'd thee to the hostile band , The hapless victim of th ' assassin hand ! Lo ! while I tell the ...
Strana 11
... British legions , arm'd with death - like pow'r , Bade desolation mark their crimson'd way , 165 And lur'd the savage to his destin'd prey ; When fierce Germania her battalions pour'd , And Rapine's sons , with wasting fire and sword ...
... British legions , arm'd with death - like pow'r , Bade desolation mark their crimson'd way , 165 And lur'd the savage to his destin'd prey ; When fierce Germania her battalions pour'd , And Rapine's sons , with wasting fire and sword ...
Strana 48
... British re- view attempted heretofore to throw on American writers for their propensity to poetical predictions . When the author composed the description of the process of in- dustry in creating a navy , not one armed vessel belonged ...
... British re- view attempted heretofore to throw on American writers for their propensity to poetical predictions . When the author composed the description of the process of in- dustry in creating a navy , not one armed vessel belonged ...
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Strana 203 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Strana 205 - Flush'd with a purple grace He shows his honest face: Now give the hautboys breath; he comes, he comes! Bacchus, ever fair and young, Drinking joys did first ordain; Bacchus...
Strana 207 - Those are Grecian ghosts, that in battle were slain, And unburied remain Inglorious on the plain ; Give the vengeance due To the valiant crew. Behold how they toss their torches on high, How they point to the Persian abodes, And glittering temples of their hostile gods.
Strana 301 - The royal band now ready stand, All ranged in dread array, sir, With stomach stout to see it out, And make a bloody day, sir. The cannons roar from shore to shore, The small arms make a rattle ; Since wars began I'm sure no man E'er saw so strange a battle. The rebel dales, the rebel vales, With rebel trees surrounded ; The distant woods, the hills and floods, With rebel echoes sounded.
Strana 203 - Such is the power of mighty love ! A dragon's fiery form belied the god ; Sublime on radiant spires he rode, When he to fair Olympia...
Strana 300 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted; And some ran here, and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Strana 209 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame ; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before. Let old Timotheus yield the prize, Or both divide the crown ; He raised a mortal to the skies ; She drew an angel down.
Strana iii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Strana 302 - A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. " Such feats did they perform that day Against these wicked kegs, sir, That, years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sir.
Strana 205 - Soothed with the sound, the king grew vain ; Fought all his battles o'er again, And thrice he routed all his foes, and thrice he slew the slain...