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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Strana v
... character , so disinterested a patriot , and so able a defender of the rights of human nature , The voice of undebauched reason , which is thus raised at this vast distance from you , to bestow a tribute of ap- plause on your virtues ...
... character , so disinterested a patriot , and so able a defender of the rights of human nature , The voice of undebauched reason , which is thus raised at this vast distance from you , to bestow a tribute of ap- plause on your virtues ...
Strana xi
... character are acknowledged to be blended in a very extraordinary degree . tant , i " The object of the work is to animate the citizens of America to the defence of their country . The march of the poet is easy and unaffected ; his ideas ...
... character are acknowledged to be blended in a very extraordinary degree . tant , i " The object of the work is to animate the citizens of America to the defence of their country . The march of the poet is easy and unaffected ; his ideas ...
Strana 6
... character — augmentation of the American forces— reinforcements to those of Britain - peculiarly affecting circum- stances which attended the deaths of Brown , Scammel and Laurens - eulogium of the American troops - anticipation that ...
... character — augmentation of the American forces— reinforcements to those of Britain - peculiarly affecting circum- stances which attended the deaths of Brown , Scammel and Laurens - eulogium of the American troops - anticipation that ...
Strana 21
... character . Those dispositions , if properly directed , will tend to the aggrandizement and prosperity of our infant re- publican empire . America stands high , also , in literary reputation and so great is the spirit which now prevails ...
... character . Those dispositions , if properly directed , will tend to the aggrandizement and prosperity of our infant re- publican empire . America stands high , also , in literary reputation and so great is the spirit which now prevails ...
Strana 25
... not only for promoting the national prosperity , but even for producing such examples in civil policy , as will tend essentially to the amelioration of the human lot . E ARGUMENT . The characters to whom the poem is addressed PREFACE . 25.
... not only for promoting the national prosperity , but even for producing such examples in civil policy , as will tend essentially to the amelioration of the human lot . E ARGUMENT . The characters to whom the poem is addressed PREFACE . 25.
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