The Connecticut WitsVernon Louis Parrington Harcourt, Brace, 1926 - 514 páginas |
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Página 52 - Whereby all prophets far outwent he, Though former days produced a plenty : For any man with half an eye What stands before him can espy; But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.
Página 38 - Th' opposing galleries of beaux,* To church the female squadron move, All armed with weapons used in love. Like colored ensigns gay and fair, High caps rise floating in the air; Bright silk its varied radiance flings, And streamers wave in kissing-strings ; Each bears th' artill'ry of her charms, Like training bands at viewing arms.
Página 114 - M'Fingal having grown The vilest Tory in the town, And now in full examination Convicted by his own confession, Finding no tokens of repentance, This Court proceeds to render sentence : That, first, the Mob a slip-knot single Tie round the neck of said M'Fingal...
Página 220 - Th' example bright, to renovate mankind. Soon shall thy sons across the mainland roam; And claim, on far Pacific shores, their home; Their rule, religion, manners, arts, convey, And spread their freedom to the Asian sea.
Página 499 - These persons inculcate a sanctimonious reverence for the customs of their ancestors ; that whatsoever they did must be done through all time ; that reason is a false guide, and to advance under its counsel in their physical, moral, or political condition, is perilous innovation ; that their duty is to remain as the Creator made them — ignorance being safety, and knowledge full of danger.
Página liv - THE PSALMS OF DAVID IMITATED IN THE LANGUAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, AND APPLIED TO THE CHRISTIAN STATE AND WORSHIP, BY I.
Página 109 - The stoutest wrestler on the green, And pointed where the spade was found, Late used to set their pole in ground, And urged, with equal arms and might, To dare our 'Squire to single fight.
Página 117 - Lean'd sad and solemn o'er a brace ; And fast beside him, cheek by jowl, Stuck 'Squire M'Fingal 'gainst the pole, Glued by the tar t' his rear applied, Like barnacle on vessel's side.
Página 100 - Submit t' our Sovereign Lord, The People; By plunder rise to power and glory, And brand all property, as Tory; Expose all wares to lawful seizures By mobbers or monopolizers; Break heads and windows and the peace, For your own interest and increase...
Página 337 - The bolder squirrel labors through the day. Both thieves alike, but provident of time, A virtue rare, that almost hides their crime. Then let them steal the little stores they can, And fill their granaries from the toils of man ; We've one advantage where they take no part — With all their wiles...