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... Numidia , son of Masinissa . d Con - junct - ly , kon - junkt - lé , joint - v ly . e Hi - emp - sal , hè - êm - sål , a king of Numidia . f Nu - mid - i - a , nu - mid - e - a , an in- land country of Africa , now the kingdom of ...
... Numidia , son of Masinissa . d Con - junct - ly , kon - junkt - lé , joint - v ly . e Hi - emp - sal , hè - êm - sål , a king of Numidia . f Nu - mid - i - a , nu - mid - e - a , an in- land country of Africa , now the kingdom of ...
Page 151
... Numidia , directing us to consider the senate and people of Rome as proprietors of it . He charged us to use our best endeavours to be serviceable to the Roman commonwealth ; assuring us , that your protec- tion would prove a defence ...
... Numidia , directing us to consider the senate and people of Rome as proprietors of it . He charged us to use our best endeavours to be serviceable to the Roman commonwealth ; assuring us , that your protec- tion would prove a defence ...
Page 152
... Numidia always be a scene of havock and blood ? While Carthage remained , we suffered , as was to be expected , all sorts of hardships from their hos- tile attacks ; our enemy near ; our only powerful ally , the Roman commonwealth , at ...
... Numidia always be a scene of havock and blood ? While Carthage remained , we suffered , as was to be expected , all sorts of hardships from their hos- tile attacks ; our enemy near ; our only powerful ally , the Roman commonwealth , at ...
Page 153
... : by all that is sacred , and all that is dear to you - deliver a wretched prince from undeserved , unprovoked injury ; and save the kingdom of Numidia , which is your own property , from being the prey CHAP . VIII . 153 PUBLICK SPEECHES .
... : by all that is sacred , and all that is dear to you - deliver a wretched prince from undeserved , unprovoked injury ; and save the kingdom of Numidia , which is your own property , from being the prey CHAP . VIII . 153 PUBLICK SPEECHES .
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Abdalonymus Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres Calabria cheer comforts dark daugh de-ja death Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth ENGLISH READER enjoy enjoyment envy eternity ev'ry evil father fear feel folly fortune gentle give ground happiness hast Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord mankind Masinissa melan ment mercy Micipsa midst mind misery nature nature's ness never niscienced noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions peace person philosopher pleasure possession pow'r praise pride prince proper publick Pythias religion rest rich rise Roman Roman Senate scene SECTION sense shade shining Sicily Sidon smile sorrow soul sound spirit spring superiour sweet temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth Tuning sweet vice virtue voice whole wisdom wise youth
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Page 269 - Angels: for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night Circle his throne rejoicing; ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 251 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Page 102 - As long as the earth endures, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter, day and night, shall not cease.
Page 265 - Ye winds, that have made me your sport, Convey to this desolate shore Some cordial endearing report Of a land I shall visit no more. My friends , — do they now and then send A wish or a thought after me? O tell me I yet have a friend, Though a friend I am never to see.
Page 211 - Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life; And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 293 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name: Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point: this kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, Heaven bestows on thee. Submit, in this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one Disposing Power, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page ii - In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned ;" and also to an act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an act, entitled,' An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned...
Page 280 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 289 - What time the daisy decks the green, Thy certain voice we hear; Hast thou a star to guide thy path, Or mark the rolling year? Delightful visitant ! with thee I hail the time of flowers, And hear the sound of music sweet, From birds among the bowers.
Page 281 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...