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... ment of five to the former , and ten to the latter . tenants were appointed Commanders . During the During the first and second years of the administra- three years that followed , but one was appointed tion of General Jackson , only ...
... ment of five to the former , and ten to the latter . tenants were appointed Commanders . During the During the first and second years of the administra- three years that followed , but one was appointed tion of General Jackson , only ...
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... ment of more young officers , and the promotion of building ships without regard to the one , as to the old ones . The expenses , incident to such appoint- other . Nay , more unwise is it to neglect the of- ment and promotion , would of ...
... ment of more young officers , and the promotion of building ships without regard to the one , as to the old ones . The expenses , incident to such appoint- other . Nay , more unwise is it to neglect the of- ment and promotion , would of ...
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... ment by all honorable means , would be content to list of two hundred Passed Midshipmen , if pro- stop short in mid - career , and patiently endure , as moted to - morrow , would not afford a due quota of Midshipmen are required to do ...
... ment by all honorable means , would be content to list of two hundred Passed Midshipmen , if pro- stop short in mid - career , and patiently endure , as moted to - morrow , would not afford a due quota of Midshipmen are required to do ...
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... ment but the love of gain - no other recompense but his captures and the prizes conferred by the state on his privileged piracies . To encourage in- dividuals to fit out privateers at considerable ex- pense , it is necessary to present ...
... ment but the love of gain - no other recompense but his captures and the prizes conferred by the state on his privileged piracies . To encourage in- dividuals to fit out privateers at considerable ex- pense , it is necessary to present ...
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... ment ; and the astronomer tells his pupil how many years it would take a cannon - ball or a ray of light , travelling with all its velocity , to reach that distant world . The money which this ship , now on her first cruise , has ...
... ment ; and the astronomer tells his pupil how many years it would take a cannon - ball or a ray of light , travelling with all its velocity , to reach that distant world . The money which this ship , now on her first cruise , has ...
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Page 180 - Though I should gaze for ever On that green light that lingers in the west: I may not hope from outward forms to win The passion and the life, whose fountains are within.
Page 249 - What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave; Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. O happy love ! where love like this is found : O heart-felt raptures ! bliss beyond compare ! I've paced much this weary, mortal round, And sage experience bids me this declare — ' If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare — One cordial in this melancholy vale, 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest pair, In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale, Beneath the milk-white thorn that...
Page 180 - Rise, O ever rise, Rise like a cloud of Incense, from the Earth ! Thou kingly Spirit throned among the hills, Thou dread Ambassador from Earth to Heaven, Great Hierarch ! tell thou the silent Sky, And tell the Stars, and tell yon rising Sun, Earth, with her thousand voices, praises GOD.
Page 249 - A countenance in which did meet Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food, For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears, and smiles.
Page 108 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain-light of all our day, Are yet a master-light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence...
Page 108 - O dearest, dearest boy ! my heart For better lore would seldom yearn, Could I but teach the hundredth part Of what from thee I learn.
Page 107 - These beauteous forms, Through a long absence, have not been to me As is a landscape to a blind man's eye ; But oft, in lonely rooms and 'mid the din Of towns and cities, I have owed to them In hours of weariness sensations sweet, Felt in the blood and felt along the heart, And passing even into my purer mind With tranquil restoration...
Page 125 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights, which nature and fortune, with all their bounty, cannot bestow.
Page 118 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Page 326 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.