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Page 185 - If ever there was a period for rejoicing, this is the moment ; every heart in unison with the freedom and happiness of the people, ought to beat high with exultation that the name of WASHINGTON, from this day, ceases to give a currency to political iniquity, and to legalize corruption.
Page 167 - I am not worth purchasing ; but such as I am, the King of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 164 - He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
Page 185 - Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation," was the pious ejaculation of a man who beheld a flood of happiness rushing...
Page 6 - What a tribute of praise had been due To the teacher and friend of mankind. " But to covet political fame Was in him a degrading ambition, The spark that from Lucifer came And kindled the blaze of sedition.
Page 11 - Then flourish'd the blessings of freedom and peace, And plenty flow'd in with a yearly increase. Proud of our lot we chanted merrily Glory and joy crown the King! With envy beheld by the nations around, We rapidly grew, nor was anything found Able to check our growth while we chanted God save the King! O blest beyond measure, had honour and truth Still nurs'd in our hearts what they planted in youth!
Page 90 - Believe me, Love, this vagrant life O'er Nova Scotia's wilds to roam, While far from children, friends or wife, Or place that I can call a home Delights not me; - another way My treasures, pleasures, wishes lay.
Page 31 - WHEN rival nations, great in arms, Great in power, in glory great, Fill the world with war's alarms, And breathe a temporary hate, The hostile storms but rage a while, And the tired contest ends. But ah, how hard to reconcile The foes who once were friends...
Page 99 - Gazette being scarcely legible Says Satan to Jemmy, " I hold you a bet "That you mean to abandon our Royal Gazette, "Or, between you and me, you would manage things better "Than the Title to print on so sneaking a letter. " Now being connected so long in the art "It would not be prudent at present to part; "And people, perhaps, would be frightened, and fret "If the devil alone carried on the Gazette.
Page 99 - Now being connected so long in the art, "It would not be prudent at present to part; "And people, perhaps, would be frightened, and fret "If the devil alone carried on the Gazette." Says Jemmy to Satan (by way of a wipe) "Who gives me the matter should furnish the type; "And why you find fault, I can scarcely divine, "For the types, like the printer, are certainly thine.