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... Beaver , " recently published , throw much light upon the history of this wild , but well - meant ad- venture . Beaver was a most brave , able , accomplished , and high - minded officer , in the British service , but being paid off in ...
... Beaver , " recently published , throw much light upon the history of this wild , but well - meant ad- venture . Beaver was a most brave , able , accomplished , and high - minded officer , in the British service , but being paid off in ...
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... Beaver , " of our institution . To purchase land in their country , to cultivate it by free natives hired for that purpose , and thereby to induce in them habits of labour and of industry , it was thought might eventually lead to the ...
... Beaver , " of our institution . To purchase land in their country , to cultivate it by free natives hired for that purpose , and thereby to induce in them habits of labour and of industry , it was thought might eventually lead to the ...
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... Beaver was embarked . Among some of the directors of the enter- prise , he saw a constant attention to their own interest , and an entire neglect of that of the public ; among others , a total in- difference to both ; a general apathy ...
... Beaver was embarked . Among some of the directors of the enter- prise , he saw a constant attention to their own interest , and an entire neglect of that of the public ; among others , a total in- difference to both ; a general apathy ...
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... Beaver learnt upon his return to the Han- key . There was a fever on board the Ca- lypso ; with this , as well as with dirt and disorder , and discontent , that ship had been permitted to infect her consort ; and in both ships there was ...
... Beaver learnt upon his return to the Han- key . There was a fever on board the Ca- lypso ; with this , as well as with dirt and disorder , and discontent , that ship had been permitted to infect her consort ; and in both ships there was ...
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... Beaver's next care was to become acquainted with the Biafaras on the opposite shore , that no mis- understanding might occur with them as had fallen out with the Bijugas . He learned that they were an inoffensive people , but that they ...
... Beaver's next care was to become acquainted with the Biafaras on the opposite shore , that no mis- understanding might occur with them as had fallen out with the Bijugas . He learned that they were an inoffensive people , but that they ...
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Seite 62 - The winds roared, and the rains fell. The poor white man, faint and weary, came and sat under our tree. He has no mother to bring him milk; no wife to grind his corn.
Seite 162 - He was pleased to coincide, and to dwell on the description of your Jameses as no less royal than poetical. He spoke alternately of Homer and yourself, and seemed well acquainted with both ; so that (with the exception of the Turks * and your humble servant) you were in very good company.
Seite 153 - Memoranda," as one of the most painful of those humiliations to which the defect in his foot had exposed him, must have let the truth in with dreadful certainty upon his heart. He either was told of, or over-heard, Miss Chaworth saying to her maid, " Do you think I could care any thing for that lame 'boy ? " ' This speech, as he himself described it, was like a shot through his heart.
Seite 222 - However, be this as it may, we fear his translations and imitations are great favourites with Lord Byron. We have them of all kinds, from Anacreon to Ossian; and, viewing them as school exercises, they may pass. Only, why print them after they have had their day and served their turn? And why call the thing in p. 79.
Seite 222 - ... counted accurately upon the fingers. — is not the whole art of poetry. We would entreat him to believe, that a certain portion of liveliness, somewhat of fancy, is necessary to constitute a poem ; and that a poem in the present day, to be read, must contain at least one thought, either in a little degree different from the ideas of former writers, or differently expressed.
Seite 221 - THE poesy of this young lord belongs to the class which neither gods nor men are said to permit. Indeed, we do not recollect to have seen a quantity of verse with so few deviations in either direction from that exact standard. His effusions are spread over a dead flat, and can no more get above or below the level, than if they were so much stagnant water.
Seite 401 - Mallory. She had always treated him with an affectionate consideration and indulgence, which extended to every little peculiarity of his feelings. Never did an irritating word escape her lips in her whole intercourse with him. The accounts given me after I left Lord Byron...
Seite 166 - Report had prepared me to meet a man of peculiar habits and a quick temper, and I had some doubts whether we were likely to suit each other in society. I was most agreeably disappointed in this respect. I found Lord Byron in the highest degree courteous, and even kind. We met, for an hour or two almost daily, in Mr. Murray's drawing-room, and found a great deal to say to each other.
Seite 157 - We were on good terms, but his brother was my intimate friend. There were always great hopes of Peel, amongst us all, masters and scholars — and he has not disappointed them. As a scholar he was greatly my superior ; as a declaimer and actor, I was reckoned at least his equal...
Seite 12 - I leave wholly to you. I shall always be ready to serve you to my utmost, in any way you shall like, and shall only need your commands or permission to do it. "My book is going to...