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MUSTAPHA

... gold intent, Regards no human woo; Speak, man, and know thy destiny, For hence I now must go. Say, wilt thou rather drink, steal, kill? The drunkard's heaven is wine, Robbers love gold, and murderers blood- Speak, what choice shall be thine V Now Mustapha ...

SATURDAY EVENING CONCERTS

... LL.D., which he now held. (Applause.) For many years he had been known as a literary man, but he did r not stand there to speak of him in that character-he spoke s of hins more particularly as the first writer of the day. (Ap- plause.) He was sure he ...

LITERATURE

... centenary meetings were held in every town and village, and oratory and eloquence, prose and verse, rai down the streets, Eo to speak, like a mighty torrent. In various parts of Eng land and Ireland, in the British Colonies, and in the United States of America ...

MALIBRAN

... cribb'd and small Is scarcely heard in softest whispers low; The features that shone out with conscious power, Now pale and wan, speak of fast-wasting life; And that bright eye, that flash'd in passion's song, Glisten'd in pathos, or in gladness danc'd, Or glew'd ...

TO JOHN BRIGHT

... Barnburning, filibustering, wholesale repudiation, John; The noblest of the citizens averse from public life, John For those who speak what riles the mob, the tar and feathers rife, John. What is there In the fruits of the system you so laud, John, That we should ...

LECTURE ON THE ART OF DELIVERY

... remarking that there were few situations in which a man could be placed inorecinbarrassing thian that of being called upon to speak on the propriety of speech-there was somietliig in his posi- tion which generated remark and exposel to severity. , lle preceeded ...

EXTRACTS

... sharpness boasts, Yea, 'tis mere conquering than a hundred hosts. f DELXBERATION. First weigh thy words and theni begin to speak. View the earth's sphere and the revolving skies; This sinks by rest, and those by motion rise. Travel man's tutor is, and ...

LITERATURE

... renovation will:perhaps show us that beyond and without the measures of Henry the Eighth, there was something, every- thing so to speak, for therein was the essence of the Reforma- tion that which makes it a divine and imperishable work. In short, the progress ...

FALLING LEAVES

... adorned love's bower. But now I CouLIt sadly tle wveary hours, Anid my heart grows colii anil my eyes grow dimr; Faed love speaks no zisore in a bouquet of flowers, And the wailing wind sighs forth R funeral hymn. The sweet dream dissolved which my young ...

GOETHE—THE CAVALIER'S CHOICE

... answers best of all a Shall be my. own ladye ! a I ween they blushed as maidens do r When such rare words they hear- t ' Now speak thy riddles, if thou wilt, 1 Thou gay young cavalier ! s What's longer than the longest path? a First tell ye that to me; ...

JACOB HOMNIUM'S HOSS

... Is a mellitary beak, He knows Ino more of Lor Than praps ha does of Greek, And prowides hisself a deputy Because he cannot speak. Four counsel in this Court- Misnamed of JUstice-sits These lawyers owes their places to Their mollay, not their wits; And ...

AN ITALIAN LANDSCAPE

... might look and sea Uptisirigs from a guileless heart, O'erflowis with love for me. - Wanted-a lip, whose kindest smile Would speak for me alone; A voice-whose richest melody, Would breathe affection's tone. Wanted-a true, religious soul To pious purpose ...