Avenia, Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and Infringement on the Rights of Man: In Six Books, with Notes Explanatory and MiscellaneousS. Engles, 1805 - 358 páginas |
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... The monarch savage rends the trembling prey . With equal fury and with equal fame , Soon shall the warrior chiefs avenge the slain , The maids are all insulted on the plain , While in the midst lies dead the shepherd swain , 30 AVENIA .
... The monarch savage rends the trembling prey . With equal fury and with equal fame , Soon shall the warrior chiefs avenge the slain , The maids are all insulted on the plain , While in the midst lies dead the shepherd swain , 30 AVENIA .
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... chief rush'd on , regardless of the sound , Till in his breast he felt the fatal wound ; The pointed death amid his bowels stood , Infix'd within , and drank the vital blood , He drops , he pants , and scarcely draws his breath And ...
... chief rush'd on , regardless of the sound , Till in his breast he felt the fatal wound ; The pointed death amid his bowels stood , Infix'd within , and drank the vital blood , He drops , he pants , and scarcely draws his breath And ...
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... chief drove chief along . Thus brave MONDINGO shouting to the skies , On all th ' embroider'd Christian squadron flies . First cruel OTTO cross'd him in his way , He lopp'd his proud , imperious head away : The stroke so just , that ...
... chief drove chief along . Thus brave MONDINGO shouting to the skies , On all th ' embroider'd Christian squadron flies . First cruel OTTO cross'd him in his way , He lopp'd his proud , imperious head away : The stroke so just , that ...
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... chief conven'd , each chief with dread appear'd , Standing and trembling , for to sit they fear'd . ' Twas now no time for eloquent debate , They fear'd MONDINGO , and in him , their fate . Silent they stood , till CUNNINGHAM at last ...
... chief conven'd , each chief with dread appear'd , Standing and trembling , for to sit they fear'd . ' Twas now no time for eloquent debate , They fear'd MONDINGO , and in him , their fate . Silent they stood , till CUNNINGHAM at last ...
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... chief address'd His myrmidons , and thus his fears confess'd ; And as he speaks , his color comes and goes , Now looks behind , and thinks he hears the foes . " Cease we at length to waste our blood in vain ; We'll launch what ships lie ...
... chief address'd His myrmidons , and thus his fears confess'd ; And as he speaks , his color comes and goes , Now looks behind , and thinks he hears the foes . " Cease we at length to waste our blood in vain ; We'll launch what ships lie ...
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Avenia: Or, A Tragical Poem, on the Oppression of the Human Species, and ... Thomas Branagan Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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Términos y frases comunes
æther ANGOLA arms AVENIA beauteous behold blood brave breast breath bright Chaldea chief chieftains Christian tyrant Christians clouds coursers cries crown'd cruel dart dastard dear death deep despotism dreadful earth Ev'n ev'ry eyes fall fame fate father fear field fierce fight fix'd flames flew flies friends furious gen'rous glory gold golden gore grief groans hand HAWKINS head hear heart heav'n hero Jove LAMBERT LANGO LECLERC loud LOUVERTURE LOUVERTURE's majestic mighty woe MONDINGO mournful myrmidons native night o'er oppress'd pain panting pierc'd pity plain poison'd poor pow'r prey prince proud purple purple plain rage rise roar round ruffians rush'd sable train SAMBO ships shore sight sire skies slain slavery slaves sorrows soul spear spoke sweet Swift sword tears tempest thee thou thro thunder town trembling troops tyrants veng'ance warriors waves weeping wind wound wretched youth
Pasajes populares
Página 234 - Lo, the poor Indian ! whose untutored 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...
Página 31 - Could all our care elude the gloomy grave, Which claims no less the fearful than the brave, For lust of fame I should not vainly dare In fighting fields, nor urge thy soul to war. But since, alas ! ignoble age must come, Disease, and death's inexorable doom, The life, which others pay, let us bestow, And give to fame what we to nature owe ; Brave though we fall, and honour'd if we live, Or let us glory gain, or glory give!
Página iii - 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 time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Página 96 - But, when he speaks, what elocution flows! Soft as the fleeces of descending snows, The copious accents fall, with easy art; Melting they fall, and sink into the heart! Wondering we hear, and fix'd in deep surprise, Our ears refute the censure of our eyes.
Página 145 - As from some mountain's craggy forehead torn, A rock's round fragment flies with fury borne, (Which from the stubborn stone a torrent rends,) Precipitate the...
Página 140 - Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Página 324 - Depart from me, ye cursed ; for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in ; naked, and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Página 272 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head ; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies : The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Página 190 - Yet on the verge of battle let us stay, And for a moment's space suspend the day; Let Heaven's high...
Página 193 - White are the decks with foam ; the winds aloud Howl o'er the masts, and sing through every shroud ; Pale, trembling, tired, the sailors freeze with fears; And instant death on every wave appears \— So pale the Greeks the eyes of Hector meet, The chief so thunders, and so shakes the fleet.