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...ere bent upon the study of the principles of government that were essential to the preservation of the liberties which had been won at great cost and with heroic labors and sacrifices. Their studies were conducted in view of the imperfections that experience had developed in the government of the Confederation, and they were, therefore, practical and thorough....

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...Excerpt: In that pleasant district of merry England which is watered by the river Don, there extended in ancient times a large forest, covering the greater part of the beautiful hills and valleys which lie between Sheffield and the pleasant town of Doncaster. The remains of this extensive wood are still to be seen at the noble seats of Wentwo...

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Excerpt: The Pioneers, or The Sources of the Susquehanna, A Descriptive Tale by James Fenimore Cooper.

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...Excerpt: IN 1828, at about one o?clock one morning, two persons came out of a large house in the Rue du Faubourg Saint- Honore, near the Elysee-Bourbon. One was the famous doctor, Horace Bianchon; the other was one of the most elegant men in Paris, the Baron de Rastignac; they were friends of long st...

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...Excerpt: Chapter 1. The Rabourdin household in Paris, where men of thought and study bear a certain likeness to one another, living as they do in a common centre, you must have met with several resembling Monsieur Rabourdin, whose acquaintance we are about to make at a moment when he is head of a bureau in one of ...

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Excerpt: As a testimony to the affection of his brother-in-law?

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...Introduction: A certain degree of success, real or supposed, in the delineation of Queen Mary, naturally induced the author to attempt something similar respecting ?her sister and her foe,? the celebrated Elizabeth. He will not, however, p...

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...and from the clouds And from the sky; it beats against my cheek, And seems half conscious of the joy it gives. O welcome messenger! O welcome friend! A captive greets thee, coming from a house Of bondage, from yon city?s walls set free, A prison where he hath been long immured. Now I am free, enfranchised and at large, May fix my habitation where I will. What dwelling shal...

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...half conscious of the joy it gives. O welcome messenger! O welcome friend! 5 A captive greets thee, coming from a house Of bondage, from yon city’s wa... ...greets thee, coming from a house Of bondage, from yon city’s walls set free, A prison where he hath been long immured. Now I am free, enfranchised and... ..., underneath what grove Shall I take up my home, and what sweet stream Shall with its murmurs lull me to my rest? The earth is all before me—with a he... ... me. 25 Long months of peace—if such bold word accord 2 The Prelude of 1805 With any promises of human life— Long months of ease and undisturbed deli... ...r splendour’s last decay, And Monarchs, surly at the wrongs sustain’d 565 By royal visages. Meanwhile, abroad The heavy rain was falling, or the frost... ... 415 Shall raise them highest in their own esteem; Let them parade among the schools at will, But spare the house of God. Was ever known The witless s... ...head. The ensigns of the empire which he holds— The globe and sceptre of his royalties— 330 Are telescopes, and crucibles, and maps. Ships he can guid... ...sovereign in my heart, And mighty forms seizing a youthful fancy Had given a charter to irregular hopes. In any age, without an impulse sent From work... ...ain, Are scattered everywhere, no rarities, Even to the rudest novice of the schools. O friend, one feeling was there which belonged 595 To this great...