The Denstonian

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Page 3 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream ; The genius and the mortal instruments Are then in council ; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Page 3 - the incomprehensible lies that this fat rogue will tell us when we meet at supper; how thirty, at least, he fought with ; what wards, what blows, what extremities he endured ; and in the reproof of this lies the jest.
Page 18 - God the traitor's hope confound ! To the great cause of Freedom drink, my friends. And the great name of England round and round . To all the loyal hearts who long To keep our English Empire whole ! To all our noble sous, the strong New England of the Southern Pole ! To England under Indian skies,
Page 4 - with me: in glory any more ; Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere ; Nor can one England brook a double reign Of Harry Percy and the Prince of Wales.
Page 90 - William R. As for MacJan of Glencoe and that tribe, if they can be well distinguished from the rest of the Highlanders, it will be proper, for the vindication of public justice to extirpate that set of thieves. WR
Page 4 - if he intended to make the attempt of the Republicans his main theme, could not have ventured to create too great an interest in Csesar; it was necessary to keep him in the background, and to present that view of him which gave a reason for the conspiracy.
Page 79 - destitute, and not knowing how he should gain even a decent livelihood. His father's misfortunes in trade rendered him unable to support his son; and for some time there appeared no means by which he could maintain himself. In the December of
Page 3 - prisoners, By heaven, he shall not have a Scot of them ; No ; if a Scot should save his soul he shall not ! I'll keep them by this hand.
Page 48 - The sacred right of guests Still let us claim ; so not eternally Shall we be severed. Honoured and beloved As mine own father was, art thou by me, And this impression in my soul remains. Should e'en the meanest peasant of thy land Bring to mine ear the tones
Page 63 - We are sorry to be obliged to say that the merits of Mr. Croker's performance are on a par with those of a certain leg of mutton on which Dr. Johnson dined while travelling from London to Oxford, and which

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