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 Seiten |
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... youths and maidens in their artless jolity .... The youths resist and are murdered , and the females are conveyed to the ships .... The warriors in a distant town are informed by a youth who escaped the catastrophe .... They immediately ...
... youths and maidens in their artless jolity .... The youths resist and are murdered , and the females are conveyed to the ships .... The warriors in a distant town are informed by a youth who escaped the catastrophe .... They immediately ...
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... youths remain To woo , but woo'd the lovely maid in vain . Brave ANGOLA the royal maid addrest , Whose birth , youth , beauty , far excell❜d the rest . She saw and lov'd him , and her passion grew More pure and ardent at each interview ...
... youths remain To woo , but woo'd the lovely maid in vain . Brave ANGOLA the royal maid addrest , Whose birth , youth , beauty , far excell❜d the rest . She saw and lov'd him , and her passion grew More pure and ardent at each interview ...
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... youths , enjoy the artless show ; Some wrestle on the grass , and some in play , And games heroic , pass the hours away . These raise the warlike song , and those advance In measur❜d steps to form the mazy dance . There sweet AVENIA in ...
... youths , enjoy the artless show ; Some wrestle on the grass , and some in play , And games heroic , pass the hours away . These raise the warlike song , and those advance In measur❜d steps to form the mazy dance . There sweet AVENIA in ...
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... youth escap'd of all the warrior train , One was enslav'd .... ANGOLA was his name ; The rest lay gasping on the purple plain , And grasp'd the grass and bit the dust with pain , Not for himself the brave ANGOLA fears , But for AVENIA ...
... youth escap'd of all the warrior train , One was enslav'd .... ANGOLA was his name ; The rest lay gasping on the purple plain , And grasp'd the grass and bit the dust with pain , Not for himself the brave ANGOLA fears , But for AVENIA ...
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... youth appears , And tells the melancholy tale with tears ; " Sad tidings friends and fathers you must hear , And I alas must be the messenger ; The bloody Christians have appeared in fight , And robb'd your children of their natal right ...
... youth appears , And tells the melancholy tale with tears ; " Sad tidings friends and fathers you must hear , And I alas must be the messenger ; The bloody Christians have appeared in fight , And robb'd your children of their natal right ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 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...
Seite 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!
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 140 - Without a sign his sword the brave man draws, And asks no omen but his country's cause.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 190 - Yet on the verge of battle let us stay, And for a moment's space suspend the day; Let Heaven's high...
Seite 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.