The young Muscovite, or, The Poles in Russia, Volum 1

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Pàgina 11 - On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow ; And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly. But Linden saw another sight, When the drum beat at dead of night, Commanding fires of death to light The darkness of her scenery.
Pàgina 175 - That with reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation, while he sought Evil to others...
Pàgina 191 - A pillar of state : deep on his front engraven Deliberation sat, and public care : And princely counsel in his face yet shone, Majestic though in ruin : sage he stood, With Atlantean shoulders fit to bear The weight of mightiest monarchies ; his look I Drew audience and attention still as night Or summer's noontide air...
Pàgina 128 - He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Pàgina 125 - Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
Pàgina 198 - I am the very slave of circumstance And impulse — borne away with every breath ! Misplaced upon the throne — misplaced in life. I know not what I could have been, but feel I am not what I should be — let it end.

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