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" In a short time the whole man is changed, and every object of his former delight is relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become flat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned. His retort and crucible are thrown aside. His... "
Letters from Washington, on the Constitution and Laws: With Sketches of Some ... - Page 66
by George Watterston - 1818 - 139 pages
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Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr: (late Vice President ..., Volume 2

Aaron Burr - Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 552 pages
...object of his former delight is relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene; it has become hat and insipid to his taste. His books are abandoned....clangor and the cannon's roar. Even the prattle of his babt s, once so sweet, no longer affects him; and the angel smile of his wife, which hitherto touched...
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Reports of the Trials of Colonel Aaron Burr (late Vice President ..., Volume 2

Burr Conspiracy, 1805-1807 - 1808 - 652 pages
...life. In a short time the whole man is changed, and every object of his former delight is relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become...shrubbery blooms and breathes its fragrance upon the idr in vain; he likes it not. His ear no longer drinks the rich melody of music; it longs for the trumpet's...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1811 - 428 pages
...life. In a short time die whole man is changed, and every object of h's former delight relinquished; No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become flat and insipid co his taste : his books are abandoned ; his retort and crucible are thrown aside ;. his shrubbery...
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Travels Through Canada, and the United States of North America, in ..., Volume 2

John Lambert - Boston (Mass.) - 1814 - 556 pages
..." In a short time the whole man wa8 change*}, and every object of his former delight relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become flat and insipid to his uu ; his books are abandoned ; his retort and crucible are thrown aside ; his shrubbery blooms and...
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The American Orator: Comprising a Collection, Principally from American ...

Joshua P. Slack - Elocution - 1815 - 340 pages
...life. In a short time the whole man is changed and every object of his former delight relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene : it has become...crucible are thrown aside ; his shrubbery blooms and breaths its fragrance upon the air in vain — he likes it not; his ear no longer drinks the rich melody...
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The Columbian Reader: Comprising a New and Various Selection of Elegant ...

Rodolphus Dickinson - Elocution - 1815 - 214 pages
...object of his former dt-light relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become iat and insipid to his taste : his books are abandoned...retort and crucible are thrown aside; his shrubbery GOLUMBIAV READER. 159 blooms and breathes its fragrance upon the air in vain —he likes it not, his...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 490 pages
...life. In a short time the whole man is changed, and every object of his former delight relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become...retort and crucible are thrown aside ; his shrubbery in vain blooms and breathes its fragrance upon the air—he likes it not; his ear no longer drinks...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - American literature - 1819 - 426 pages
...life. In a short time the whole man is changed, and every object of his former delight relihquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become flat and iosipld to his taste ; his books are abandoned ; his retort and crucible are thrown aside ; his shrubbery...
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The Mental Guide: Being a Compend of the First Principles of Metaphysics ...

Psychology - 1828 - 394 pages
...life. In a short time the whole man is changed, and every object of his former delight relinquished. No more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become...not : his ear no longer drinks the rich melody of musick ; it longs for the trumpet's clangour, and the cannon's roar : even the prattle of his babes,...
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Eloquence of the United States, Volume 4

History - 1829 - 524 pages
...a short time the whole man is changed, and every object of his former delight is relinquished. ISo more he enjoys the tranquil scene ; it has become...clangor and the cannon's roar. Even the prattle of hi? babes, once so sweet, no longer affects him ; and the angel smile of his wife, which hitherto touched...
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