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... appear in the second chapter , separate from the body of the poetical writers in Chapter III . I should be claiming a merit which does not belong to me , should I fail to say , that , for much of the labor which this little treatise has ...
... appear in the second chapter , separate from the body of the poetical writers in Chapter III . I should be claiming a merit which does not belong to me , should I fail to say , that , for much of the labor which this little treatise has ...
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... appear in her conversion , and that they had seen many English ladies worse favored , of less exact proportion , and genteel carriage than she was . The whole court were charmed and surprised at the decency and grace of her deportment ...
... appear in her conversion , and that they had seen many English ladies worse favored , of less exact proportion , and genteel carriage than she was . The whole court were charmed and surprised at the decency and grace of her deportment ...
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... appear in the moment to have great influence , and who , being mere speculatists , may aim at more refinement than suits either with human nature , or the composition of your nation . FISHER AMES . 1758-1808 . ( Manual , p . 487. ) From ...
... appear in the moment to have great influence , and who , being mere speculatists , may aim at more refinement than suits either with human nature , or the composition of your nation . FISHER AMES . 1758-1808 . ( Manual , p . 487. ) From ...
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... appear . Proudly I discern the flag of my country , as it ripples in every breeze , at last become in reality , as in name , the Flag of Freedom , undoubted , pure , and irresistible . Am I not right , then , in calling this bill the ...
... appear . Proudly I discern the flag of my country , as it ripples in every breeze , at last become in reality , as in name , the Flag of Freedom , undoubted , pure , and irresistible . Am I not right , then , in calling this bill the ...
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... appears . 91 . From " The Life and Times of Aaron Burr . " BURR AND HAMILTON COMPARED . To judge this man , to decide how far he was unfortunate , and how far guilty , how much we ought to pity , and how much to blame him , is a task ...
... appears . 91 . From " The Life and Times of Aaron Burr . " BURR AND HAMILTON COMPARED . To judge this man , to decide how far he was unfortunate , and how far guilty , how much we ought to pity , and how much to blame him , is a task ...
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ALICE CARY American April 13 battle beauty become behold blessed character Chester Bridge Christian church civil clouds dark death divine dread duty earth EDWARD HITCHCOCK England eyes feeling fire forest freedom glory ground hand happiness hath heart heaven HORACE BUSHNELL hour human immortal Indians interest JOHN JOHN ADAMS labor land liberty light live look Manual ment mind monument moral morning mountain nation native nature never night o'er object once pass peace political religion RICHARD HENRY WILDE rising rock Roman dictator sacred seal device seen Sermons silent slavery slaves solemn soul South Carolina Speech spirit Star-Spangled Banner stars stream sweet thee things thou thought Thoughts on Government tion trees true truth Union United United States Senate vast Virginia virtue waves whole wild WILLIAM winds writers
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Seite 46 - Peace, peace ! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ; but, as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Seite 63 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
Seite 196 - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended, But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead...
Seite 200 - But now his nose is thin, And it rests upon his chin Like a staff, And a crook is in his back, And a melancholy crack In his laugh.
Seite 174 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Seite 177 - The floor is of sand, like the mountain drift. And the pearl-shells spangle the flinty snow ; From coral rocks the sea-plants lift Their boughs, where the tides and billows flow; The water is calm and still below. For the winds and waves are absent there, And the sands are bright as the stars that glow 'In the motionless fields of upper air...
Seite 106 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Seite 17 - There goes many a ship to sea, with many hundred souls in one ship, whose weal and woe is common, and is a true picture of a commonwealth, or a human combination or society. It hath fallen out sometimes, that both papists and protestants, Jews and Turks, may be embarked in one ship; upon which supposal I affirm, that all the liberty of conscience, that ever I pleaded for, turns upon these two hinges— that none of the papists, protestants, Jews, or Turks, be forced to come to the ship's prayers...
Seite 58 - I profess, sir, in my career, hitherto, to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country...
Seite 192 - Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers.