Centennial Orations Commemorative of the Opening Events of the American Revolution: With Other Proceedings, 1874-1875N.E. Historic Genealogical Society, 1875 - 176 Seiten |
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... century the freeholders had held their town meetings , and the selectmen had consulted on municipal affairs . On the walls still hung , shrivelled and dusty , a few scalps of those fierce Algonquins , upon whom our fathers inflicted ...
... century the freeholders had held their town meetings , and the selectmen had consulted on municipal affairs . On the walls still hung , shrivelled and dusty , a few scalps of those fierce Algonquins , upon whom our fathers inflicted ...
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... century . Their clergymen were , almost without exception , graduates of the great English universities ; well versed in the learning of their time , deeply interested in all political and ecclesiastical movements , and with a strong ...
... century . Their clergymen were , almost without exception , graduates of the great English universities ; well versed in the learning of their time , deeply interested in all political and ecclesiastical movements , and with a strong ...
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... century has wrought , irresistibly impel us , at this time , to do something to remove any lingering trace of that old and indiscriminate prejudice against the country whose ministers inflicted such harsh and unnatural wrongs upon our ...
... century has wrought , irresistibly impel us , at this time , to do something to remove any lingering trace of that old and indiscriminate prejudice against the country whose ministers inflicted such harsh and unnatural wrongs upon our ...
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... centuries , must have possessed some com- manding qualities to have continued to hold a conspicuous place among their contemporaries , and to have thus marked their course by enduring monu- ments . In the great struggle for existence I ...
... centuries , must have possessed some com- manding qualities to have continued to hold a conspicuous place among their contemporaries , and to have thus marked their course by enduring monu- ments . In the great struggle for existence I ...
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... century and a half from its colonization , a purer Anglo - Saxon race would be seen on this side of the ocean than on the other ; " and Whitmore affirms that nine - tenths of our native citizens can prove their descent for eight ...
... century and a half from its colonization , a purer Anglo - Saxon race would be seen on this side of the ocean than on the other ; " and Whitmore affirms that nine - tenths of our native citizens can prove their descent for eight ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 29 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Seite 170 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Seite 155 - ... first in peace, first in war, and first in the hearts of his countrymen...
Seite 141 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night ; And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Seite 29 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts, Not such as Europe breeds in her decay, Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Seite 30 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks: methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full mid-day beam...
Seite 86 - General, yet, as I had reason to believe this was a point of the greatest difficulty, I had no hesitation to declare that I had but one gentleman in my mind for that important command, and that was a gentleman from Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies...
Seite 110 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Seite 129 - Spirit, that made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raise to them and thee.
Seite 107 - You have been told that we are seditious, impatient of government, and desirous of independency. Be assured that these are not facts, but calumnies. Permit us to be as free as yourselves, and we shall ever esteem a union with you to be our greatest glory and our greatest happiness...