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... tion of literary taste and knowledge , they may be ren- dered eminently useful . The present volume is selected entirely from Ameri- can authors , and contains specimens of American lit- erature from its earliest period to the present ...
... tion of literary taste and knowledge , they may be ren- dered eminently useful . The present volume is selected entirely from Ameri- can authors , and contains specimens of American lit- erature from its earliest period to the present ...
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... tion of that moment - my hair rose , my flesh crept , and drops of sweat rolled fast down my cheeks ; yet it was not fear I cannot describe the emotion with which I watched the figure growing more and more distinct ; and even when I saw ...
... tion of that moment - my hair rose , my flesh crept , and drops of sweat rolled fast down my cheeks ; yet it was not fear I cannot describe the emotion with which I watched the figure growing more and more distinct ; and even when I saw ...
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... tion to its moral efficacy , the Bible may not exert a pow- erful influence upon the intellectual character of man . And here it is scarcely necessary that I should remark , that , of all the books with which , since the invention of ...
... tion to its moral efficacy , the Bible may not exert a pow- erful influence upon the intellectual character of man . And here it is scarcely necessary that I should remark , that , of all the books with which , since the invention of ...
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... tion of the mind as well as to produce sound , enters upon the work without preparatory discipline , and then wonders that he fails ! If he were learning to play on the flute for pub- lic exhibition , what hours and days would he spend ...
... tion of the mind as well as to produce sound , enters upon the work without preparatory discipline , and then wonders that he fails ! If he were learning to play on the flute for pub- lic exhibition , what hours and days would he spend ...
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... tion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings . A small wool hat rested on the top of his nose , - for so his scanty strip of a forehead might be called , -and the skirts of his black coat flirted out almost to the ...
... tion of his arms was not unlike the flapping of a pair of wings . A small wool hat rested on the top of his nose , - for so his scanty strip of a forehead might be called , -and the skirts of his black coat flirted out almost to the ...
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Page 70 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 174 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 172 - ... agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging, in situations in which not unfrequently want of success has countenanced the spirit of criticism, the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts, and a guarantee of the plans by which they were effected.
Page 162 - We may not live to the time when this Declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold. Be it so. Be it so. If -it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready, at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But while I do live, let me have a country, or at least the hope of a country, and that a free country.
Page 259 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 71 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 161 - Publish it from the pulpit; religion will approve it, and the love of religious liberty will cling round it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it, Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill, and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry out in its support "Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see,...
Page 172 - ... and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment, by services, faithful and persevering, though in usefulness unequal to my zeal. If benefits have resulted to our...
Page 162 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured, that this declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood ; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.
Page 174 - How far in the discharge of my official duties I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated, the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world. To myself, the assurance of my own conscience is, that I have at least believed myself to be guided by them.