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... became the companion of her walk . I never knew a summer morning more beautiful and still . Only one little cloud was visible , and that seemed as pure , and white , and peaceful , as if it had been the incense smoke of some burning ...
... became the companion of her walk . I never knew a summer morning more beautiful and still . Only one little cloud was visible , and that seemed as pure , and white , and peaceful , as if it had been the incense smoke of some burning ...
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... became suddenly visible , and at the same instant , a hollow roar came down upon the winds , as if it had been the sound of waves in a rocky The cloud rolled out like a banner folded upon the air , but still the atmosphere was as calm ...
... became suddenly visible , and at the same instant , a hollow roar came down upon the winds , as if it had been the sound of waves in a rocky The cloud rolled out like a banner folded upon the air , but still the atmosphere was as calm ...
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... became silent , and the curious artillerist , or tried seaman , lay extended on his heated piece , gazing in mute wonder at the spectacle . There was just then a minute when the roar of the cannonade seemed passing away like the ...
... became silent , and the curious artillerist , or tried seaman , lay extended on his heated piece , gazing in mute wonder at the spectacle . There was just then a minute when the roar of the cannonade seemed passing away like the ...
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... became more audible . Im- mense volumes of black smoke issued from the smouldering ruins , and bellying outward , fold beyond fold , it overhung the work in a hideous cloud , casting its gloomy shadow across the place of blood . A ...
... became more audible . Im- mense volumes of black smoke issued from the smouldering ruins , and bellying outward , fold beyond fold , it overhung the work in a hideous cloud , casting its gloomy shadow across the place of blood . A ...
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... became a proverb for cheerful gravity and serious deportment . A Very delightful was the first experience of that young man . good workman , he enjoyed constant employment , with wages suffi- cient to procure the comforts of life . He ...
... became a proverb for cheerful gravity and serious deportment . A Very delightful was the first experience of that young man . good workman , he enjoyed constant employment , with wages suffi- cient to procure the comforts of life . He ...
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Page 220 - 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 278 - Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.
Page 38 - Call upon me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me.
Page 241 - I beheld, and lo ! a great multitude, which no man can number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues...
Page 537 - Such a spirit is Liberty. At times she takes the form of a hateful reptile. She grovels, she hisses, she stings. But woe to those who in disgust shall venture to crush her! And happy are those who, having dared to receive her in her degraded and frightful shape, shall at length be rewarded by her in the time of her beauty and her glory!
Page 542 - It is true that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For, while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them and go no further, but, when it beholdeth the chain of them confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Page 198 - I know there is not a man here who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago in this place, moved you that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces raised or to be raised for defence of American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I give...
Page 555 - Mayflower of a forlorn hope, freighted with the prospects of a future state, and bound across the unknown sea. I behold it pursuing, with a thousand misgivings, the uncertain, the tedious voyage. Suns rise and set, and weeks and months pass, and winter surprises them on the deep, but brings them not the sight of the wished-for shore.
Page 199 - ... 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.
Page 199 - They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires, and illuminations. On its annual return they will shed tears, copious, gushing tears, not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, but of exultation, of gratitude, and of joy.