Southern Literature from 1579-1895: A Comprehensive Review, with Copions Extracts and Criticisms. For the Use of Schools and the General Reader, Containing an Appendix with a Full List of Southern Authors |
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... became in 1775 a member of the Provincial Congress , and on Hancock's resignation , president of the Continental Congress . He was appointed in 1779 minister to Holland , and on his way was captured by the British and confined in the ...
... became in 1775 a member of the Provincial Congress , and on Hancock's resignation , president of the Continental Congress . He was appointed in 1779 minister to Holland , and on his way was captured by the British and confined in the ...
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... became a surveyor , being employed in that capa- city at the early age of sixteen by Lord Fairfax , governor of Virginia . He joined the English troops sent under General Braddock against the French in 1756 , and his bravery and good ...
... became a surveyor , being employed in that capa- city at the early age of sixteen by Lord Fairfax , governor of Virginia . He joined the English troops sent under General Braddock against the French in 1756 , and his bravery and good ...
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... became necessary to strip the windows of the dwelling - houses in Charleston of their weights . Powder was also very scarce . The proportion allotted for the de- fence of the fort was but barely sufficient for slow firing . This was ...
... became necessary to strip the windows of the dwelling - houses in Charleston of their weights . Powder was also very scarce . The proportion allotted for the de- fence of the fort was but barely sufficient for slow firing . This was ...
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... became stepfather to John Randolph of Roanoke . He was a distinguished jurist , professor of law at William and Mary College , president- judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals , and judge of the United States District Court of Virginia ...
... became stepfather to John Randolph of Roanoke . He was a distinguished jurist , professor of law at William and Mary College , president- judge of the Virginia Court of Appeals , and judge of the United States District Court of Virginia ...
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... became agent for the publishing house of Matthew Carey of Philadelphia , and was very successful , being " equally ready for a stump , a fair , or a pulpit . " He played the violin , read , recited , and was hu- morous and interesting ...
... became agent for the publishing house of Matthew Carey of Philadelphia , and was very successful , being " equally ready for a stump , a fair , or a pulpit . " He played the violin , read , recited , and was hu- morous and interesting ...
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Page 82 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Page 84 - 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. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
Page 155 - O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave ! And where is that band who so vauntingly swore That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion A home and a country should leave us no more ? Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps
Page 83 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 155 - 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, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 82 - The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissensions, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual...
Page 400 - Out of the hills of Habersham, Down the valleys of Hall, I hurry amain to reach the plain, Run the rapid and leap the fall, Split at the rock and together again, Accept my bed, or narrow or wide, And flee from folly on every side With a lover's pain to attain the plain Far from the hills of Habersham, Far from the valleys of Hall. All down the hills of Habersham, All through the valleys of Hall, The rushes cried Abide, abide...
Page 89 - Gentlemen may cry 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!
Page 76 - I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Page 81 - Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest, as one Nation. Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign Power, must be intrinsically precarious.