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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... soldier in the Revolution and then practised law in Ricnmond .. With Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Elbridge Gerry , he was sent to Paris in 1797 to treat of public affairs ; and it was on this occasion that Pinckney made the famous ...
... soldier in the Revolution and then practised law in Ricnmond .. With Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Elbridge Gerry , he was sent to Paris in 1797 to treat of public affairs ; and it was on this occasion that Pinckney made the famous ...
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... soldiers down ; and no other effort to stop the flames being practicable , M'Pher- son hung out the white flag . Powerfully as the present occasion called for punishment , and rightfully as it might have been inflicted , not a drop of ...
... soldiers down ; and no other effort to stop the flames being practicable , M'Pher- son hung out the white flag . Powerfully as the present occasion called for punishment , and rightfully as it might have been inflicted , not a drop of ...
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... soldier in that little band of patriots ? Where is the man ? There he stands - but whether the heart of an American beats in his bosom , you , gentlemen , are to judge . " He then carried the jury , by the powers of his imagination , to ...
... soldier in that little band of patriots ? Where is the man ? There he stands - but whether the heart of an American beats in his bosom , you , gentlemen , are to judge . " He then carried the jury , by the powers of his imagination , to ...
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... soldier in the war of 1812 he was elected to the Tennessee Legislature in 1821 and 1823 , and to Congress in 1829 and 1833. His eccentricity of manners , his lack of education , and his strong common sense and shrewdness made him a ...
... soldier in the war of 1812 he was elected to the Tennessee Legislature in 1821 and 1823 , and to Congress in 1829 and 1833. His eccentricity of manners , his lack of education , and his strong common sense and shrewdness made him a ...
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... soldier in the Creek war and was almost fatally wounded at the battle of Tohopeka , or Horse- shoe Bend , Alabama . In 1818 he decided to study law and went to Nashville , where he became quite successful as a lawyer and soon received ...
... soldier in the Creek war and was almost fatally wounded at the battle of Tohopeka , or Horse- shoe Bend , Alabama . In 1818 he decided to study law and went to Nashville , where he became quite successful as a lawyer and soon received ...
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Albemarle County America army beautiful became bird born brave Calhoun Captain Charleston Clay colony command Congress Constitution daughter death duty educated elected enemy eyes father fire friends gentlemen George Tucker Georgia governor Gulf Stream hand happy hatchet heard heart heaven Henry History Horse-Shoe Indian Jefferson John JOHN PENDLETON KENNEDY king know thee land Legislature Letters liberty Lieutenant living Louisiana Manneyto Marion ment miles morning Moses Waddell nation nature never night North o'er officers orator Orleans party passed patriot Paul Hamilton Hayne peace plantation Poems political Powhatan President Randolph Revolution Richmond river Roanoke scene seems Senate ship slave song South Carolina Southern Literary Messenger speech spirit Star-Spangled banner stream style Texas Thou tion took tree troops Union United University University of Virginia Virginia Washington William WILLIAM HENRY DRAYTON Yemassee young youth
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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.