The Life and Character of the Hon. William Parkinson Greene: An Address Delivered Before the Alumni of the Norwich Free Academy, January 25, 1865Riverside Press, 1865 - 137 Seiten |
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... hundred thousand dollars , and this was increased in 1825 to five hundred thousand dollars , and at a subsequent period it was still further aug- mented . The business of the company , however , was never eminently profitable , and in ...
... hundred thousand dollars , and this was increased in 1825 to five hundred thousand dollars , and at a subsequent period it was still further aug- mented . The business of the company , however , was never eminently profitable , and in ...
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... hundred dollars . Mr. Greene was the third individual to whom this cir- cular was submitted . He promptly replied that he would give one tenth of seventy - five thousand dollars , or of any other sum that might be thought necessary for ...
... hundred dollars . Mr. Greene was the third individual to whom this cir- cular was submitted . He promptly replied that he would give one tenth of seventy - five thousand dollars , or of any other sum that might be thought necessary for ...
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... hundred dollars . With this subscription the Norwich Free Academy was erected in 1855-6 , and dedicated on the 21st of Octo- ber , 1856. In February , 1857 , he contributed the ad- ditional sum of one thousand dollars , ( as part of a ...
... hundred dollars . With this subscription the Norwich Free Academy was erected in 1855-6 , and dedicated on the 21st of Octo- ber , 1856. In February , 1857 , he contributed the ad- ditional sum of one thousand dollars , ( as part of a ...
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... hundred dollars * in various ways , which he never reported to the treasurer . When questions of importance arose , it was wonderful to wit- ness his capacity for labor and his willingness to per- form it ; and that , too , when others ...
... hundred dollars * in various ways , which he never reported to the treasurer . When questions of importance arose , it was wonderful to wit- ness his capacity for labor and his willingness to per- form it ; and that , too , when others ...
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... purpose in the second year of his administration , when he united with several others in raising seven thousand five hundred dollars for the Academy ; and on the first of January , 1863 , he placed in the ADDRESS . 39.
... purpose in the second year of his administration , when he united with several others in raising seven thousand five hundred dollars for the Academy ; and on the first of January , 1863 , he placed in the ADDRESS . 39.
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agent Alumni amount Benjamin Benjamin D Board born Boston Bozrah called Calvin Goddard capital charities Christian Church commenced Congregational Church connection cotton cotton-mill direction Directors duty early Elizabeth Hubbard England enterprise erected factory Falls Company father favor feel fortune founders GARDINER GREENE Gilman Greene's character Greeneville grist-mill hands Harvard College heart Henry Hubbard honor human Huntington interest James James Lanman John labors Lathrop lives Lord Lowell Lowell Institute machinery manly Manufacturing Company meeting ments mind moral Nathan Appleton nature never noble Norwich Free Academy occasion operations pany paper-mill Park Street Church passed period present President principles profession proprietor purchase Quinebaug Mill received religious remarks Resolved Russell Hubbard Samuel Hubbard Samuel Mowry schools Shetucket Company Society spirit stockholders success Thames Company thought thousand spindles tion toil true virtues voted whole WILLIAM PARKINSON William Williams
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Seite 46 - So fades a summer cloud away; So sinks the gale when storms are o'er; So gently shuts the eye of day; So dies a wave along the shore.
Seite 93 - And live there men, who slight immortal fame ? Who then with incense shall adore our name ? But mortals! know, 'tis still our greatest pride To blaze those virtues, which the good would hide. Rise ! Muses, rise ! add all your tuneful breath, These must not sleep in darkness and in death.
Seite 68 - Great wits sometimes may gloriously offend, And rise to faults true critics dare not mend; From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art, Which, without passing thro' the judgment, gains The heart, and all its end at once attains.
Seite 79 - How seldom friend! a good great man inherits Honor or wealth with all his worth and pains! It sounds, like stories from the land of spirits, If any man obtain that which he merits, Or any merit that which he obtains.
Seite 59 - God doth not need Either man's works or his own gifts. Who best Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state Is kingly; thousands at his bidding speed, And post o'er land and ocean without rest : — They also serve who only stand and wait.
Seite 131 - ... Resolved, That as a particular mark of respect to the memory of the deceased and in recognition of his distinguished public career, the House, at the conclusion of these exercises, shall stand adjourned. Resolved, That the Clerk communicate these resolutions to the Senate. Resolved, That the Clerk send a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Seite 99 - ( naming the county ) and as such, by and under such name and style, may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded...
Seite 79 - Or throne of corses which his sword hath slain ? Greatness and goodness are not means but ends ! Hath he not always treasures, always friends, The good great man? Three treasures, love and light, And calm thoughts regular as infant's breath : And three firm friends, more sure than day and night, Himself, his Maker, and the angel Death.
Seite 101 - That the corporators named in the original act, or their successors, be and they are hereby authorized to increase the capital stock of said company, from its present amount of twenty thousand dollars, to the sum of forty thousand dollars.
Seite 6 - But no mortal speech has ever excited in my mind such emotions as are kindled by this magician. Whenever I hear him, I am, as it were, charmed and fettered. My heart leaps like an inspired Corybant. My inmost soul is stung by his words, as by the bite of a serpent; it is indignant at its own rude and ignoble character. I often weep tears of regret, and think how vain and inglorious is the life I lead. Nor am I the only one that weeps like a child, and despairs of himself. Many others are affected...