Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Band 3C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1859 |
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... less as a calumny than as an absurdity . No one would stoop to refute it . It would make as deep an impression on their pure fame , as the breath of a summer evening makes upon the eternal granite which com- memorates their patriotism ...
... less as a calumny than as an absurdity . No one would stoop to refute it . It would make as deep an impression on their pure fame , as the breath of a summer evening makes upon the eternal granite which com- memorates their patriotism ...
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... less severely felt because the right of parliament to enforce it was conceded . In the infancy of the colonies it was comparatively of little consequence , but , as they grew in numbers and wealth , and in aptitude for com- merce , it ...
... less severely felt because the right of parliament to enforce it was conceded . In the infancy of the colonies it was comparatively of little consequence , but , as they grew in numbers and wealth , and in aptitude for com- merce , it ...
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... less than its own . II . The struggle for constitutional freedom was , as I have stated , the first great cause of the revolutionary drama . Be- yond this , the distinct purpose of those who gave the impulse to the public mind does not ...
... less than its own . II . The struggle for constitutional freedom was , as I have stated , the first great cause of the revolutionary drama . Be- yond this , the distinct purpose of those who gave the impulse to the public mind does not ...
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... less pre- sumptuous and hopeless were the attempt , on the part of man , to strike a chill throughout the universal vegetable king- dom , which should arrest this vernal renovation and wrap the promise of June in the shroud of January ...
... less pre- sumptuous and hopeless were the attempt , on the part of man , to strike a chill throughout the universal vegetable king- dom , which should arrest this vernal renovation and wrap the promise of June in the shroud of January ...
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... of political grievances , nor the assertion of national independence , nor the establishment of republican government , was the fulfilment of the destiny of the American revolution . A higher object , still less 28 BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL .
... of political grievances , nor the assertion of national independence , nor the establishment of republican government , was the fulfilment of the destiny of the American revolution . A higher object , still less 28 BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL .
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Seite 113 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Seite 217 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Seite 208 - Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Seite 209 - The various terrors of that horrid shore : Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake...
Seite 562 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums and small pecuniary aids to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Seite 15 - Here we may place a distinct epoch in the continuous history of our race ; the end of the old world and the beginning of the new ; — not sharply defined but gradually commingling, the former fading away as the latter brightens into being.
Seite 265 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet...
Seite 166 - Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose ; " ' But when the sun in all his state Illumed the eastern skies, She passed through Glory's morning gate, And walked in paradise.
Seite 564 - ... it is contrary to experience that a miracle should be true, but not contrary to experience that testimony should be false.
Seite 474 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.