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... perhaps , I had seen in Tennessee a good deal of a forest which was almost virgin . The trees went straight upward to a great height , the boles being clean of branches a long distance from the ground , and the leafage scant except at ...
... perhaps , I had seen in Tennessee a good deal of a forest which was almost virgin . The trees went straight upward to a great height , the boles being clean of branches a long distance from the ground , and the leafage scant except at ...
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... Perhaps even greater unceremoniousness would be desirable here for fear that all simple , natural feeling may be overpowered in time by the growth of a por- tentous grandeur , may be overawed by vast granite mansions and mammoth ...
... Perhaps even greater unceremoniousness would be desirable here for fear that all simple , natural feeling may be overpowered in time by the growth of a por- tentous grandeur , may be overawed by vast granite mansions and mammoth ...
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... perhaps , or on the second , but no longer on the ground floor . People were getting an exalted idea of what their property was worth to fancy farmers " 66 and seekers for villa - sites . Three thousand dol- lars was an average price ...
... perhaps , or on the second , but no longer on the ground floor . People were getting an exalted idea of what their property was worth to fancy farmers " 66 and seekers for villa - sites . Three thousand dol- lars was an average price ...
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... perhaps , her burglar was not made absolutely out of the whole cloth ; and he was the more strengthened in this belief by suddenly remembering , as she spoke of the noises which she had heard , that he also had heard , or had fancied ...
... perhaps , her burglar was not made absolutely out of the whole cloth ; and he was the more strengthened in this belief by suddenly remembering , as she spoke of the noises which she had heard , that he also had heard , or had fancied ...
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... perhaps , from some of the facts already stated , Mrs. Latimer's dispo- sition reasonably might be termed imaginative . That this romantic quality had its practical drawbacks , no one was more ready to admit than Mr. Latimer - whose ...
... perhaps , from some of the facts already stated , Mrs. Latimer's dispo- sition reasonably might be termed imaginative . That this romantic quality had its practical drawbacks , no one was more ready to admit than Mr. Latimer - whose ...
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Página 24 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Página 632 - The assent of the States, in their sovereign capacity, is implied in calling a convention, and thus submitting that instrument to the people. But the people were at perfect liberty to accept or reject it; and their act was final. It required not the affirmance, and could not be negatived by the State governments. The Constitution, when thus adopted, was of complete obligation, and bound the State sovereignties.
Página 631 - The Union is much older than the Constitution. It was formed, in fact, by the Articles of Association in 1774. It was matured and continued by the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It was further matured, and the faith of all the then thirteen States expressly plighted and engaged that it should be perpetual, by the Articles of Confederation in 1778. And, finally, in 1787 one of the declared objects for ordaining and establishing the Constitution was "to form a more perfect Union.
Página 320 - War to the last he waged with all The tyrant canker-worms of earth ; Baron and duke, in hold and hall, Cursed the dark hour that gave him birth; He used Rome's harlot...
Página 320 - Cumae's cavern close, The cheeks, with fast and sorrow thin, The rigid front, almost morose, But for the patient hope within, Declare a life whose course hath been Unsullied still, though still severe; Which, through the wavering days of sin, Kept itself icy-chaste and clear. Not wholly such his haggard look When wandering once forlorn he strayed...
Página 606 - I go for all sharing the privileges of the government who assist in bearing its burdens. Consequently, I go for admitting all whites to the right of suffrage who pay taxes or bear arms (by no means excluding females).
Página 601 - Government is instituted for the common good ; for the protection, safety, prosperity and happiness of the people ; and not for the profit, honor, or private interest of any one man, family, or class of men ; Therefore the people alone have an incontestable, unalienable, and indefeasible right to institute government ; and to reform, alter, or totally change the same, when their protection, safety, prosperity and happiness require it.
Página 234 - ... manners of a slave. Money and fine clothes could not mend these defects or cover them up; they only made them the more glaring and the more pathetic. The poor fellow could not endure the terrors of the white man's parlor, and felt at home and at peace nowhere but in the kitchen. The family pew was a misery to him, yet he could nevermore enter into the solacing refuge of the "nigger gallery" — that was closed to him for good and all.
Página 157 - On the morrow he came back, a little boy. And his teacher (who was God) put him in a class a little higher, and gave him these lessons to learn: Thou shalt do no hurt to any living thing. Thou shalt not steal. Thou shalt not cheat.
Página 234 - It is often the case that the man who can't tell a lie thinks he is the best judge of one. - Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar October 12. - The Discovery. - It was wonderful to find America, but it would have been more wonderful to miss it.