The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationHarper Collins, 05.09.2000 - 656 Seiten The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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... York , yet I have heard of no information preferred by Mr. Attorney for any offenses of this sort . From which I think it is pretty clear that in New York a man may make very free with his God , but he must take special care what he ...
... York nowadays and read a part of the Bible , if it were not known to be such , Mr. Attorney , with the help of his innuendoes , would easily turn it into a libel . As for instance : Isaiah 11:16 : " The leaders of the peo- ple cause ...
... York alone , which you are now trying . No ! It may , in its consequence , affect every free man that lives under a British government on the main continent of Amer- ica . It is the best cause ; it is the cause of liberty ; and I make ...
... York City in 1809 . These are the times that try men's souls . The summer soldier in this crisis , shrink from service of his country ; but he that stands it NOW , deserves the love and thanks of man and woman . Tyranny , like hell , is ...
... York . During the American Revolution , he had friends and relatives on both sides , and was briefly imprisoned by the English . He sailed for Europe in 1780 and arranged for publication in London of his essays on American life . For ...
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Madcaps, Screwballs, and Con Women: The Female Trickster in American Culture Lori Landay Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 1998 |