A Compendium of American Literature, Chronologically Arranged: With Biographical Sketches of the AuthorsJ.A. Bancroft, 1859 - 784 pages |
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Page 56
... Heaven are that " the things which make for peace may not be hidden from your eyes . " My feelings are not those of pride or ostentation upon the occasion . They are solemnized by a sense of the obligations , the important trusts and ...
... Heaven are that " the things which make for peace may not be hidden from your eyes . " My feelings are not those of pride or ostentation upon the occasion . They are solemnized by a sense of the obligations , the important trusts and ...
Page 58
... Heaven that the two countries should be sundered forever . It may be the will of Heaven that America should suffer calamities still more wasting , The practice has been to celebrate the 4th of July , the day upon which the form of the ...
... Heaven that the two countries should be sundered forever . It may be the will of Heaven that America should suffer calamities still more wasting , The practice has been to celebrate the 4th of July , the day upon which the form of the ...
Page 87
... Heaven , which they inculcate , and the virtuous exertions to which they prompt us , in order to make the best of our condition , not only often greatly amend it , but confer on the mind a strength and elevation which dispose it to ...
... Heaven , which they inculcate , and the virtuous exertions to which they prompt us , in order to make the best of our condition , not only often greatly amend it , but confer on the mind a strength and elevation which dispose it to ...
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... studious pain ; Whose fame the thankful age shall raise , And future times repeat its praise ; Attains that heartfelt peace of mind , To all the will of Heaven resign'd , Which calms in youth , the blast of rage , 90 JOHN TRUMBULL .
... studious pain ; Whose fame the thankful age shall raise , And future times repeat its praise ; Attains that heartfelt peace of mind , To all the will of Heaven resign'd , Which calms in youth , the blast of rage , 90 JOHN TRUMBULL .
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... Heaven for their preservation . Nor was this opinion seriously controverted until it was discovered , several years after- ward , that Goffe and Whalley had been lodged in the house of Mr. Russell . Then it was known that their ...
... Heaven for their preservation . Nor was this opinion seriously controverted until it was discovered , several years after- ward , that Goffe and Whalley had been lodged in the house of Mr. Russell . Then it was known that their ...
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