Leisure Labors: Or, Miscellanies Historical, Literary, and PoliticalD. Appleton, 1858 - 408 pages |
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... nature , were given to the task he had undertaken . Nothing was allowed to distract or seduce him from the pursuit of the grand object which possessed him . The attractions of a polished society , the temptations of joyous social inter ...
... nature , were given to the task he had undertaken . Nothing was allowed to distract or seduce him from the pursuit of the grand object which possessed him . The attractions of a polished society , the temptations of joyous social inter ...
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... natural exuberance of patriotism , a rekind- ling of the smouldering fires of liberty . But the evil influence of such teachings , in connection with one yet so revered as the father of progressive democracy , is felt and seen to this ...
... natural exuberance of patriotism , a rekind- ling of the smouldering fires of liberty . But the evil influence of such teachings , in connection with one yet so revered as the father of progressive democracy , is felt and seen to this ...
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... on the river . " This extraordinary violation of national faith was followed up by acts of the most offensive nature . The Spaniards cap- tured and carried into their ports numbers of American vessels 60 THOMAS JEFFERSON .
... on the river . " This extraordinary violation of national faith was followed up by acts of the most offensive nature . The Spaniards cap- tured and carried into their ports numbers of American vessels 60 THOMAS JEFFERSON .
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... nature of Andrew Jackson had not then been aroused , and the emissaries of Jefferson approached him with monitory voices . They succeeded for the moment , and he writes an anxious letter to Burr . Burr replies to his satisfaction , and ...
... nature of Andrew Jackson had not then been aroused , and the emissaries of Jefferson approached him with monitory voices . They succeeded for the moment , and he writes an anxious letter to Burr . Burr replies to his satisfaction , and ...
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... nature , and his greater ambition was to excel in military achieve- ments . He was more tenacious of his revolutionary than of either his political or professional fame . He was evidently fired with the scheme of invading and conquering ...
... nature , and his greater ambition was to excel in military achieve- ments . He was more tenacious of his revolutionary than of either his political or professional fame . He was evidently fired with the scheme of invading and conquering ...
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Page 346 - Some ship in distress, that cannot live In such an angry sea!" "O father! I see a gleaming light, O say, what may it be?" But the father answered never a word, A frozen corpse was he. Lashed to the helm, all stiff and stark, With his face turned to the skies, The lantern gleamed through the gleaming snow On his fixed and glassy eyes. Then the maiden clasped her hands and prayed That saved she might be; And she thought of Christ, who stilled the wave, On the Lake of Galilee.
Page 349 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year...
Page 350 - The reverend champion stood. At his control, Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul; Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise, And his last faltering accents whisper'd praise.
Page 350 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment, tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 350 - Careless their merits or their faults to scan, His pity gave ere charity began. Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all.
Page 338 - And with them the Being Beauteous,' Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven.
Page 347 - The salt sea was frozen on her breast, The salt tears in her eyes; And he saw her hair, like the brown seaweed, On the billows fall and rise.
Page 345 - Last night the moon had a golden ring, And to-night no moon we see ! " The skipper he blew a whiff from his pipe, And a scornful laugh laughed he.
Page 383 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Page 314 - And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.