Leisure Labors: Or, Miscellanies Historical, Literary, and PoliticalD. Appleton, 1858 - 408 pages |
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... period , and develope in the inception those peculiar and vast powers , which , but for their occurrence , might have lurked under ground for long years subsequently , and in all probability , might never have reached the same enviable ...
... period , and develope in the inception those peculiar and vast powers , which , but for their occurrence , might have lurked under ground for long years subsequently , and in all probability , might never have reached the same enviable ...
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... period , Jefferson had become a member of the General Assembly . The in- sulting and arrogant address of the British Lords and Commons on the proceedings in Massachusetts was the first matter which engaged attention at the opening of ...
... period , Jefferson had become a member of the General Assembly . The in- sulting and arrogant address of the British Lords and Commons on the proceedings in Massachusetts was the first matter which engaged attention at the opening of ...
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... period of Mr. Jefferson's public career with sincere and unalloyed pleasure . Envy does not interpose , malice itself has invented naught to discourage that heartfelt admiration which fills all America when contemplating this grand ...
... period of Mr. Jefferson's public career with sincere and unalloyed pleasure . Envy does not interpose , malice itself has invented naught to discourage that heartfelt admiration which fills all America when contemplating this grand ...
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... period of his public life , which may not be at all favor- able to the latter . On the first of July , the resolution of the Virginia delegates was taken up and considered . After some discussion it was passed . The vote , however , was ...
... period of his public life , which may not be at all favor- able to the latter . On the first of July , the resolution of the Virginia delegates was taken up and considered . After some discussion it was passed . The vote , however , was ...
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... periods . In fact , the entire docu- ment underwent a shearing process in the revisory hands of the author's coadjutors , and was reproduced in a shape that has left it without a parallel of its kind in the history of any other nation ...
... periods . In fact , the entire docu- ment underwent a shearing process in the revisory hands of the author's coadjutors , and was reproduced in a shape that has left it without a parallel of its kind in the history of any other nation ...
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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.