A compendium of American literature, arranged by C.D. Cleveland. Stereotyped edCharles Dexter Cleveland 1862 |
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... tion from the friends and champions , lay or clerical , of our " pecu- liar institution , " — -no one could despise me half so much as I should despise myself . 11 Cor . vi . 19 . I was also blamed by some for not introducing more ...
... tion from the friends and champions , lay or clerical , of our " pecu- liar institution , " — -no one could despise me half so much as I should despise myself . 11 Cor . vi . 19 . I was also blamed by some for not introducing more ...
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... tion ............. ********* 126 Character of Major André .................. 127 Character of General Greene ............... 128 McFingal's Vision of American Great- ness .................. JOHN LEDYARD : Biographical Sketch .. The ...
... tion ............. ********* 126 Character of Major André .................. 127 Character of General Greene ............... 128 McFingal's Vision of American Great- ness .................. JOHN LEDYARD : Biographical Sketch .. The ...
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... tion 453 ..................... Consumption ......... 416 Night ... 417 JOHN G. C. BRAINARD : Love of Study ... . 418 Lines on , by J. G. Whittier ................ 455 Extract from Prometheus ..... 419 Biographical Sketch ..... 455 The ...
... tion 453 ..................... Consumption ......... 416 Night ... 417 JOHN G. C. BRAINARD : Love of Study ... . 418 Lines on , by J. G. Whittier ................ 455 Extract from Prometheus ..... 419 Biographical Sketch ..... 455 The ...
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... tion is determined by another going before that ; and so on , till we come to the first volition in the whole series ; and if that first voli- tion be free , and the Will self - determined in it , then that is deter- mined by another ...
... tion is determined by another going before that ; and so on , till we come to the first volition in the whole series ; and if that first voli- tion be free , and the Will self - determined in it , then that is deter- mined by another ...
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... tion desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposi- tion that morality can be maintained without religion . Whatever may be conceded to the influence of ...
... tion desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposi- tion that morality can be maintained without religion . Whatever may be conceded to the influence of ...
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Page 379 - Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again; And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements; To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon.
Page 270 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last, feeble, and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their...
Page 223 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 381 - All day thy wings have fanned At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 52 - Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless, too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils, to which they may tend.
Page 404 - Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Page 380 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 76 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions; the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 625 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl!
Page 270 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.