Our Heritage: (a Romance of the Sierras) in Five BooksH E Roxburgh, 1914 - 333 pages |
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Page 15
... passed below the western range . The higher peaks were gorgeous in the rays of the setting sun . The valley of the Truckee was filled with a radiant mountain twilight . A kingfisher darted from his tree on Belle Isle , and with a shrill ...
... passed below the western range . The higher peaks were gorgeous in the rays of the setting sun . The valley of the Truckee was filled with a radiant mountain twilight . A kingfisher darted from his tree on Belle Isle , and with a shrill ...
Page 19
... Passing down the valley of the Father of Waters , he crossed the stormy Atlantic . The gates of Hercules had opened to receive him . Rome had given to him of the treasures of her law and government . Greece had bestowed upon him the ...
... Passing down the valley of the Father of Waters , he crossed the stormy Atlantic . The gates of Hercules had opened to receive him . Rome had given to him of the treasures of her law and government . Greece had bestowed upon him the ...
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... Vin became satisfied of the utter fallacy of the so - called Christian Religion . He had passed through all the gradations from a blind , unreasoning , unreasonable faith - through darkness , WHAT HE THOUGHT 21 What He Thought.
... Vin became satisfied of the utter fallacy of the so - called Christian Religion . He had passed through all the gradations from a blind , unreasoning , unreasonable faith - through darkness , WHAT HE THOUGHT 21 What He Thought.
Page 36
... passed , they would observe that this ball of light and warmth was slowly sinking down into the west . With what peculiar feelings would they note that fact ? How all eyes would watch the close of the first day ! And as plain , lake ...
... passed , they would observe that this ball of light and warmth was slowly sinking down into the west . With what peculiar feelings would they note that fact ? How all eyes would watch the close of the first day ! And as plain , lake ...
Page 37
... passing , and hope for another day , until , the long hours of doubt and fear and hope wore away , and the East grew light ... passed they would assert that without such intervention of song and dance there would be no Sunrise and no day ...
... passing , and hope for another day , until , the long hours of doubt and fear and hope wore away , and the East grew light ... passed they would assert that without such intervention of song and dance there would be no Sunrise and no day ...
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Page 173 - When the woes of life o'ertake me, Hopes deceive, and fears annoy, Never shall the cross forsake me: Lo ! it glows with peace and joy. 3 When the sun of bliss is beaming Light and love upon my way, From the cross the radiance streaming Adds more lustre to the day.
Page 190 - Ye stars, which are the poetry of heaven ! If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty and a mystery, and create In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 202 - And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables: That seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them.
Page 276 - ... that it may be declared and enacted, that all and singular the rights and liberties asserted and claimed in the said declaration are the true, ancient and indubitable rights and liberties of the people of this kingdom...
Page 202 - He answered and said unto them, 'Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
Page 21 - To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, — that is genius.
Page 274 - Then was formed that language, less musical indeed than the languages of the south, but in force, in richness, in aptitude for all the highest purposes of the poet, the philosopher, and the orator, inferior to the tongue of Greece alone.
Page 211 - Do unto others as ye would that they should do unto you " ? This was the doctrine of Lao-tsze.
Page 273 - Then it was that the great English people was formed, that the national character began to exhibit those peculiarities which it has ever since retained, and that our fathers became emphatically islanders, islanders not merely in geographical position, but in their politics, their feelings, and their manners.
Page 305 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.