Adventures and Achievements of Americans: A Series of Narratives Illustrating Their Heroism, Self-reliance, Genius and EnterpriseGeo. F. Tuttle, 1861 - 732 pages |
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... human lips . Nathan Hale was born in Coventry , Connecticut , June 6 , 1755. He was the son of Richard Hale , a substantial farmer of that town , and a man of note among his neighbors , being a justice of the peace , a deacon of the ...
... human lips . Nathan Hale was born in Coventry , Connecticut , June 6 , 1755. He was the son of Richard Hale , a substantial farmer of that town , and a man of note among his neighbors , being a justice of the peace , a deacon of the ...
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... operations , and it became evident that the concentrated forces of the in- vaders were to be let loose upon the rebellious colonists . But where the blow was to fall , no human sagacity could foresee 18 ADVENTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
... operations , and it became evident that the concentrated forces of the in- vaders were to be let loose upon the rebellious colonists . But where the blow was to fall , no human sagacity could foresee 18 ADVENTURES AND ACHIEVEMENTS.
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... human sagacity could foresee . Whether they were to take possession of New York , cut off the communication of the American army , and claim the country by conquest , or proceed southward and make a descent where no preparation would ...
... human sagacity could foresee . Whether they were to take possession of New York , cut off the communication of the American army , and claim the country by conquest , or proceed southward and make a descent where no preparation would ...
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... human presumption - Moses receiving the Law on Sinai - the Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Saviour in the Jordan - the Opening of the Seventh Seal in the Revelations - Saint Michael and his Angels casting out the Great Dragon — the ...
... human presumption - Moses receiving the Law on Sinai - the Descent of the Holy Ghost on the Saviour in the Jordan - the Opening of the Seventh Seal in the Revelations - Saint Michael and his Angels casting out the Great Dragon — the ...
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... human form was exhibited in conformity to academic precepts his figures were arranged with skill - the coloring was varied and harmonious - the eye rested pleased on the performance , and the artist seemed , to the ordinary spectator ...
... human form was exhibited in conformity to academic precepts his figures were arranged with skill - the coloring was varied and harmonious - the eye rested pleased on the performance , and the artist seemed , to the ordinary spectator ...
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Page 606 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course; nor yet in the cold ground, Where thy pale form was laid, with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image. Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again...
Page 606 - To him who in the love of Nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language ; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness ere he is aware.
Page 619 - Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he ; not a...
Page 605 - The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket which hung in the well. That moss-covered vessel I hailed as a treasure, For often at noon, when returned from the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield.
Page 136 - And what have we to oppose to them ? Shall we try argument ? Sir, we have been trying that for the last ten years. Have we anything new to offer upon the subject? Nothing. We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain.
Page 610 - And now, when comes the calm mild day, as still such days will come, To call the squirrel and the bee from out their winter home; When the sound of dropping nuts is heard, though all the trees are still, And twinkle in the smoky light the waters of the rill, The south wind searches for the flowers whose fragrance late he bore, And sighs to find them in the wood and by the stream no more.
Page 598 - IT WAS many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of ANNABEL LEE; And this maiden she lived with no other thought Than to love and be loved by me.
Page 619 - December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow;— vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow— sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore: Nameless here for evermore.
Page 619 - art sure no craven, Ghastly, grim, and ancient Raven, wandering from the nightly shore! Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
Page 612 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.