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... person banishes all com- mun - place incidents from his mind , and rises to the level of those greater and more ... persons of no special value , as well as to Dr. Johnson . Tacitus , on the other hand , though intimately acquainted ...
... person banishes all com- mun - place incidents from his mind , and rises to the level of those greater and more ... persons of no special value , as well as to Dr. Johnson . Tacitus , on the other hand , though intimately acquainted ...
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... persons , generally , of strong minds , sound sense , and sterling worth . As a family , like their ances tors , they were notable for their religious sentiment , for the moderation of their views and feelings , and for their attachment ...
... persons , generally , of strong minds , sound sense , and sterling worth . As a family , like their ances tors , they were notable for their religious sentiment , for the moderation of their views and feelings , and for their attachment ...
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... person of any considerable natural powers . My father was his friend and supporter . He talked awhile in the field , and went on his way . When he was gone , my father called me to him , and we sat down beneath the elm , on a hay - cock ...
... person of any considerable natural powers . My father was his friend and supporter . He talked awhile in the field , and went on his way . When he was gone , my father called me to him , and we sat down beneath the elm , on a hay - cock ...
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... person in Exeter , besides the new pupil , who could have read so large an extract with equal force and elegance . It has been unwisely said , by those who wish to give undue credit to the natural abilities of Mr. Webster , in contradis ...
... person in Exeter , besides the new pupil , who could have read so large an extract with equal force and elegance . It has been unwisely said , by those who wish to give undue credit to the natural abilities of Mr. Webster , in contradis ...
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... person do a good day's work , was never so easily satisfied with his boys for doing less than was expected of them , as when they neg lected their labor for their books . On that day , certainly , Daniel was not doing much ; and he ...
... person do a good day's work , was never so easily satisfied with his boys for doing less than was expected of them , as when they neg lected their labor for their books . On that day , certainly , Daniel was not doing much ; and he ...
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Page 278 - 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!
Page 57 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object—this, this is eloquence; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Page 278 - Liberty first and Union afterward"; 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...
Page 336 - Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 336 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 348 - The parties mutually stipulate that each shall prepare, equip, and maintain in service, on the coast of Africa, a sufficient and adequate squadron, or naval force of vessels, of suitable numbers and descriptions, to carry in all not less than eighty guns, to enforce, separately and respectively, the laws, rights, and obligations, of each of the two countries, for the suppression of the slave trade...
Page 306 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar offj they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 233 - An act in addition to an act more effectually to provide for the punishment of certain crimes against the United States, and for other purposes...
Page 336 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean...
Page 26 - ... revolutionary war, shrunk from no danger, no toil, no sacrifice, to serve his country, and to raise his children to a condition better than his own, may my name and the name of my posterity be blotted forever from the memory of mankind ! [Mr.
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