The Memoir and Writings of James Handasyd Perkins, Volume 1Trueman & Spofford, 1851 - Ohio |
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... thought- that neglect and wrong had spotted with rust the once wholly bright links of his affectionateness . A slight infusion of sarcasm in his narratives and sketches , spicy at first taste , but afterwards bitter , marked the sense ...
... thought- that neglect and wrong had spotted with rust the once wholly bright links of his affectionateness . A slight infusion of sarcasm in his narratives and sketches , spicy at first taste , but afterwards bitter , marked the sense ...
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... thought , courage , honor ; and each season was only too short to let us drink our fill of healthful excitement . - - When southwest winds , laden with showers , melted the snows accumulated through the winter in the woods , and poured ...
... thought , courage , honor ; and each season was only too short to let us drink our fill of healthful excitement . - - When southwest winds , laden with showers , melted the snows accumulated through the winter in the woods , and poured ...
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... thought dim avenues of that future towards which existence is evermore tending . The cream of our delight was surely this communion with nature in her serenest moods . But whatever our motive , the fact undeniably was , that we were a ...
... thought dim avenues of that future towards which existence is evermore tending . The cream of our delight was surely this communion with nature in her serenest moods . But whatever our motive , the fact undeniably was , that we were a ...
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... thought , and ideal longings for purity and peace . Well might he have echoed Wordsworth's sublime strain of gratitude : - " Wisdom and Spirit of the universe ! Thou soul that art the eternity of thought , That gavest to forms and ...
... thought , and ideal longings for purity and peace . Well might he have echoed Wordsworth's sublime strain of gratitude : - " Wisdom and Spirit of the universe ! Thou soul that art the eternity of thought , That gavest to forms and ...
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... thought , which made it distasteful to him to comply with any rules or formulas of thought or study imposed by others . Thus , though his mind and body were active , they were active in his own peculiar way . I remember -- we used ...
... thought , which made it distasteful to him to comply with any rules or formulas of thought or study imposed by others . Thus , though his mind and body were active , they were active in his own peculiar way . I remember -- we used ...
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Page 230 - Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill : A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With...
Page 184 - No man shall be deprived of his liberty or property but by the judgment of his peers or the law of the land...
Page 185 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence, and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States...
Page 262 - Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Page 21 - Adieu, adieu ! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild sea-mew. Yon sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native Land — Good night...
Page 8 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height!
Page 356 - IT is a beautiful belief, That ever round our head Are hovering, on noiseless wing, The spirits of the dead. It is a beautiful belief, When ended our career, That it will be our ministry To watch o'er others here...
Page 8 - But, ah! we knew a thing or two; Our captain wheeled the van ; We routed him, we scouted him, Nor lost a single man!