Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800William B. Cairns Macmillan, 1909 - 493 Seiten |
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... brought a shore , and with as much speede as might bee wee went about our fortification . The two and twenty day of Aprill , Captain Newport and my selfe with divers others , to the number of twenty two persons , set forward to discover ...
... brought a shore , and with as much speede as might bee wee went about our fortification . The two and twenty day of Aprill , Captain Newport and my selfe with divers others , to the number of twenty two persons , set forward to discover ...
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... brought me too : where binding the Mats in bundels , they marched two dayes journey , and crossed the River of Youghtanan , where it was as broad as Thames : so conducting me to a place called Menapacute in Pamaunke , where the King ...
... brought me too : where binding the Mats in bundels , they marched two dayes journey , and crossed the River of Youghtanan , where it was as broad as Thames : so conducting me to a place called Menapacute in Pamaunke , where the King ...
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... brought them forth , the people spent the forenoone in dancing and singing about them with rattles . In the afternoone , they put those children to the roote of a tree . By them , all the men stood in a guard , every one having a ...
... brought them forth , the people spent the forenoone in dancing and singing about them with rattles . In the afternoone , they put those children to the roote of a tree . By them , all the men stood in a guard , every one having a ...
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... brought to light , it will always be impossible to reach a definite conclusion . An impartial statement of the case may be found in Furness's Variorum edition of " The Tempest . " The text which follows is from " Purchas His Pilgrimes ...
... brought to light , it will always be impossible to reach a definite conclusion . An impartial statement of the case may be found in Furness's Variorum edition of " The Tempest . " The text which follows is from " Purchas His Pilgrimes ...
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... brought ; but to me , this Leakage appeared as a wound given to men that were before dead . The Lord knoweth , I had as little hope , as desire of life in the storme , & in this , it went beyond my will ; because beyond my reason , why ...
... brought ; but to me , this Leakage appeared as a wound given to men that were before dead . The Lord knoweth , I had as little hope , as desire of life in the storme , & in this , it went beyond my will ; because beyond my reason , why ...
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Seite 285 - And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Seite 361 - The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith — the text of civic instruction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them, in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Seite 339 - But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ' Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Seite 116 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Seite 361 - ... economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Seite 357 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Seite 361 - ... the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Seite 361 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Seite 358 - During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely and to speak and to write what they think. But this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the Constitution, all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law and unite in common efforts for the common good.
Seite 327 - ... conversation are to inform or to be informed, to please or to persuade, I wish well-meaning, sensible men would not lessen their power of doing good by a positive, assuming manner...