Prose Writers of America: A Collection of Eloquent and Interesting Extracts from the Writings of American AuthorsLeavitt, 1855 - 468 Seiten |
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... less than the varied exertions of omnipresent energy . In the country we seem to stand in the midst of the great theatre of God's power , and we feel an unusual proximity to our Creator . His blue and tranquil sky spreads itself over ...
... less than the varied exertions of omnipresent energy . In the country we seem to stand in the midst of the great theatre of God's power , and we feel an unusual proximity to our Creator . His blue and tranquil sky spreads itself over ...
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... less pow- erful as a means of good . Is it not true that within the last century a decided and important improvement in the moral character of our literature has taken place ? and , had Pope and Smollett written at the present day ...
... less pow- erful as a means of good . Is it not true that within the last century a decided and important improvement in the moral character of our literature has taken place ? and , had Pope and Smollett written at the present day ...
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... less melodious voices , not indeed in perfect harmony , pass- ed nearer to the shore , and gave additional life to the scene . A few moments after , the moon broke out from a throne of dark clouds , and seemed to convert the whole ...
... less melodious voices , not indeed in perfect harmony , pass- ed nearer to the shore , and gave additional life to the scene . A few moments after , the moon broke out from a throne of dark clouds , and seemed to convert the whole ...
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... great man , whose character has been more admired in his life time , or less correctly understood by his admirers . When it is compre- hended , it is no easy task to delineate its 3 * COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE . 29 Ames.
... great man , whose character has been more admired in his life time , or less correctly understood by his admirers . When it is compre- hended , it is no easy task to delineate its 3 * COMMON - PLACE BOOK OF PROSE . 29 Ames.
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... less difficult to speak of his talents . They were adapted to lead , without dazzling mankind ; and to draw forth and employ the talents of others , without being mis- . led by them . In this he was certainly superior , that he tu ...
... less difficult to speak of his talents . They were adapted to lead , without dazzling mankind ; and to draw forth and employ the talents of others , without being mis- . led by them . In this he was certainly superior , that he tu ...
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Seite 70 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Seite 174 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Seite 172 - ... agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging, in situations in which not unfrequently want of success has countenanced the spirit of criticism, the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts, and a guarantee of the plans by which they were effected.
Seite 162 - We may not live to the time when this Declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold. Be it so. Be it so. If -it be the pleasure of Heaven that my country shall require the poor offering of my life, the victim shall be ready, at the appointed hour of sacrifice, come when that hour may. But while I do live, let me have a country, or at least the hope of a country, and that a free country.
Seite 259 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Seite 71 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. . But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Seite 161 - Publish it from the pulpit; religion will approve it, and the love of religious liberty will cling round it, resolved to stand with it, or fall with it, Send it to the public halls; proclaim it there; let them hear it who heard the first roar of the enemy's cannon; let them see it who saw their brothers and their sons fall on the field of Bunker Hill, and in the streets of Lexington and Concord, and the very walls will cry out in its support "Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see,...
Seite 172 - ... and for the opportunities I have thence enjoyed of manifesting my inviolable attachment, by services, faithful and persevering, though in usefulness unequal to my zeal. If benefits have resulted to our...
Seite 162 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured, that this declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood ; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.
Seite 174 - How far in the discharge of my official duties I have been guided by the principles which have been delineated, the public records and other evidences of my conduct must witness to you and to the world. To myself, the assurance of my own conscience is, that I have at least believed myself to be guided by them.