The Works of Charles Sumner, Band 1Lee and Shepard, 1870 |
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... appears from the letters of Judge Story and Mr. Prescott , which will be found in the biogra- phies of those eminent persons . A letter from John A. Andrew , afterwards the distinguished Governor of Massachusetts , shows the ...
... appears from the letters of Judge Story and Mr. Prescott , which will be found in the biogra- phies of those eminent persons . A letter from John A. Andrew , afterwards the distinguished Governor of Massachusetts , shows the ...
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... appear as soldiers , and affect , in dress , arms , and de- portment , what is called the " pride , pomp , and circum- stance of glorious war . " The ear - piercing fife has to- day filled our streets , and we have come to this church ...
... appear as soldiers , and affect , in dress , arms , and de- portment , what is called the " pride , pomp , and circum- stance of glorious war . " The ear - piercing fife has to- day filled our streets , and we have come to this church ...
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... appear in the great conflicts by which the world has been lacerated . After long struggle , where each nation inflicts and re- ceives incalculable injury , peace is gladly obtained on the basis of the condition before the war , known as ...
... appear in the great conflicts by which the world has been lacerated . After long struggle , where each nation inflicts and re- ceives incalculable injury , peace is gladly obtained on the basis of the condition before the war , known as ...
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... appear- ance of an angel with a message from Heaven , engag- ing men to cease from war and be reconciled . The people , already softened by calamity and disposed to supernatural impressions , hearkened to the sublime mes- sage , and ...
... appear- ance of an angel with a message from Heaven , engag- ing men to cease from war and be reconciled . The people , already softened by calamity and disposed to supernatural impressions , hearkened to the sublime mes- sage , and ...
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... appear before the Sen- eschal of Aquitaine , or , in case of defeat , refused to consign Sicily undisturbed to the victor . While they were preparing for the lists , the Pope , Martin the Fourth , protested with all his might against ...
... appear before the Sen- eschal of Aquitaine , or , in case of defeat , refused to consign Sicily undisturbed to the victor . While they were preparing for the lists , the Pope , Martin the Fourth , protested with all his might against ...
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Seite 18 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Seite 271 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Seite 284 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Seite 345 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Seite 110 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. " He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small ; For the dear God who loveth us He made and loveth all.
Seite 59 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Seite 202 - Those morning haunts are where they should be, at home ; not sleeping, or concocting the surfeits of an irregular feast, but up and stirring, in winter often ere the sound of any bell awake men to labour or to devotion ; in summer as oft with the bird that first rouses, or not much tardier, to read good authors, or cause them to be read, till the attention be weary, or memory have its full fraught : then, with useful and generous labours preserving the body's health and hardiness...
Seite 318 - House dissenting) had declared that " by the act of the Republic of Mexico a state of war exists between that Government and the United States...
Seite 45 - Wherefore that here we may briefly end : of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Seite 44 - III. 2. Nor second He, that rode sublime Upon the seraph-wings of Ecstasy, The secrets of the abyss to spy. He passed the flaming bounds of place and time : The living throne, the sapphire blaze, Where angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but, blasted with excess of light, Closed his eyes in endless night.