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... passed , and endeavor to identify ourselves with those who have gone before us . Who and what were they , who thus fill our imaginations , and as they rise before us , bring to our minds so many recollections of high sentiment , and ...
... passed , and endeavor to identify ourselves with those who have gone before us . Who and what were they , who thus fill our imaginations , and as they rise before us , bring to our minds so many recollections of high sentiment , and ...
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... passed up the river to the fertile spot which Hilton and Waldron se- lected for their settlement , and inquired if the descendants of those West - Country adventurers retained the knowledge of arts and manufactures which their ancestors ...
... passed up the river to the fertile spot which Hilton and Waldron se- lected for their settlement , and inquired if the descendants of those West - Country adventurers retained the knowledge of arts and manufactures which their ancestors ...
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... passed away , the events of this day will be the subject of historical research . Our character and conduct will then be examined . It will be asked , what we did to perpetuate the blessings we receiv- ed ; what exertions we made to ...
... passed away , the events of this day will be the subject of historical research . Our character and conduct will then be examined . It will be asked , what we did to perpetuate the blessings we receiv- ed ; what exertions we made to ...
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... day by day , To see how we ' re passing our time away- And marks all our doings from grave to gay I'm afraid he is peeping at me ! THE SPARROW'S NEST . OCCASIONED BY CRUSHING A NEST WITH OLD WINTER IS COMING HUGH MOORE,
... day by day , To see how we ' re passing our time away- And marks all our doings from grave to gay I'm afraid he is peeping at me ! THE SPARROW'S NEST . OCCASIONED BY CRUSHING A NEST WITH OLD WINTER IS COMING HUGH MOORE,
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... passed away , it is true ; and so has Sparta , where no commerce was allowed ; and Judea , though mostly agricul- tural , is known no more , except for its national ingratitude and corruption . Besides , when the choice of a nation lies ...
... passed away , it is true ; and so has Sparta , where no commerce was allowed ; and Judea , though mostly agricul- tural , is known no more , except for its national ingratitude and corruption . Besides , when the choice of a nation lies ...
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Page 44 - every where, 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 for ever, one and inseparable
Page 128 - The heavens declare the glory of God : and the firmament showeth his handiwork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language where their . voice is not heard." — Ps. xix. 1, 2, 3. Men use a different speech in different climes,
Page 286 - was a woman, who had been afflicted for twelve years with a distressing disorder, " and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse." This afflicted woman had lost all
Page 41 - voice; and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood, and full of its original spirit. If discord and disunion shall wound it; if party strife and blind ambition shall hawk at and tear it; if folly and madness, if
Page 344 - say, Sister spirit, come away ! " " O, who would live alway, away from his God, Away from yon heaven, that blissful abode, Where the rivers of pleasure flow o'er the bright plains, And the noontide of glory eternally reigns ?
Page 372 - went through the world like Sir Artegale's man Talus with his flail, crushing and trampling down oppressors, mingling with human beings, but having neither part nor lot in human infirmities; insensible to fatigue, to pleasure, and to pain; not to be pierced by any weapon, not to be withstood by any barrier.
Page 179 - humility of gratitude to that Providence who has given us such a country and such institutions : " The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage !
Page 287 - came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, " daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole ; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague
Page 40 - goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one and all. The Lawrences, the Rutledges, the Pinckneys, the
Page 42 - the end, by the side of that cradle in which its infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm, with whatever of vigor it may still retain, over the friends who may gather round it; and it will fall at last, if fall it must, amidst the proudest monuments of its own glory, and on the very spot of its origin.