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... asked if he is related to the accused , he answers that he might be , but he is not ; thereupon he prepares to enter on the sub- ject by way of elucidation , when the presi- dent stops him , at the same time requesting him to turn to ...
... asked if he is related to the accused , he answers that he might be , but he is not ; thereupon he prepares to enter on the sub- ject by way of elucidation , when the presi- dent stops him , at the same time requesting him to turn to ...
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... asked his opinion of a dull book written by one of his best friends , he answers , " C'est un livre fort bien écrit , " and every one understands by this polite response that the work belongs to the yawn - literature . When , in ...
... asked his opinion of a dull book written by one of his best friends , he answers , " C'est un livre fort bien écrit , " and every one understands by this polite response that the work belongs to the yawn - literature . When , in ...
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... . " What ? " asked Billy slowly , but with an awakening gleam of curiosity . " Keep a toll - gate - that's what . I know all about ' em , for me and papa rode through in a carriage , and I did see it my A NOVEL SPOILED . 23.
... . " What ? " asked Billy slowly , but with an awakening gleam of curiosity . " Keep a toll - gate - that's what . I know all about ' em , for me and papa rode through in a carriage , and I did see it my A NOVEL SPOILED . 23.
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... asked so suddenly that she looked up , and then his eyes would have an answer , and she couldn't keep her heart out . of hers . So that was the end of it — a long story cut short in the most commonplace way . And Polly absolutely left ...
... asked so suddenly that she looked up , and then his eyes would have an answer , and she couldn't keep her heart out . of hers . So that was the end of it — a long story cut short in the most commonplace way . And Polly absolutely left ...
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... asking for aid . I have given myself to the church , gentlemen , and the laborer is worthy of his hire . What more can I do than to give my self ? The church wants men . The church must have men ; and she owes it to them to see that ...
... asking for aid . I have given myself to the church , gentlemen , and the laborer is worthy of his hire . What more can I do than to give my self ? The church wants men . The church must have men ; and she owes it to them to see that ...
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Page 330 - Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said : " The judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.
Page 446 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.
Page 330 - If we shall suppose that American slavery is one of those offenses which in the providence of God must needs come, but which having continued through his appointed time, he now wills to remove, and...
Page 330 - God, must needs come, but which, having continued through His appointed time, He now wills to remove, and that He gives to both North and South this terrible war, as the woe due to those by whom the offense came, shall we discern therein any departure from those divine attributes which the believers in a living God .always ascribe to Him ? Fondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away.
Page 458 - ... are anxious to be agreeable to him ; and no man, but a very impudent dog indeed, can as freely command what is in another man's house, as if it were his own. Whereas at a tavern there is a general freedom from anxiety. You are sure you are welcome ; and the more noise you make, the more- trouble you give, the more good things you call for, the welcomer you are. No...
Page 538 - Scud black and swift across the sky; Like silent ghosts in misty shrouds Stand out the white lighthouses high. Almost as far as eye can reach I see the close-reefed vessels fly, As fast we flit along the beach, One little sandpiper and I.
Page 328 - His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me, and I think He has, I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right, because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God. I have told them that a house divided against itself cannot stand, and Christ and reason say the same, and they will find it so.
Page 58 - tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place. I never pluck the rose; the violet's head Hath shaken with my breath upon its bank And not reproacht me; the ever-sacred cup Of the pure lily hath between my hands Felt safe, unsoiled, nor lost one grain of gold.
Page 328 - I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery. I see the storm coming, and I know that His hand is in it. If He has a place and work for me — and I think He has — I believe I am ready. I am nothing, but truth is everything. I know I am right because I know that liberty is right, for Christ teaches it, and Christ is God.
Page 329 - Christian soldiers and sailors, a becoming deference to the best sentiment of a Christian people, and a due regard for the Divine will, demand that Sunday labor in the army and navy be reduced to the measure of strict necessity. The discipline and character of the National forces should not suffer, nor the cause they defend be imperiled, by the profanation of the day or name of the Most High. "At this time of public distress," adopting the words of Washington in 1776, " men may find enough to do...