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Page 174
... turned hungry eyes to the South and West , and started a movement for the seizure of more territory- " more pens to cram slaves in . " Bands of hardy farmers and lordly planters , droves of hunters , slave adventurers , outlaws poured ...
... turned hungry eyes to the South and West , and started a movement for the seizure of more territory- " more pens to cram slaves in . " Bands of hardy farmers and lordly planters , droves of hunters , slave adventurers , outlaws poured ...
Page 329
... turned , and finding himself unsupported , retreated , but without hastening his step.14 By this time the police were getting among the crowd and carrying off a number to the station house . The spirit of the rioters was gone and the ...
... turned , and finding himself unsupported , retreated , but without hastening his step.14 By this time the police were getting among the crowd and carrying off a number to the station house . The spirit of the rioters was gone and the ...
Page 511
... turned and shouted- " Sic semper tyrannis ” —and van- ished into the wings . A woman screamed and all eyes turned to the draped box . Major Rathbone , blood gushing from his arm , shouted , " Stop that man ! Stop him ! He has killed the ...
... turned and shouted- " Sic semper tyrannis ” —and van- ished into the wings . A woman screamed and all eyes turned to the draped box . Major Rathbone , blood gushing from his arm , shouted , " Stop that man ! Stop him ! He has killed the ...
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The Revolutionary Tradition | 13 |
A New England Boyhood | 18 |
Harvard Days | 26 |
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