A compendium of American literature, arranged by C.D. Cleveland. Stereotyped edCharles Dexter Cleveland 1862 |
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... mean . * * * But why should the Americans write books , when a six weeks ' passage brings them , in their own tongue , our ... means whereby to live ' were first to be pro- vided . Dwellings were to be built ; school - houses and church ...
... mean . * * * But why should the Americans write books , when a six weeks ' passage brings them , in their own tongue , our ... means whereby to live ' were first to be pro- vided . Dwellings were to be built ; school - houses and church ...
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... mean time , I earnestly hope that any friend - or foe , if I have one - will candidly and freely communicate to me his views . Each one will look at the subject from a different stand - point ; and I will sincerely thank all to do what ...
... mean time , I earnestly hope that any friend - or foe , if I have one - will candidly and freely communicate to me his views . Each one will look at the subject from a different stand - point ; and I will sincerely thank all to do what ...
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... means , that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only , and not real ; or the bargain , by straitening thee in thy business , may do thee more harm than good . For in another place he says , Many have been ruined by buying good penny ...
... means , that perhaps the cheapness is apparent only , and not real ; or the bargain , by straitening thee in thy business , may do thee more harm than good . For in another place he says , Many have been ruined by buying good penny ...
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... means for removing this inconsistency from the character of the American people ; that you will promote mercy and justice . toward this distressed race ; and that you will step to the very verge of the power vested in you for ...
... means for removing this inconsistency from the character of the American people ; that you will promote mercy and justice . toward this distressed race ; and that you will step to the very verge of the power vested in you for ...
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... means of greatly increasing its funds , and placing it on a foundation of perma- nent usefulness . Indeed , few men could combine more important qualifications for the presidency of a literary institution , -talents , extensive ...
... means of greatly increasing its funds , and placing it on a foundation of perma- nent usefulness . Indeed , few men could combine more important qualifications for the presidency of a literary institution , -talents , extensive ...
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Page 379 - Earth, that nourished thee, shall claim Thy growth, to be resolved to earth again; And, lost each human trace, surrendering up Thine individual being, shalt thou go To mix forever with the elements; To be a brother to the insensible rock, And to the sluggish clod, which the rude swain Turns with his share, and treads upon.
Page 270 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold, for the last time, the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood ! Let their last, feeble, and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their...
Page 223 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, now conceals, now discloses?
Page 381 - All day thy wings have fanned At that far height, the cold thin atmosphere ; Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 52 - Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless, too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils, to which they may tend.
Page 404 - Each soldier eye shall brightly turn To where thy sky-born glories burn, And, as his springing steps advance, Catch war and vengeance from the glance.
Page 380 - So shalt thou rest, and what if thou withdraw In silence from the living, and no friend Take note of thy departure ? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom ; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall come And make their bed with thee.
Page 76 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions; the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other.
Page 625 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl; Wrecked is the ship of pearl!
Page 270 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, 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 Forever, One and Inseparable.