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... integrity , combining the deepest wisdom with a child - like freshness and simplicity , - will be of perpetual interest and value . 96 West 45th Street , NEW YORK . F. B. C. 1 1 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE I. I PREFACE . vii.
... integrity , combining the deepest wisdom with a child - like freshness and simplicity , - will be of perpetual interest and value . 96 West 45th Street , NEW YORK . F. B. C. 1 1 SIX MONTHS AT THE WHITE HOUSE I. I PREFACE . vii.
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... interest for the American people . II . That Art should aim to embody and express the spirit and best thought of its own age seems self- evident . If it fails to do this , whatever else it may accomplish , it falls short of its highest ...
... interest for the American people . II . That Art should aim to embody and express the spirit and best thought of its own age seems self- evident . If it fails to do this , whatever else it may accomplish , it falls short of its highest ...
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... interest to that of the Declaration of Independence ; and I felt assured , that , if hon- estly and earnestly painted , it need borrow no in- terest from imaginary curtain or column , gorgeous furniture or allegorical statue . Assenting ...
... interest to that of the Declaration of Independence ; and I felt assured , that , if hon- estly and earnestly painted , it need borrow no in- terest from imaginary curtain or column , gorgeous furniture or allegorical statue . Assenting ...
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... interest secured , without the aid of conventional trappings . The republican simplicity of the room and furniture , with its thronging associations , will more than counterbalance the lack of splendor , and the artistic mania for ...
... interest secured , without the aid of conventional trappings . The republican simplicity of the room and furniture , with its thronging associations , will more than counterbalance the lack of splendor , and the artistic mania for ...
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... interest . It is not too much to say that the enthusiasm in which the work was conceived , flagged not to the end . The days were too short for labor upon it . Lighting at nightfall the great chandelier of the room , which was finally ...
... interest . It is not too much to say that the enthusiasm in which the work was conceived , flagged not to the end . The days were too short for labor upon it . Lighting at nightfall the great chandelier of the room , which was finally ...
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Page 118 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 89 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Page 220 - And every one that was in distress, and every one that was in debt, and every one that was discontented, gathered themselves unto him; and he became a captain over them: and there were with him about four hundred men.
Page 51 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law; but 'tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature, and we ourselves compell'd Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults To give in evidence.
Page 51 - Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by. this sun of York ; And all the clouds, that lowered upon our house, In the deep bosom of the ocean buried.
Page 59 - In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 50 - And like a man to double business bound, . I stand in pause where I shall first begin, And both neglect.
Page 50 - What if this cursed hand Were thicker than itself with brother's blood, Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves mercy But to confront the visage of offence?
Page 85 - What good would a proclamation of emancipation from me do, especially as we are now situated? I do not want to issue a document that the whole world will see must necessarily be inoperative, like the Pope's bull against the comet.
Page 114 - Who beats his wife and a' that, Be nothing but a rascal boor, Nor half a man for a' that. It comes to this, dear Brother Burns — The truth is old, and a' that — "The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gold for a...