The American Reader: Words That Moved a NationThe American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate -- with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words -- significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans -- black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy -- have played in creating the nation's character. |
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... called the Pilgrims . The colonists had negotiated an agreement with the Virginia Com- pany of London that gave them the right to locate wherever they chose in that company's vast holdings and to govern themselves . Forty - one of the ...
... called a licentiousness not to be tolerated . It is said that it brings the rulers of the people into contempt so that their authority is not regarded , and so that in the end the laws cannot be put in execution . These , I say , and ...
... called a libel , or scarce any person safe from being called to account as a libeler , for Moses , meek as he was , libeled Cain ; and who is it that has not libeled the devil ? For , according to Mr. Attorney , it is no justification ...
... called this same Mr. Ware before him , by a constable , to answer for a breach of the Sabbath Day Acts , or that of profane swearing . As soon as he had finished , Mr. Ware asked him if he had done . He replied : " Yes . " " Well , then ...
... called it Macaroni . CHORUS : Yankee Doodle , keep it up , Yankee Doodle Dandy , Mind the music and the step And with the girls be handy . Father and I went down to camp , Along with Captain Gooding , And there we saw the men and boys ...