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... persons of dignity and substance , and shipped them to England , with the request that they might be kept from ever again becoming troublesome by being consigned to service as common sailors on board ships - of - war . No doubt existed ...
... persons of dignity and substance , and shipped them to England , with the request that they might be kept from ever again becoming troublesome by being consigned to service as common sailors on board ships - of - war . No doubt existed ...
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... Persons wearing the dress and appearance of professional gentlemen , belonging to the train , busied themselves in helping the passengers to make rafts of their baggage ; others aided those who depended on their life - preservers ...
... Persons wearing the dress and appearance of professional gentlemen , belonging to the train , busied themselves in helping the passengers to make rafts of their baggage ; others aided those who depended on their life - preservers ...
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... person that does not swim with the broad stream . No matter what flagrant contradictions may take place , or however sudden the changes may be , there seems to exist in every one a feeling of discomfort until he has joined the general ...
... person that does not swim with the broad stream . No matter what flagrant contradictions may take place , or however sudden the changes may be , there seems to exist in every one a feeling of discomfort until he has joined the general ...
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... persons . I believe that to have interfered as I have done as I have always freely admitted I have done — in behalf of ... person , nor any disposition to commit treason , or excite slaves to rebel , or make any general insurrection . I ...
... persons . I believe that to have interfered as I have done as I have always freely admitted I have done — in behalf of ... person , nor any disposition to commit treason , or excite slaves to rebel , or make any general insurrection . I ...
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... different political systems ; the one resting on the basis of servile or slave labor , the other on voluntary labor of freemen . The laborers who are enslaved are all negroes , or persons 46 [ 1835-60 WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD .
... different political systems ; the one resting on the basis of servile or slave labor , the other on voluntary labor of freemen . The laborers who are enslaved are all negroes , or persons 46 [ 1835-60 WILLIAM HENRY SEWARD .
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Page 465 - I was a child and she was a child, In this kingdom by the sea, But we loved with a love that was more than love, I and my Annabel Lee; With a love that the winged seraphs of heaven Coveted her and me. And this was the reason that, long ago, In this kingdom by the sea...
Page 430 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 368 - And for him who sat by the chimney lug, Dozing and grumbling o'er pipe and mug, A manly form at her side she saw, And joy was duty and love was law. Then she took up her burden of life again, Saying only, 'It might have been.' Alas for maiden, alas for Judge, For rich repiner and household drudge ! God pity them both ! and pity us all, Who vainly the dreams of youth recall. For of all sad words of tongue or pen, The saddest are these :
Page 476 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.
Page 427 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Page 401 - MY faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary, Saviour Divine! Now hear me while I pray; Take all my guilt away ; Oh, let me, from this day, Be wholly thine!
Page 363 - BLESSINGS on thee, little man, Barefoot boy, with cheek of tan ! With thy turned-up pantaloons, And thy merry whistled tunes ; With thy red lip, redder still Kissed by strawberries on the hill ; With the sunshine on thy face, Through thy torn brim's jaunty grace ; From my heart I give thee joy, — I was once a barefoot boy ! Prince thou art, — the grown-up man Only is republican.
Page 478 - That on the first day of January, in the year of "our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty"three, all persons held as slaves within any State or "designated part of a State, the people whereof shall "then be in rebellion against the United States, shall "be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 139 - Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The sled and traveller stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm.
Page 159 - TF the red slayer think he slays, -*- Or if the slain think he is slain, They know not well the subtle ways I keep, and pass, and turn again.