The Granite Monthly: A Magazine of Literature, History and State Progress, Volume 10Henry Harrison Metcalf, John Norris McClintock J.N. McClintock, 1887 - Local history Contains articles on the White Mountains and a map. |
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... born in that town January 24 , 1727 ; was graduated at Harvard col- lege in 1747 , and settled in Lynde- borough , N. H. , in 1761 , as the first Congregational minister in that place . Soon after , he married Sarah , daugh- ter of Col ...
... born in that town January 24 , 1727 ; was graduated at Harvard col- lege in 1747 , and settled in Lynde- borough , N. H. , in 1761 , as the first Congregational minister in that place . Soon after , he married Sarah , daugh- ter of Col ...
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... born Apr. 17 , 1732 and died Apr. 15 , 1787 . HAYSTACK ( THE ) . So called in Jonas Binn's grant in 1654 . It was near Branson's creek , on the west side of Oyster river , near the mouth of the river . What was it ? HEROD'S COVE . So ...
... born Apr. 17 , 1732 and died Apr. 15 , 1787 . HAYSTACK ( THE ) . So called in Jonas Binn's grant in 1654 . It was near Branson's creek , on the west side of Oyster river , near the mouth of the river . What was it ? HEROD'S COVE . So ...
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... born to us , and also upon my aged par- ents . " While in this condition of body and mind I fancied that I could wel- come death , for I somehow realized that it would end my suffering . Look which way I might , take the most favorable ...
... born to us , and also upon my aged par- ents . " While in this condition of body and mind I fancied that I could wel- come death , for I somehow realized that it would end my suffering . Look which way I might , take the most favorable ...
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... Born among the poor whites of a border slave state , where labor was degraded , good schools made impossible , and the door to advancement closed by the blight of human slavery , he had , through his own experience and that of his ...
... Born among the poor whites of a border slave state , where labor was degraded , good schools made impossible , and the door to advancement closed by the blight of human slavery , he had , through his own experience and that of his ...
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... born for the universe , narrow his mind , And to party give up what was meant for man- kind . " After his great elevation , his speeches and state papers are replete with proofs of his political in- Sight , his clearness of vision , and ...
... born for the universe , narrow his mind , And to party give up what was meant for man- kind . " After his great elevation , his speeches and state papers are replete with proofs of his political in- Sight , his clearness of vision , and ...
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Page 392 - Palissy! within thy breast Burned the hot fever of unrest; Thine was the prophet's vision, thine The exultation, the divine Insanity of noble minds, That never falters nor abates, But labors and endures and waits, Till all that it foresees it finds, Or what it cannot find creates!
Page 35 - Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in the course of ultimate extinction; or its advocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.
Page 137 - Over my heart, in the days that are flown, No love like mother-love ever has shone; No other worship abides and endures,— Faithful, unselfish, and patient, like yours: None like a mother can charm away pain From the sick soul and the world-weary brain.
Page 38 - The Old World and the New, from sea to sea, Utter one voice of sympathy and shame! Sore heart, so stopped when it at last beat high, Sad life, cut short just as its triumph came.
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Page 38 - Who trusts the strength will with the burden grow, That God makes instruments to work his will, If but that will we can arrive to know, Nor tamper with the weights of good and ill. So he went forth to...
Page 37 - Statesman, yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honour clear; Who broke no promise, served no private end, Who gained no title, and who lost no friend ; Ennobled by himself, by all approved, And praised, unenvied, by the Muse he loved.
Page 38 - My shallow judgment I had learned to rue, Noting how to occasion's height he rose, How his quaint wit made home-truth seem more true, How, iron-like, his temper grew by blows. How humble, yet how hopeful he could be: How in good fortune and in ill the same : Nor bitter in success, nor boastful he, Thirsty for gold, nor feverish for fame.
Page 41 - He did, sir, and repeated it." After a moment's pause, and looking up, the President said, " If Stanton said I was add fool, then I must be one, for he is nearly always right, and generally says what he means. I will step over and see him.
Page 39 - Made him our pattern to live and to die ! Shakespeare was of us, Milton was for us, Burns, Shelley, were with us, — they watch from their graves! He alone breaks from the van and the freemen, He alone sinks to the rear and the slaves ! We shall march prospering, — not thro...