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... WATER OF LIFE . W. B. O. PEABODY , .. 329 LEONORE D'ESTE . MRS . L. J. B. CASE , .... CHARACTER OF REV . JOSEPH EMERSON . CALEB J. TENNEY ,. HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION . 334 336 MRS . EUNICE T. DANIELS , 338 THE FOUNDERS OF OUR GOVERNMENT ...
... WATER OF LIFE . W. B. O. PEABODY , .. 329 LEONORE D'ESTE . MRS . L. J. B. CASE , .... CHARACTER OF REV . JOSEPH EMERSON . CALEB J. TENNEY ,. HEROES OF THE REVOLUTION . 334 336 MRS . EUNICE T. DANIELS , 338 THE FOUNDERS OF OUR GOVERNMENT ...
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... waters the treasures of distant climates , and whose rapid current is stemmed and vexed by the arts and enterprise of man , then only rippled against the rocks , and reflected back the wild and grotesque thickets which overhung its ...
... waters the treasures of distant climates , and whose rapid current is stemmed and vexed by the arts and enterprise of man , then only rippled against the rocks , and reflected back the wild and grotesque thickets which overhung its ...
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... waters . It was their energy that subdued the forest . They founded our institutions . They commu- nicated to us our love of freedom . They gave us the im- pulse that made us what we are . It cannot then be useless to live along the ...
... waters . It was their energy that subdued the forest . They founded our institutions . They commu- nicated to us our love of freedom . They gave us the im- pulse that made us what we are . It cannot then be useless to live along the ...
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... waters and swelling hills , her rich pasturage of living green , mingled with fresh flowers , and skirted with deep and shady forests ; her fields teeming with life and vegetation ; her mountains rising into the dark blue sky , and ...
... waters and swelling hills , her rich pasturage of living green , mingled with fresh flowers , and skirted with deep and shady forests ; her fields teeming with life and vegetation ; her mountains rising into the dark blue sky , and ...
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... , notwithstanding the millions that have drunk of its waters , can doubt that it has a real though invisible connexion with that river of life , which flows for ever at the right hand of God ? THE LIGHT OF HOME . BY MRS . SARAH J.
... , notwithstanding the millions that have drunk of its waters , can doubt that it has a real though invisible connexion with that river of life , which flows for ever at the right hand of God ? THE LIGHT OF HOME . BY MRS . SARAH J.
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Page 31 - It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Page 337 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 30 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 31 - ... of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit. Under its benign influences these great interests immediately awoke, as from the dead, and sprang forth with newness of life. Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings ; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has...
Page 29 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 344 - ... their religious zeal, but which were, in fact, the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world.
Page 216 - Whose lonely columns stand sublime, Flinging their shadows from on high, Like dials, which the wizard, Time, Had raised to count his ages by...
Page 259 - But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole ; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Page 28 - I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride, of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one...
Page 29 - Let me recur to pleasing recollections — let me indulge in refreshing remembrance of the past — let me remind you that in early times no States cherished greater harmony, both of principle and feeling, than Massachusetts and South Carolina. Would to God, that harmony might again return ! Shoulder to shoulder they went through the Revolution — hand in hand they stood round the Administration of Washington, and felt his own great arm lean on them for support.