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... took the form of chronicles or diaries and religious homilies or sermons . The following selections are typical . 1. Captain John Smith ( 1580-1631 ) , gentleman adventurer and soldier of fortune , was one of the founders of Jamestown ...
... took the form of chronicles or diaries and religious homilies or sermons . The following selections are typical . 1. Captain John Smith ( 1580-1631 ) , gentleman adventurer and soldier of fortune , was one of the founders of Jamestown ...
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... Took leave of her . As came down the steps she bid me have a Care . Treated me Cour- teously . Told her she had enter'd the 4th year of her Widowhood . I had given her the News - Letter before ; I did not bid her draw off her Glove as ...
... Took leave of her . As came down the steps she bid me have a Care . Treated me Cour- teously . Told her she had enter'd the 4th year of her Widowhood . I had given her the News - Letter before ; I did not bid her draw off her Glove as ...
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... took some of the papers , and , making short hints of the senti- ment in each sentence , laid them by a few days , and then , without looking at the book , try'd to compleat the papers again , by expressing each hinted sentiment at ...
... took some of the papers , and , making short hints of the senti- ment in each sentence , laid them by a few days , and then , without looking at the book , try'd to compleat the papers again , by expressing each hinted sentiment at ...
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... , dreary night , Had a murderous will ; had a murderous will ; They took him and bore him afar from the shore , To a hut on the hill ; to a hut on the hill . No mother was there , nor a friend who could The Revolutionary Era 45.
... , dreary night , Had a murderous will ; had a murderous will ; They took him and bore him afar from the shore , To a hut on the hill ; to a hut on the hill . No mother was there , nor a friend who could The Revolutionary Era 45.
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... took him and bound him and bore him away , Down the hill's grassy side ; down the hill's grassy side . ' Twas there the base hirelings , in royal array , His cause did deride ; his cause did deride . Five minutes were given , short ...
... took him and bound him and bore him away , Down the hill's grassy side ; down the hill's grassy side . ' Twas there the base hirelings , in royal array , His cause did deride ; his cause did deride . Five minutes were given , short ...
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Page 93 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way...
Page 32 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 178 - This is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare, Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair.
Page 178 - Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul, As the swift seasons roll ! Leave thy low-vaulted past! Let each new temple, nobler than the last, Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast, Till thou at length art free, Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!
Page 33 - But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ' Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Page 241 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself; and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured. On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war.
Page 29 - In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish ; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations.
Page 291 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord; He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword. His truth is marching on.
Page 103 - Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home ! A charm from the skies seems to hallow us there, Which, seek through the world, is ne'er met with elsewhere. Home ! home ! sweet home ! There's no place like home.
Page 101 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave ; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.