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... friends , and his effigy , cut in alabaster or cast in bronze , was set upon his tomb in the Temple or the Abbey . Already he was greater than he had been in life . While he lived , hundreds as good as he fell beneath the walls of ...
... friends , and his effigy , cut in alabaster or cast in bronze , was set upon his tomb in the Temple or the Abbey . Already he was greater than he had been in life . While he lived , hundreds as good as he fell beneath the walls of ...
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... Jersey to two of his friends , —Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley . Carteret planted settlements in Eastern Jersey , and the city of Elizabeth still perpetuates the name of his accomplished wife . 14 THE STREAMS OF AMERICAN LIFE.
... Jersey to two of his friends , —Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley . Carteret planted settlements in Eastern Jersey , and the city of Elizabeth still perpetuates the name of his accomplished wife . 14 THE STREAMS OF AMERICAN LIFE.
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... friends . THE SCANDINAVIANS K. C. BABCOCK [ From an article in the American Historical Review for January , 1911. ] Of the present population of the United States probably not less than three million persons are of pure Scandinavian ...
... friends . THE SCANDINAVIANS K. C. BABCOCK [ From an article in the American Historical Review for January , 1911. ] Of the present population of the United States probably not less than three million persons are of pure Scandinavian ...
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... friends , and presently he should go to Jamestown , to send him two great guns , and a grindstone , for which he would give him the County of Capahowosick , and forever esteem him as his son Nantaquoud . So to Jamestown with twelve ...
... friends , and presently he should go to Jamestown , to send him two great guns , and a grindstone , for which he would give him the County of Capahowosick , and forever esteem him as his son Nantaquoud . So to Jamestown with twelve ...
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... friends , was taught to speake such Englishe as might well bee understood , well instructed in Christianitie , and was become very formal and civil after our English manner ; she had also by him a childe which she loved most dearely and ...
... friends , was taught to speake such Englishe as might well bee understood , well instructed in Christianitie , and was become very formal and civil after our English manner ; she had also by him a childe which she loved most dearely and ...
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Page 181 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in, to bind up the nation's wounds, to care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphans, to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.
Page 144 - In the wars of the European powers, in matters relating to themselves, we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do.
Page 53 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Page 50 - They tell us, Sir, that we are weak, — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Page 73 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Page 116 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Page 114 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual 'hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest. Antipathy in one nation against another, disposes each more readily to offer insult and injury, to lay hold of slight causes of umbrage, and to be haughty and intractable when accidental or trifling occasions of dispute occur. Hence, frequent collisions,...
Page 48 - It is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Page 50 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! 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 115 - The nation prompted by ill-will and resentment sometimes impels to war the government, contrary to the best calculations of policy. The government sometimes participates in the national propensity, and adopts through passion what reason would reject ; at other times it makes the animosity of the nation subservient to projects of hostility instigated by pride, ambition, and other sinister and pernicious motives. The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of nations has been the victim.