Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years SinceOliver D. Cooke & Sons., 1824 - 278 من الصفحات |
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... once astonished and de- lighted the beholder . To store his memory with moral and sublime passages , to sit a solitary student over his book , to request explanations of subjects beyond his rea- son , were his pleasures . The sports of ...
... once astonished and de- lighted the beholder . To store his memory with moral and sublime passages , to sit a solitary student over his book , to request explanations of subjects beyond his rea- son , were his pleasures . The sports of ...
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... once , by the good name he bequeathed to his offspring , and by the lustre which their virtues in turn , reflected upon him . He lived at a time , when to hold in servitude the children of Africa , had not been set in a true light by ...
... once , by the good name he bequeathed to his offspring , and by the lustre which their virtues in turn , reflected upon him . He lived at a time , when to hold in servitude the children of Africa , had not been set in a true light by ...
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... Once more , his farewell tone falter- ed on her ear , as she wiped the dews from his temples , My daughter ! visit the fatherless , and the widow in their afflictions , and keep thyself unspotted from the world 22 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
... Once more , his farewell tone falter- ed on her ear , as she wiped the dews from his temples , My daughter ! visit the fatherless , and the widow in their afflictions , and keep thyself unspotted from the world 22 SKETCH OF CONNECTICUT ,
الصفحة 24
... once used at refec- ions , when the family comprised many more members , out now summoned to do service only on ironing days , emitted as much lustre as the strength of a brawny arm daily applied to its surface , could produce . A 24 ...
... once used at refec- ions , when the family comprised many more members , out now summoned to do service only on ironing days , emitted as much lustre as the strength of a brawny arm daily applied to its surface , could produce . A 24 ...
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... once within the memory of an aged man of his own colour , the Saturday - night Statute - act was violated , at the inn where he was a ser- vitor . " Next mornin , " said he , elevating his eyes with be- coming gravity , " next mornin ...
... once within the memory of an aged man of his own colour , the Saturday - night Statute - act was violated , at the inn where he was a ser- vitor . " Next mornin , " said he , elevating his eyes with be- coming gravity , " next mornin ...
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الصفحة 15 - November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant...
الصفحة 24 - Sweet fields beyond the swelling flood Stand dressed in living green; So to the Jews old Canaan stood, While Jordan rolled between.
الصفحة 177 - For there is hope of a tree if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground, yet through the scent of water it will bud and bring forth boughs like a plant.
الصفحة 257 - ... THEY sin who tell us Love can die ; With life all other passions fly — All others are but vanity. In heaven ambition cannot dwell, Nor avarice in the vaults of hell ; Earthly these passions of the earth, They perish where they have their birth.
الصفحة 236 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
الصفحة 276 - But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life.
الصفحة 153 - Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me : if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right ; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.
الصفحة 95 - And unknown regions dare descry : Still as they run they look behind, They hear a voice in every wind, And snatch a fearful joy.