Sketch of Connecticut, Forty Years SinceOliver D. Cooke & Sons., 1824 - 278 من الصفحات |
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... presents a chain of rocks , of less towering height , inter- spersed with lofty trees , displaying the names of many who have visited and admired this wild and picturesque scenery . The enthusiast of Nature , who should conquer its ...
... presents a chain of rocks , of less towering height , inter- spersed with lofty trees , displaying the names of many who have visited and admired this wild and picturesque scenery . The enthusiast of Nature , who should conquer its ...
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... present . But that self - complacency , which is the spontaneons growth of the unrenovated heart , was early checked by a religion which taught her “ not to glory save in the cross of Christ . " Afflictions also humbled the hopes which ...
... present . But that self - complacency , which is the spontaneons growth of the unrenovated heart , was early checked by a religion which taught her “ not to glory save in the cross of Christ . " Afflictions also humbled the hopes which ...
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... present time , only herself , and two do- mestics . These were blacks , and descendants of ances- tors who had originally been slaves , before the voice of a wise and free people decreed the abolition of slavery . Several Africans had ...
... present time , only herself , and two do- mestics . These were blacks , and descendants of ances- tors who had originally been slaves , before the voice of a wise and free people decreed the abolition of slavery . Several Africans had ...
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... present , in his accustomed seat by her side . In fancy , she gazed upon his mild features , radiant with the beams of intelligence . Half she listened to his voice , explaining the axioms of science , or pouring forth the spirit of ...
... present , in his accustomed seat by her side . In fancy , she gazed upon his mild features , radiant with the beams of intelligence . Half she listened to his voice , explaining the axioms of science , or pouring forth the spirit of ...
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... present of an officer , as a testimony of valour , was now constantly worn upon his well - brush'd hat ; and old Martha was arrayed every afternoon in a plain black silk gown , made in a very proper and becoming manner . The interiour ...
... present of an officer , as a testimony of valour , was now constantly worn upon his well - brush'd hat ; and old Martha was arrayed every afternoon in a plain black silk gown , made in a very proper and becoming manner . The interiour ...
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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.