Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Količina 3C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1859 |
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... colonies now stood before the world , was novel and unexpected . It was the result of a train of circumstances in their earlier history , providentially calculated to form them for a great crisis . They were , in their chief pursuits ...
... colonies now stood before the world , was novel and unexpected . It was the result of a train of circumstances in their earlier history , providentially calculated to form them for a great crisis . They were , in their chief pursuits ...
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... colonies by the mother government was among the griev- ances alleged in the Declaration of Independence . A royal garrison was to the eyes of our fathers a visible instrument of oppressive power . Even in the first months of the war ...
... colonies by the mother government was among the griev- ances alleged in the Declaration of Independence . A royal garrison was to the eyes of our fathers a visible instrument of oppressive power . Even in the first months of the war ...
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... colonies , in their infancy and youth , by a sense of common danger , and the principle of repulsion to a foreign nationality . I know not that his- tory affords a more memorable lesson than is contained in the fact , that when England ...
... colonies , in their infancy and youth , by a sense of common danger , and the principle of repulsion to a foreign nationality . I know not that his- tory affords a more memorable lesson than is contained in the fact , that when England ...
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... colonies complained of griev- ances , some general and some local , some important and some trifling , almost from their origin . These grievances were partly inherent in the nature of colonial government , partly owing to the mistaken ...
... colonies complained of griev- ances , some general and some local , some important and some trifling , almost from their origin . These grievances were partly inherent in the nature of colonial government , partly owing to the mistaken ...
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... colonies on the largest scale . The grievances which brought on the American revolution have long since been redressed ; all thought of colonial taxation , in aid of the revenues of the American Independence a bit more agreeable to my ...
... colonies on the largest scale . The grievances which brought on the American revolution have long since been redressed ; all thought of colonial taxation , in aid of the revenues of the American Independence a bit more agreeable to my ...
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Stran 113 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Stran 217 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Stran 208 - Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Stran 209 - The various terrors of that horrid shore : Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake...
Stran 562 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums and small pecuniary aids to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Stran 15 - Here we may place a distinct epoch in the continuous history of our race ; the end of the old world and the beginning of the new ; — not sharply defined but gradually commingling, the former fading away as the latter brightens into being.
Stran 265 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet...
Stran 166 - Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose ; " ' But when the sun in all his state Illumed the eastern skies, She passed through Glory's morning gate, And walked in paradise.
Stran 564 - ... it is contrary to experience that a miracle should be true, but not contrary to experience that testimony should be false.
Stran 474 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.