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... less astonishing to the age in which he lived than beneficial to posterity . This extraordinary man , who was now about twenty - seven years of age , appears to have united in his character every trait and to have possessed every talent ...
... less astonishing to the age in which he lived than beneficial to posterity . This extraordinary man , who was now about twenty - seven years of age , appears to have united in his character every trait and to have possessed every talent ...
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... less on the island of Jamaica . - Ed . ] * * * * * His cup of calamities seemed now completely full . Cast among savages , without provisions or vessel , thirty leagues from any Spanish settlement , he languished four months before a ...
... less on the island of Jamaica . - Ed . ] * * * * * His cup of calamities seemed now completely full . Cast among savages , without provisions or vessel , thirty leagues from any Spanish settlement , he languished four months before a ...
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... bolts of brass . Thou art obeyed in bound- less provinces , and renown is thy portion among Christian people . The Lord holds in his hand a long and glorious heredity of years . Fear not ! Take courage ! COLUMBIAN SELECTIONS . 15.
... bolts of brass . Thou art obeyed in bound- less provinces , and renown is thy portion among Christian people . The Lord holds in his hand a long and glorious heredity of years . Fear not ! Take courage ! COLUMBIAN SELECTIONS . 15.
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... less hos- pitable than wilds and wolves . An ocean three thousand miles wide , with its winds and its waves , rolled in vain between them and liberty . They performed the grand enterprise , and landed on this then uncultivated shore ...
... less hos- pitable than wilds and wolves . An ocean three thousand miles wide , with its winds and its waves , rolled in vain between them and liberty . They performed the grand enterprise , and landed on this then uncultivated shore ...
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... less selfish ancestry ; of no nation that looks back to a nobler or more honorable origin . The history of old Burlington has been a modest one , but full of those things which good men rejoice to find in the character of their ...
... less selfish ancestry ; of no nation that looks back to a nobler or more honorable origin . The history of old Burlington has been a modest one , but full of those things which good men rejoice to find in the character of their ...
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Page 81 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power.
Page 82 - The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable, and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace! peace!
Page 82 - 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 80 - We have held the subject up in every light of which it is capable; but it has been all in vain. Shall we resort to entreaty...
Page 120 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 79 - We ought to elevate our minds to the greatness of that trust to which the order of Providence has called us. By adverting to the dignity of this high calling, our ancestors have turned a savage wilderness into a glorious empire; and have made the most extensive, and the only honorable conquests; not by destroying, but by promoting the wealth, the number, the happiness, of the human race.
Page 279 - By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At the dead of the night a sweet vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamt it again.
Page 303 - How sleep the brave who sink to rest, By all their country's wishes blest ! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung ; By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there ! ODE TO MERCY.
Page 280 - Twas autumn — and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. I flew to the pleasant fields traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young ; I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung.
Page 84 - Of the lonely belfry and the dead; For suddenly all his thoughts are bent On a shadowy something far away, Where the river widens to meet the bay, — A line of black that bends and floats On the rising tide, like a bridge of boats.