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... England was not so much the colony of a mother country , as a Hagar driven forth into the wilderness . The little self - exiled band which came hither in 1620 came , not to seek gold , but to found a democracy . They came that they ...
... England was not so much the colony of a mother country , as a Hagar driven forth into the wilderness . The little self - exiled band which came hither in 1620 came , not to seek gold , but to found a democracy . They came that they ...
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... England , and local there , were brought from the mother country . A person fami- liar with the dialect of certain portions of Massachusetts will not fail to recognize , in ordinary discourse , many words now noted in English ...
... England , and local there , were brought from the mother country . A person fami- liar with the dialect of certain portions of Massachusetts will not fail to recognize , in ordinary discourse , many words now noted in English ...
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... . Had I been summoned to actual warfare , I trust that I might have been strengthened to bear myself after the manner of that reverend father in our New England Israel , Dr. Benjamin Colman , who , as we 74 THE BIGLOW PAPERS.
... . Had I been summoned to actual warfare , I trust that I might have been strengthened to bear myself after the manner of that reverend father in our New England Israel , Dr. Benjamin Colman , who , as we 74 THE BIGLOW PAPERS.
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... England was attacked by a French privateer , " fought like a philosopher and a Christian , . . . and prayed all the while he charged and fired . " As this note is already long , I shall not here enter upon a discussion of the question ...
... England was attacked by a French privateer , " fought like a philosopher and a Christian , . . . and prayed all the while he charged and fired . " As this note is already long , I shall not here enter upon a discussion of the question ...
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... to du with ' t fer better or wus ; It's the folks thet air kind o ' brought up to de- pend on ' t Thet hev any consarn in ' t , an ' thet is the end on ' t . Now here wuz New England ahevin ' the honor Of 82 THE BIGLOW PAPERS.
... to du with ' t fer better or wus ; It's the folks thet air kind o ' brought up to de- pend on ' t Thet hev any consarn in ' t , an ' thet is the end on ' t . Now here wuz New England ahevin ' the honor Of 82 THE BIGLOW PAPERS.
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Страница 34 - Ez fer war, I call it murder, — There you hev it plain an' flat; I don't want to go no furder Than my Testyment fer that; God hez sed so plump an' fairly, It 's ez long ez it is broad, An' you've gut to git up airly Ef you want to take in God.
Страница 262 - It is a shameful and unblessed thing to take the scum of people, and wicked condemned men, to be the people with whom you plant; and not only so, but it spoileth the plantation; for they will ever live like rogues, and not fall to work, but be lazy, and do mischief, and spend victuals, and be quickly weary, and then certify over to their country to the discredit of the plantation.
Страница 91 - 11 keep the people in blindness, — Thet we the Mexicuns can thrash Right inter brotherly kindness, Thet bombshells, grape, an' powder 'n' ball Air good-will's strongest magnets, Thet peace, to make it stick at all, Must be druv in with bagnets. In short, I firmly du believe In Humbug generally, Fer it 'sa thing thet I perceive To hev a solid vally ; This heth my faithful shepherd ben, In pasturs sweet heth led me, An' this '11 keep the people green To feed ez they hev fed me.
Страница 38 - Ef I'd my way I hed ruther We should go to work an' part, — They take one way, we take t'other, — Guess it wouldn't break my heart; Man hed ough' to put asunder Them thet God, has noways jined; An' I shouldn't gretly wonder Ef there's thousands o
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