Modern Agitators: Or, Pen Portraits of Living American ReformersMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 412 страница |
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... earth , but that it was more likely and reasonable that the appearances that looked as if it did , were brought about by the earth's turning round on its own axletree . They came nigh hanging or burning him for it . They let him off , I ...
... earth , but that it was more likely and reasonable that the appearances that looked as if it did , were brought about by the earth's turning round on its own axletree . They came nigh hanging or burning him for it . They let him off , I ...
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... earth . There has been but little rain , and our sandy region has got to looking dry and distressed . Everything looks en- couraged now , as the great strainer , overhead , is letting down the shower bath . The grass darkens , as it ...
... earth . There has been but little rain , and our sandy region has got to looking dry and distressed . Everything looks en- couraged now , as the great strainer , overhead , is letting down the shower bath . The grass darkens , as it ...
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... earth jar under your feet— that is music , and poetry , and life . And if the lightning strikes you - what of that ! It won't hurt you . " Favored man , " truly , as Uncle Pope says , " by touch ethereal slain . " A light touch ...
... earth jar under your feet— that is music , and poetry , and life . And if the lightning strikes you - what of that ! It won't hurt you . " Favored man , " truly , as Uncle Pope says , " by touch ethereal slain . " A light touch ...
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... earth ! Lo , therefore have I become as those barbarian states as one of them ! " " Oh , manly and majestic Rome , thy seven - fold mural crown all broken at thy feet , why art thou here ? It was not injus- tice brought thee low ; for ...
... earth ! Lo , therefore have I become as those barbarian states as one of them ! " " Oh , manly and majestic Rome , thy seven - fold mural crown all broken at thy feet , why art thou here ? It was not injus- tice brought thee low ; for ...
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... earth the loftiest realm that breaks his just , eternal law ! Warn the young empire , that he come not down dim and dishonored to my shameful tomb ! Tell him that justice is the unchanging , everlasting will to give each man his right ...
... earth the loftiest realm that breaks his just , eternal law ! Warn the young empire , that he come not down dim and dishonored to my shameful tomb ! Tell him that justice is the unchanging , everlasting will to give each man his right ...
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Страница 300 - The Constitution regulates our stewardship; the Constitution devotes the domain to union, to justice, to defence, to welfare, and to liberty. But there is a higher law than the Constitution, which regulates our authority over the domain, and devotes it to the same noble purposes. The territory is a part, no inconsiderable part, of the common heritage of mankind, bestowed upon them by the Creator of the universe. We are his stewards, and must so discharge our trust as to secure in the highest attainable...
Страница 51 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Страница 115 - I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.
Страница 53 - What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.
Страница 51 - 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.
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Страница 66 - THERE'S a good time coming, boys, A good time coming : We may not live to see the day, But earth shall glisten in the ray Of the good time coming. Cannon balls may aid the truth, But thought's a weapon stronger ; We'll win our battle by its aid ; Wait a little longer.