Modern Agitators: Or, Pen Portraits of Living American Reformers. by David W. [!] BartlettMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 412 страница |
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... eyes , a profusion of dark gray hair , and that sad , ever sad , shadow over all , were his.characteristics . It was a face which once seen , lingers forever in the memory . About this time , he lost nearly all the little prop- erty ...
... eyes , a profusion of dark gray hair , and that sad , ever sad , shadow over all , were his.characteristics . It was a face which once seen , lingers forever in the memory . About this time , he lost nearly all the little prop- erty ...
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... eye of a genuine lover of nature , and natural beauty . It is not character- ized by splendor and ostentation , for no pompous cot- ton merchant or retired rumseller occupies it . It is plain and yet beautiful , unpretentious and yet ...
... eye of a genuine lover of nature , and natural beauty . It is not character- ized by splendor and ostentation , for no pompous cot- ton merchant or retired rumseller occupies it . It is plain and yet beautiful , unpretentious and yet ...
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... eyes of greater worth than Daniel Webster , using his great intellect to perpetuate oppression . No man will deny that Mr. Parker is one of the most remarkable men of our time , and that his influ- ence is exceedingly powerful . He is ...
... eyes of greater worth than Daniel Webster , using his great intellect to perpetuate oppression . No man will deny that Mr. Parker is one of the most remarkable men of our time , and that his influ- ence is exceedingly powerful . He is ...
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... eyes at the obvious difference between Luke and John ; the serious disagreement between Paul and Peter , to believe , on the smallest evidence , accounts which shock the moral sense and revolt the reason , and tend to place Jesus in the ...
... eyes at the obvious difference between Luke and John ; the serious disagreement between Paul and Peter , to believe , on the smallest evidence , accounts which shock the moral sense and revolt the reason , and tend to place Jesus in the ...
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... eye . His features are rather small , and his organization is of the finest mould . There is a delicacy in his nervous system , which is indicated by the fineness of his hair ; just that amount of delicacy which is necessary to make a ...
... eye . His features are rather small , and his organization is of the finest mould . There is a delicacy in his nervous system , which is indicated by the fineness of his hair ; just that amount of delicacy which is necessary to make a ...
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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.