 ... it to its future federal relations. Her star and her stripe may already be said to have taken their place in the glorious blazon of our common nationality ; and the sweep of our eagle's wing already includes within its circuit the wide extent of her...  Soldiers of Fortune - Page 257by Richard Harding Davis - 2006 - 272 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | 1846 - 524 pages
...already includes within its circuit the wide extent of her fair and fertile land. She is no longerto us a mere geographical space — a certain combination...Country ; no longer a " pays," she is a part of " la pairie ;" and that which is at once a sentiment and a virtue, Patriotism, already begins to thrill... | |
 | 1846 - 508 pages
...already includes within its circuit the wide extent of her fair and fertile land. She is no longer to us a mere geographical space — a certain combination...coast, plain, mountain, valley, forest and stream. She ie no longer to us a mere country on the map. She comes within the dear and sacred designation of Our... | |
 | HANS KOHN - 1957 - 396 pages
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 | John McWilliams - 1986 - 284 pages
...more than a projection of America (p. 5). Texas, now included within "the sweep of our eagle's wing," "is no longer to us a mere country on the map. She...within the dear and sacred designation of Our Country" (p. 5). Over the "detached wilderness" of California, "such a country as Mexico . . . imbecile and... | |
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