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No earthquake has shaken , no famine scourged the land , no pestilence has
walked in the darkness or wasted at noon - day . The seasons have come and
gone in their appointed order . Sced time and harvest have not failed . Upon the
hills ...
No earthquake has shaken , no famine scourged the land , no pestilence has
walked in the darkness or wasted at noon - day . The seasons have come and
gone in their appointed order . Sced time and harvest have not failed . Upon the
hills ...
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Then came once more the welcome spring , with its warm south winds and gentle
rains , and swelling buds , and fresh verdure upon the hills , with all its new and
wondrous birth of vegetable life , till the summer's sun poured out its full ...
Then came once more the welcome spring , with its warm south winds and gentle
rains , and swelling buds , and fresh verdure upon the hills , with all its new and
wondrous birth of vegetable life , till the summer's sun poured out its full ...
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... as he sees the morning sun rise to gild and gladden the earth , and the
evening shadows falling longer from the hills , “ And then the moon , like to a
silver bow New - bent in heaven , " and the “ Earth - treading stars , that make
dark heaven ...
... as he sees the morning sun rise to gild and gladden the earth , and the
evening shadows falling longer from the hills , “ And then the moon , like to a
silver bow New - bent in heaven , " and the “ Earth - treading stars , that make
dark heaven ...
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... beautiful and fertilizing streams , diversified all over with lake and forest , and
swelling hills and teeming vales , with all the great material interests of 1 life -
commerce , trade , manufactures , the arts 24 Address of Hon Daniel Saunders,-
3 to.
... beautiful and fertilizing streams , diversified all over with lake and forest , and
swelling hills and teeming vales , with all the great material interests of 1 life -
commerce , trade , manufactures , the arts 24 Address of Hon Daniel Saunders,-
3 to.
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... small red tomatoes , 50 cts . Moses Town , North Andover , one hill of potatoes ,
50 cts . Charles Nelson , Georgetown , apple pie melon , 50 cts . MOSES
TENNEY , Chairman . BREAD AND HONEY . The Committee on Bread and
Honey 64.
... small red tomatoes , 50 cts . Moses Town , North Andover , one hill of potatoes ,
50 cts . Charles Nelson , Georgetown , apple pie melon , 50 cts . MOSES
TENNEY , Chairman . BREAD AND HONEY . The Committee on Bread and
Honey 64.
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Page 26 - Tis of the wave and not the rock; 'Tis but the flapping of the sail, And not a rent made by the gale ! In spite of rock and tempest's roar, In spite of false lights on the shore. Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea! Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee.
Page 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it : thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: thou preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it. Thou waterest the ridges thereof abundantly : thou settlest the furrows thereof : thou makest it soft with showers : thou blessest the springing thereof. Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures...
Page 26 - Thou, too, sail on, O Ship of State! Sail on, O UNION strong and great! Humanity with all its fears, With all the hopes of future years, Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
Page 26 - Thou visitest the earth, and waterest it: thou greatly enrichest it with the river of God, which is full of water: them preparest them corn, when thou hast so provided for it.
Page 24 - See the wretch that long has tost On the thorny bed of pain, At length repair his vigour lost, And breathe and walk again ; The meanest floweret of the vale, The simplest note that swells the gale, The common sun, the air, the skies, To him are opening paradise.
Page 60 - And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes upon the hearth.
Page 18 - Take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves is as true of personal habits as of money.
Page 145 - it is stated, that " a cautious observer, having found a nest of five young jays, remarked, that each of these birds, while yet very young, consumed at least fifteen of these full-sized grubs in one day, and of course would require many more of a smaller size.
Page 25 - For Freedom's battle once begun, Bequeathed by bleeding Sire to Son, Though baffled oft is ever won.