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... learned a syllable of Latin . His second and last teacher , Mr. Williams , was indeed a cap- ital hand - but not at Latin ; for of that he understood perhaps as little as Balaam's ass - but at reading , spelling , English grammar ...
... learned a syllable of Latin . His second and last teacher , Mr. Williams , was indeed a cap- ital hand - but not at Latin ; for of that he understood perhaps as little as Balaam's ass - but at reading , spelling , English grammar ...
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... learned to weave bobbin lace , which was then salable , and much more profitable to me than spinning , sewing or knitting , which had previously been my employment . At this period I found but little time for literary pursuits . But at ...
... learned to weave bobbin lace , which was then salable , and much more profitable to me than spinning , sewing or knitting , which had previously been my employment . At this period I found but little time for literary pursuits . But at ...
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... learned doctor . ' The practice of the second town physician was directly opposite . He prescribed large doses of the most powerful drugs . If he had been in- clined to weigh his medicine , I believe it would have been with gross weight ...
... learned doctor . ' The practice of the second town physician was directly opposite . He prescribed large doses of the most powerful drugs . If he had been in- clined to weigh his medicine , I believe it would have been with gross weight ...
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... learned Galen observes , Omne quod exit in Hum , seu Græcum , sive Latinum , Esse genus neutrum , sic invariabile nomen- By the way , nurse , these learned languages are apt to make the professors of them very thirsty . " While the ...
... learned Galen observes , Omne quod exit in Hum , seu Græcum , sive Latinum , Esse genus neutrum , sic invariabile nomen- By the way , nurse , these learned languages are apt to make the professors of them very thirsty . " While the ...
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... learned brother acquiesced in , say- ing , with his usual air , that it was the very application he intended , hav- ing applied the garters and whalebone merely to concoct the tristis , the musa , and the ambobus , firmly together . A ...
... learned brother acquiesced in , say- ing , with his usual air , that it was the very application he intended , hav- ing applied the garters and whalebone merely to concoct the tristis , the musa , and the ambobus , firmly together . A ...
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Page 453 - Liberty first and Union afterwards ; but everywhere, spread all over in characters of living light, blazing on all its ample folds, as they float over the sea and over the land, and in every wind under the whole heavens, that other sentiment, dear to every true American heart, Liberty and Union, Now and Forever, One and Inseparable.
Page 478 - I am compelled to declare it as my deliberate opinion, that, if this bill passes, the bonds of this Union are virtually dissolved ; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that, as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation — amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Page 383 - He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle , But I heard him exclaim,...
Page 407 - O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 434 - States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that, in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities,...
Page 407 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave ; And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 434 - ... limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact, as no further valid than they are authorized by the grants enumerated in that compact; and that in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers, not granted by the said compact, the states, who are the parties thereto, have the right, and are in duty bound, to interpose, for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits, the authorities, rights,...
Page 450 - A thousand eyes turn at once to explore every man, every thing, every circumstance, connected with the time and place; a thousand ears catch every whisper ; a thousand excited minds intensely dwell on the scene, shedding all their light, and ready to kindle the slightest circumstance into a blaze of discovery. Meantime the guilty soul cannot keep its own secret. It is false to itself; or rather it feels an irresistible impulse of conscience to be true to itself.
Page 453 - I have not allowed myself, sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty, when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over the precipice of disunion, to see whether, with mу short sight, I can fathom the depth of the abyss below...
Page 307 - Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,' — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until, his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable.