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... morning , contrary to my expectations , there was perfect peace ; very few of them to be seen , and those were asleep on the shore . Yet I was not able to suppress my fears and appre- hensions of being attacked by them in future ; and ...
... morning , contrary to my expectations , there was perfect peace ; very few of them to be seen , and those were asleep on the shore . Yet I was not able to suppress my fears and appre- hensions of being attacked by them in future ; and ...
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... morning , excited by un- conquerable thirst , I arose and went to the spring ; and having , thought- less of harm or danger , nearly half passed the dewy vale , along the ser- pentine footpath , my hasty steps were suddenly stopped by ...
... morning , excited by un- conquerable thirst , I arose and went to the spring ; and having , thought- less of harm or danger , nearly half passed the dewy vale , along the ser- pentine footpath , my hasty steps were suddenly stopped by ...
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... morning , being the day the treaty commenced , I attended him on a botanical excursion . Some time after we had been rambling in a swamp about a quarter of a mile from the camp , I being ahead a few paces , my father bid me observe the ...
... morning , being the day the treaty commenced , I attended him on a botanical excursion . Some time after we had been rambling in a swamp about a quarter of a mile from the camp , I being ahead a few paces , my father bid me observe the ...
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... morning the old gentleman finding out what had befallen his tree , which , by the by , was a great favorite , came into the house , and with much warmth asked for the mischievous author , declaring at the same time that he would not ...
... morning the old gentleman finding out what had befallen his tree , which , by the by , was a great favorite , came into the house , and with much warmth asked for the mischievous author , declaring at the same time that he would not ...
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... and it was really a matter of gratitude to see what heaps of English loaves , Indian pones , French bricks , cakes and crackers , lay piled up on เ his counter every morning . I often amused myself -1820 ] 29 MASON L. WEEMS .
... and it was really a matter of gratitude to see what heaps of English loaves , Indian pones , French bricks , cakes and crackers , lay piled up on เ his counter every morning . I often amused myself -1820 ] 29 MASON L. WEEMS .
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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.