The New Hampshire Book: Being Specimens of the Literature of the Granite State ...D. Marshall, 1842 - 391 pages |
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... less native and characteristic ; for it is the land of one's birth and early breeding , that forms the character and de- velopes the powers . A sufficient reason for the departure of so many citizens from our State , may be found in the ...
... less native and characteristic ; for it is the land of one's birth and early breeding , that forms the character and de- velopes the powers . A sufficient reason for the departure of so many citizens from our State , may be found in the ...
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... less degree , by that of the nation in which they live . Sometimes indeed a great genius appears , who seems not to belong either to his age or country ; as a sunny day in winter will sometimes swell the buds and call forth the early ...
... less degree , by that of the nation in which they live . Sometimes indeed a great genius appears , who seems not to belong either to his age or country ; as a sunny day in winter will sometimes swell the buds and call forth the early ...
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... less hazard and change , and more certainty and facility . " A reverend divine , in 1690 , was preaching in Portsmouth , on the depravity of the times , and said : " You have for- saken the pious habits of your forefathers , who left ...
... less hazard and change , and more certainty and facility . " A reverend divine , in 1690 , was preaching in Portsmouth , on the depravity of the times , and said : " You have for- saken the pious habits of your forefathers , who left ...
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... less perilous wane , He has re - crossed the Atlantic main , Preserved by Heaven , to greet again The land he bled to save , And those who with him , hand in hand , Fought ' neath his mighty sire's command , - Alas ! how thinned that ...
... less perilous wane , He has re - crossed the Atlantic main , Preserved by Heaven , to greet again The land he bled to save , And those who with him , hand in hand , Fought ' neath his mighty sire's command , - Alas ! how thinned that ...
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... less capable of gratitude for his patriotism or sympathy for his sufferings , than if his eyes had first opened upon the light in Massachusetts , instead of South Carolina ? Does he suppose it in his power to exhibit a Carolina name so ...
... less capable of gratitude for his patriotism or sympathy for his sufferings , than if his eyes had first opened upon the light in Massachusetts , instead of South Carolina ? Does he suppose it in his power to exhibit a Carolina name so ...
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Page 309 - Leaves have their time to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath, And stars to set, but all — Thou hast all seasons for thine own, O Death...
Page 23 - It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe school of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit.
Page 318 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Page 22 - I profess, sir, in my career hitherto to have kept steadily in view the prosperity and honor of the whole country, and the preservation of our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home, and our consideration and dignity abroad. It is to that Union that we are chiefly indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country.
Page 23 - ... of adversity. It had its origin in the necessities of disordered finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit. Under its benign influences these great interests immediately awoke, as from the dead, and sprang forth with newness of life. Every year of its duration has teemed with fresh proofs of its utility and its blessings ; and although our territory has stretched out wider and wider, and our population spread farther and farther, they have not outrun its protection or its benefits. It has...
Page 21 - And, sir, where American liberty raised its first voice, and where its youth was nurtured and sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood and full of its original spirit.
Page 324 - ... their religious zeal, but which were, in fact, the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other. One overpowering sentiment had subjected to itself pity and hatred, ambition and fear. Death had lost its terrors, and pleasure its charms. They had their smiles and their tears, their raptures and their sorrows, but not for the things of this world.
Page 210 - Whose lonely columns stand sublime, Flinging their shadows from on high, Like dials, which the wizard, Time, Had raised to count his ages by...
Page 253 - But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole ; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
Page 20 - I shall not acknowledge that the honorable member goes before me in regard for whatever of distinguished talent, or distinguished character, South Carolina has produced. I claim part of the honor, I partake in the pride, of her great names. I claim them for countrymen, one...