The New Hampshire Book: Being Specimens of the Literature of the Granite State ...D. Marshall, 1842 - 391 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 38
... truth and authenticity of the Scriptures . In addition to these intrinsic excellences of the Bible , which give it , considered merely as a human production , powerful claims to the attention of persons of taste and learning , there are ...
... truth and authenticity of the Scriptures . In addition to these intrinsic excellences of the Bible , which give it , considered merely as a human production , powerful claims to the attention of persons of taste and learning , there are ...
Page 42
... truth with their blood ; rejoicing to shed it in defence of a book which , while it led them to the stake , enabled them to triumph over its tortures . Nor have its effects been con- fined to individuals . Nations have participated ...
... truth with their blood ; rejoicing to shed it in defence of a book which , while it led them to the stake , enabled them to triumph over its tortures . Nor have its effects been con- fined to individuals . Nations have participated ...
Page 91
... Truth's meek charms It said , " His record is on high . " I gazed around the burial spot , That looks on Portland's spires below , And on her thousands who are not , Did sad yet useful thought bestow ; Here sleep they till the trumpet's ...
... Truth's meek charms It said , " His record is on high . " I gazed around the burial spot , That looks on Portland's spires below , And on her thousands who are not , Did sad yet useful thought bestow ; Here sleep they till the trumpet's ...
Page 96
... truths of daily occurrence in our history . They cannot but feel that the laws , when duly executed , insure these desirable ends in a manner even more striking to themselves and children , drudges and serfs as they may once have been ...
... truths of daily occurrence in our history . They cannot but feel that the laws , when duly executed , insure these desirable ends in a manner even more striking to themselves and children , drudges and serfs as they may once have been ...
Page 97
... truth or importance beyond all the world can give or the world take away . Our public associations for purposes of government now wisely relate to secular concerns alone . Surely , any of us can be the worthy descendants of the Puritans ...
... truth or importance beyond all the world can give or the world take away . Our public associations for purposes of government now wisely relate to secular concerns alone . Surely , any of us can be the worthy descendants of the Puritans ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
agriculture AMERICAN EDUCATION SOCIETY beautiful blessed BOCHIM bosom breast breath bright brow called calm CARLOS WILCOX character cherish christian church clouds crown dark death deep delight dream duty earth England faith fathers favor fear feel flowers forest Franconia fratres arvales friends glorious glory Hampshire hand happiness hath heart heaven hills holy honor hope HORATIO HALE hour human Ireland labor land liberty light live lonely look ment militia mind moral mountains nations native nature never night o'er passed passion patriotism peace PETERBOROUGH Portsmouth pride reason religion revolution RURUTU Saco River SAINT CLOUD scenes Seth slumbers smile soil song sorrow soul spirit stand stream sweet tears thee thine things THOMAS ADDIS EMMET Thomas Morison thou thought tion tree true truth virtue voice waves wind Wordwell youth
Popular passages
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...