The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 3Redfield, 1853 |
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... thousand , at his own expense , and they soon became , under his exact but affectionate discipline , the favorite corps of the whole army . And now an hour of trial arrived . He was as yet only twenty- one years old , but his manly ...
... thousand , at his own expense , and they soon became , under his exact but affectionate discipline , the favorite corps of the whole army . And now an hour of trial arrived . He was as yet only twenty- one years old , but his manly ...
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... thousand , of both sexes , thronged the road to the royal residence , crying- " To Versailles ! Down with the nation ! We want bread ! Away with the queen ! away with the king ! " Failing to turn them back , he hurried forward and took ...
... thousand , of both sexes , thronged the road to the royal residence , crying- " To Versailles ! Down with the nation ! We want bread ! Away with the queen ! away with the king ! " Failing to turn them back , he hurried forward and took ...
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... thousand years ago : - " Far westward lies an isle of ancient fame , By Nature blest - Hibernia is her name Enrolled in books - exhaustless is her store Of veiny silver and of golden ore . Her fruitful soil for ever teems with wealth ...
... thousand years ago : - " Far westward lies an isle of ancient fame , By Nature blest - Hibernia is her name Enrolled in books - exhaustless is her store Of veiny silver and of golden ore . Her fruitful soil for ever teems with wealth ...
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... thousand hills , were to pass away from its harmless people , to pamper despotic and insatiable lords . That august court , those ancient seminaries , those valiant bands , those chivalrous knights , that cynosure of beauty , and the ...
... thousand hills , were to pass away from its harmless people , to pamper despotic and insatiable lords . That august court , those ancient seminaries , those valiant bands , those chivalrous knights , that cynosure of beauty , and the ...
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... thousand members , and receiving £ 50,000 annually , which violated none of the inhibitions of the law , and yet had all the efficiency which they were designed to prevent . The centre of agitation was ultimately Conciliation Hall in ...
... thousand members , and receiving £ 50,000 annually , which violated none of the inhibitions of the law , and yet had all the efficiency which they were designed to prevent . The centre of agitation was ultimately Conciliation Hall in ...
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Page 88 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow; He who surpasses or subdues mankind, Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked head, And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 141 - Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough, When there is in it but one only man.
Page 167 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay: Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade; A breath can make them, as a breath has made: But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 626 - The boundary line established by this article shall be religiously respected by each of the two republics, and no change shall ever be made therein, except by the express and free consent of both nations, lawfully given by the general government of each, in conformity with its own constitution.
Page 87 - Ten years of peace, at home and abroad, have assuaged the animosities of political contention and blended into harmony the most discordant elements of public opinion. There still remains one effort of magnanimity, one sacrifice of prejudice and passion, to be made by the individuals throughout the nation who have heretofore followed the standards of political party. It is that of discarding every remnant of rancor against each other, of embracing as countrymen and friends, and of yielding to talents...
Page 626 - If unhappily any disagreement should hereafter arise between the Governments of the two republics, whether with respect to the interpretation of any stipulation in this treaty, or with respect to any other particular concerning the political or commercial relations of the two nations...
Page 94 - While foreign nations, less blessed with that freedom which is power than ourselves, are advancing with gigantic strides in the career of public improvement, were we to slumber in indolence, or fold up our arms and proclaim to the world that we are palsied by the will of our constituents, would it not be to cast away the bounties of Providence, and doom ourselves to perpetual inferiority?
Page 58 - But alas! for his country — her pride is gone by, And that spirit is broken, which never would bend; O'er the ruin her children in secret must sigh, For 'tis treason to love her, and death to defend.
Page 409 - Our population is destined to roll its resistless waves to the icy barriers of the north, and to encounter oriental civilization on the shores of the Pacific.