Speeches, Correspondence, Etc., of the Late Daniel S. Dickinson of New York: Including: Addresses on Important Public Topics: Speeches in the State and United States Senate, and in Support of the Government During the Rebellion; Correspondence, Private and Political (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Dickinson), Poems (collected and Arranged by Mrs. Mygatt), Etc, Volume 1G.P. Putnam & Sons, 1867 |
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... desire to thank you and to commend your conduct out of the fulness of an honest heart . " This letter needs no reply ; it is , I am aware , of very little value ; but I have thought you might be willing to receive it , perhaps to leave ...
... desire to thank you and to commend your conduct out of the fulness of an honest heart . " This letter needs no reply ; it is , I am aware , of very little value ; but I have thought you might be willing to receive it , perhaps to leave ...
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... fondly cherished hope that he would be per- mitted to die in his own home , yet his second desire , to be laid in the Valley of the Chenango , has not been denied him . THE LAST SAD RITES . THE ORCHARD . The late 40 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .
... fondly cherished hope that he would be per- mitted to die in his own home , yet his second desire , to be laid in the Valley of the Chenango , has not been denied him . THE LAST SAD RITES . THE ORCHARD . The late 40 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH .
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... desire to know something of his life , in the relations of husband and father . He was a gentleman of domestic tastes and habits . He was hospitable , but without the slightest effort at ostenta- tious display . He was emphatically an ...
... desire to know something of his life , in the relations of husband and father . He was a gentleman of domestic tastes and habits . He was hospitable , but without the slightest effort at ostenta- tious display . He was emphatically an ...
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... desire to make a single concluding remark . When we pass in review the varied incidents of his life - his youth of earnest and perse- vering labor , his manhood of official and forensic activity , his public ser- vices , the social ...
... desire to make a single concluding remark . When we pass in review the varied incidents of his life - his youth of earnest and perse- vering labor , his manhood of official and forensic activity , his public ser- vices , the social ...
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... desire abroad to originate something new in monetary affairs ; and the flood of light and learning shed abread by the Honor- able Senator from the Fourth , all seem to admonish me of the presumptuous task I have undertaken . But the ...
... desire abroad to originate something new in monetary affairs ; and the flood of light and learning shed abread by the Honor- able Senator from the Fourth , all seem to admonish me of the presumptuous task I have undertaken . But the ...
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Page 113 - AH ! who can tell how hard it is to climb The steep where Fame's proud temple shines afar ; Ah ! who can tell how many a soul sublime Has felt the influence of malignant star, And waged with Fortune an eternal war...
Page 653 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my book-learned skill, Around my fire an evening group to draw, And tell of all I felt and all I saw...
Page 175 - ... the claims of any other Power or State to any part of the said country ; the only object of the high contracting parties, in that respect, being to prevent disputes and differences amongst themselves.
Page 242 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 620 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No, — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a state...
Page 566 - 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 559 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! — His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the Gospel whispers peace.
Page 725 - He hath disgraced me, and hindered me of half a million ; laughed at my losses, mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies ; and what's his reason ? I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?
Page 378 - But why do I talk of Death ? That phantom of grisly bone ? I hardly fear his terrible shape, It seems so like my own — It seems so like my own, Because of the fasts I keep ; Oh, God! that bread should be so dear, And flesh and blood so cheap...
Page 292 - Territory shall be subject to pay a part of the Federal debts, contracted or to be contracted, and a proportional part of the expenses of government, to be apportioned on them by Congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other States...