A Short History of America's Literature: With Selections from Colonial and Revolutionary WritersHoughton, Mifflin, 1907 - 255 páginas |
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... thought . They were striving to make an abode for righteousness , and whatever did not manifestly conduce to that single aim , they counted as of evil . Writing their own history , however , was reckoned a most godly work . " We are the ...
... thought . They were striving to make an abode for righteousness , and whatever did not manifestly conduce to that single aim , they counted as of evil . Writing their own history , however , was reckoned a most godly work . " We are the ...
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... thoughts on paper , and they seemed to feel that it dignified a thought to make it into verse . Religion was the all- absorbing subject , and therefore they have left us many thousand lines of religious hopes and fears . Unfortu- nately ...
... thoughts on paper , and they seemed to feel that it dignified a thought to make it into verse . Religion was the all- absorbing subject , and therefore they have left us many thousand lines of religious hopes and fears . Unfortu- nately ...
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... thought absolutely necessary for children . After the alphabet came a long list of two - letter combinations , " ab , eb , ib , ob , ub ; ac , ec , ic , oc , uc , " etc .; then a list of words of one syllable ; and at last the child had ...
... thought absolutely necessary for children . After the alphabet came a long list of two - letter combinations , " ab , eb , ib , ob , ub ; ac , ec , ic , oc , uc , " etc .; then a list of words of one syllable ; and at last the child had ...
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... thought extremely effective . But there is much besides a Virgilian preface in his work . There are enthusiastic descriptions of the men whom he ad- mired , written with many a touch of beauty and sincere tenderness . Then , too , the ...
... thought extremely effective . But there is much besides a Virgilian preface in his work . There are enthusiastic descriptions of the men whom he ad- mired , written with many a touch of beauty and sincere tenderness . Then , too , the ...
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... thought and his power to move an audience . He had been a wonder all the days of his life . When he ought to have been play- ing marbles , he was reading Greek and Latin and He- brew . He was deeply interested in natural philosophy ...
... thought and his power to move an audience . He had been a wonder all the days of his life . When he ought to have been play- ing marbles , he was reading Greek and Latin and He- brew . He was deeply interested in natural philosophy ...
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Página 202 - THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 116 - O CAPTAIN! my Captain! our fearful trip is done, The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won, The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting, While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring; But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.
Página 201 - There is a just God, who presides over the destinies of nations ; and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Página 99 - During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher.
Página 101 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we, Of many far wiser than we ; And neither the angels in heaven above, Nor the demons down under the sea, Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Página 207 - Still one thing more, fellowcitizens — a wise and frugal government, which shall restrain men from injuring one another, which shall leave them otherwise free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned.
Página 201 - Peace — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Página 199 - Mr President, it is natural to man to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of that siren till she transforms us into beasts. Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty?
Página 209 - In looking forward to the moment which is intended to terminate the career of my public life, my feelings do not permit me to suspend the deep acknowledgment of that debt of gratitude which I owe to my beloved country, for the many honors it has conferred upon me...
Página 75 - Every clod feels a stir of might, An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers.