Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800William B. Cairns Macmillan, 1909 - 493 páginas |
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... nature of liberty . Some edifying casualties . Religious experiences Letters to Mrs. Winthrop 49 50 50 53 55 57 THOMAS MORTON . Dedication of the New English Canaan " The generall survey of the country " 60 61 · " Of Thomas Mortons ...
... nature of liberty . Some edifying casualties . Religious experiences Letters to Mrs. Winthrop 49 50 50 53 55 57 THOMAS MORTON . Dedication of the New English Canaan " The generall survey of the country " 60 61 · " Of Thomas Mortons ...
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... 259 261 266 . • 270 271 273 274 · 277 • 278 281 286 • 291 · 295 · 295 · 298 299 305 • 305 . 307 314 315 319 . 322 323 • 327 330 332 335 335 • 338 • 340 343 . 344 • 347 THOMAS JEFFERSON The framing of the Declaration " The natural X ...
... 259 261 266 . • 270 271 273 274 · 277 • 278 281 286 • 291 · 295 · 295 · 298 299 305 • 305 . 307 314 315 319 . 322 323 • 327 330 332 335 335 • 338 • 340 343 . 344 • 347 THOMAS JEFFERSON The framing of the Declaration " The natural X ...
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William B. Cairns. THOMAS JEFFERSON The framing of the Declaration " The natural bridge " First inaugural address ALEXANDER HAMILTON The issue stated " The Federalist , Number XXIV " The importance of maintaining public credit FRANCIS ...
William B. Cairns. THOMAS JEFFERSON The framing of the Declaration " The natural bridge " First inaugural address ALEXANDER HAMILTON The issue stated " The Federalist , Number XXIV " The importance of maintaining public credit FRANCIS ...
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... nature , interlaced with many vains of glistring spangles . That night we returned to Powhatan : the next day ( being Whit- sunday after dinner ) we returned to the fals , leaving a mariner in pawn with the Indians for a guide of theirs ...
... nature , interlaced with many vains of glistring spangles . That night we returned to Powhatan : the next day ( being Whit- sunday after dinner ) we returned to the fals , leaving a mariner in pawn with the Indians for a guide of theirs ...
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... Nature , as bound , not to be false to our selves , or to neglect the meanes of our owne preservation ; the most despaire- full things amongst men , being matters of no wonder nor moment with him , who is the rich Fountaine and ...
... Nature , as bound , not to be false to our selves , or to neglect the meanes of our owne preservation ; the most despaire- full things amongst men , being matters of no wonder nor moment with him , who is the rich Fountaine and ...
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Página 332 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight ! I repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Página 333 - Peace, 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 311 - If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time enough, always proves little enough...
Página 279 - And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Página 110 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Página 355 - ... economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Página 351 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Página 355 - ... the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 47 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this is not authority but a distemper thereof.
Página 414 - For her my tears shall fall; For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toils be given, 'Till toils and cares shall end.