Ohio Archæological and Historical Quarterly, Volumen14

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Society, 1905

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Página 164 - Then to side with Truth is noble when we share her wretched crust, Ere her cause brings fame and profit and 'tis prosperous to be just; Then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, Doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, And the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.
Página 389 - The entire distance from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi...
Página 186 - Oh ! my poor Nelly Gray, they have taken you away, And I'll never see my darling any more...
Página 431 - Of the soft rain overhead! Every tinkle on the shingles Has an echo in the heart; And a thousand dreamy fancies Into busy being start, And a thousand recollections Weave their air-threads into woof, As I listen to the patter Of the rain upon the roof.
Página 353 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; 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...
Página 155 - As Congress was now engaged in settling the form of government for the Federal territory, for which a bill had been prepared and a copy sent to me, with leave to make remarks and propose amendments, and which I had taken the liberty to remark upon, and to propose several amendments, I thought this the most favorable opportunity to go on to Philadelphia. Accordingly, after I had returned the bill with my observations, I set out at 7 o'clock, and crossed North River to Paulus Hook.
Página 308 - Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, Pleading for you and for me? Why should we linger and heed not His mercies, Mercies for you and for me?
Página 439 - lost years sleep on! Sleep on! Nor heed life's pelting storms.
Página 148 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Página 164 - ... tis prosperous to be just; * then it is the brave man chooses, while the coward stands aside, doubting in his abject spirit, till his Lord is crucified, * and the multitude make virtue of the faith they had denied.

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