Modern Agitators: Or, Pen Portraits of Living American ReformersMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 396 páginas |
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... called him crazy ! Monomaniac I suppose they called him . One poor man got the notion , some ages ago , that the sun didn't whirl round the earth , but that it was more likely and reasonable that the appearances that looked as if it did ...
... called him crazy ! Monomaniac I suppose they called him . One poor man got the notion , some ages ago , that the sun didn't whirl round the earth , but that it was more likely and reasonable that the appearances that looked as if it did ...
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... called upon to speak here to - day ? What have I , or those I represent , to do with your national independence ? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice , em- bodied in that declaration of independence ...
... called upon to speak here to - day ? What have I , or those I represent , to do with your national independence ? Are the great principles of political freedom and of natural justice , em- bodied in that declaration of independence ...
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... called " the Indians , " from the fact that , dressed as Indians , they committed acts they dared not commit in their real characters , were present , and by appealing to their natural prejudices against lawyers , Mr. Codding ar- rested ...
... called " the Indians , " from the fact that , dressed as Indians , they committed acts they dared not commit in their real characters , were present , and by appealing to their natural prejudices against lawyers , Mr. Codding ar- rested ...
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... , the most remarkable story of the time , they called the attention of the great world of indifferent men and women to the fact . The story flew on the wings of the wind . Millions cried over it , HARRIET BEECHER STOWE . 85.
... , the most remarkable story of the time , they called the attention of the great world of indifferent men and women to the fact . The story flew on the wings of the wind . Millions cried over it , HARRIET BEECHER STOWE . 85.
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... called either a grave child or a sad one . On the contrary , an airy and innocent playfulness seemed to flicker like the shadow of summer leaves over her childish face , and around her buoyant figure . She was always in motion , always ...
... called either a grave child or a sad one . On the contrary , an airy and innocent playfulness seemed to flicker like the shadow of summer leaves over her childish face , and around her buoyant figure . She was always in motion , always ...
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Modern Agitators: Or, Pen Portraits of Living American Reformers David W. Bartlett Vista completa - 1859 |
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Página 180 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Página 41 - BY THE rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion. We hanged our harps upon the willows in the midst thereof. For there they that carried us away captive required of us a song; and they that wasted us required of us mirth, saying, Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
Página 249 - Free as when I rode that day, Where the barefoot maiden raked her hay." She wedded a man unlearned and poor, And many children played round her door. But care and sorrow, and child-birth pain, Left their traces on heart and brain. And oft, when the summer sun shone hot On the new-mown hay in the meadow lot, And she heard the little...
Página 103 - I am aware that many object to the severity of my language; but is there not cause for severity? I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation.
Página 43 - ... liberty and equality hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety and hypocrisy — a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace a nation of savages. There is not a nation on the earth guilty of practices more shocking and bloody than are the people of these United States at this very hour.
Página 245 - Alone unto our Father's will One thought hath reconciled : That He whose love exceedeth ours Hath taken home his child. Fold her, O Father ! in thine arms. And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human hearts and thee.
Página 247 - He spoke of the grass and flowers and trees, Of the singing birds and the humming bees; Then talked of the haying, and wondered whether The cloud in the west would bring foul weather. And Maud forgot her...
Página 43 - To him, your celebration is a sham; your boasted liberty, an unholy license; your national greatness, swelling vanity; your sounds of rejoicing are empty and heartless; your denunciations of tyrants, brass-fronted impudence; your shouts of liberty and equality, hollow mockery; your prayers and hymns, your sermons and thanksgivings, with all your religious parade and solemnity, are to him mere bombast, fraud, deception, impiety, and hypocrisy— a thin veil to cover up crimes which would disgrace...
Página 56 - THERE'S a good time coming, boys, A good time coming : We may not live to see the day, But earth shall glisten in the ray Of the good time coming. Cannon balls may aid the truth, But thought's a weapon stronger ; We'll win our battle by its aid ; Wait a little longer.
Página 245 - Father ! in thine arms, And let her henceforth be A messenger of love between Our human hearts and Thee. Still let her mild rebuking stand Between us and the wrong, And her dear memory serve to make Our faith in Goodness strong. And grant that she who, trembling, here Distrusted all her powers, May welcome to her holier home The well beloved of ours.