Modern Agitators: Or, Pen Portraits of Living American ReformersMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1855 - 396 páginas |
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... took his degree in 1816. He shortly afterward engaged in the study of the law , and practiced it in his native state . By nature possessed of extraordinary talents , when to these was added the discipline of a collegiate course , he was ...
... took his degree in 1816. He shortly afterward engaged in the study of the law , and practiced it in his native state . By nature possessed of extraordinary talents , when to these was added the discipline of a collegiate course , he was ...
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... took his degree in 1816. He shortly afterward engaged in the study of the law , and practiced it in his native state . By nature possessed of extraordinary talents , when to these was added the discipline of a collegiate course , he was ...
... took his degree in 1816. He shortly afterward engaged in the study of the law , and practiced it in his native state . By nature possessed of extraordinary talents , when to these was added the discipline of a collegiate course , he was ...
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... took up the hickory slat with which Hughes had been striking off the half - bushel measure , and with it gave me a heavy blow upon the head , making a large wound , and the blood ran freely ; and with this again told me to get up . I ...
... took up the hickory slat with which Hughes had been striking off the half - bushel measure , and with it gave me a heavy blow upon the head , making a large wound , and the blood ran freely ; and with this again told me to get up . I ...
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... took up the subject of corporeal punishment in schools , opposing the customary use of the rod , with a good deal of zeal . For three years , Codding was teacher in the Eng- lish department of Canandaigua academy , at the same time ...
... took up the subject of corporeal punishment in schools , opposing the customary use of the rod , with a good deal of zeal . For three years , Codding was teacher in the Eng- lish department of Canandaigua academy , at the same time ...
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... took up their resi- dence in one of the buildings connected with the seminary , and devoted to the use of the professors . For a long term of years this was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stowe . It is not necessary for us to give a history ...
... took up their resi- dence in one of the buildings connected with the seminary , and devoted to the use of the professors . For a long term of years this was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Stowe . It is not necessary for us to give a history ...
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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.