Noble Living and Grand Achievement: Giants of the Republic, Embracing the Lives, Deeds, and Personal Traits of Eminent Statesmen, Great Generals, Noted Reformers, Successful Men of Business, Distinguished Literary Men, and Famous WomenJohn C. Winston & Company, 1896 - 708 стор. |
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... gave white paper for the writing of its history . THE misfortune of most biography is a certain blindness which comes over the writer , when he forgets that his special business is to show his hero to the reader , and that he is not ...
... gave white paper for the writing of its history . THE misfortune of most biography is a certain blindness which comes over the writer , when he forgets that his special business is to show his hero to the reader , and that he is not ...
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... gave her great influ- ence over her son , which she retained until the hour of her death . Mrs. Alexander Hamilton tells the story that , when George Washington was in the meridian of his fame , a brilliant party was given in his honor ...
... gave her great influ- ence over her son , which she retained until the hour of her death . Mrs. Alexander Hamilton tells the story that , when George Washington was in the meridian of his fame , a brilliant party was given in his honor ...
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... gave out , and the drivers were left to take care of them , while he and one companion pushed on alone , on foot , through the wilderness . Traveling in this manner , they came upon an Indian , who , under the pretence of acting as ...
... gave out , and the drivers were left to take care of them , while he and one companion pushed on alone , on foot , through the wilderness . Traveling in this manner , they came upon an Indian , who , under the pretence of acting as ...
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... gave all his energies to this arduous enterprise . It would require a volume to record the awful scenes through which he passed during these three years . In November , 1758 , Fort Duquesne was wrested from the French , and the valley ...
... gave all his energies to this arduous enterprise . It would require a volume to record the awful scenes through which he passed during these three years . In November , 1758 , Fort Duquesne was wrested from the French , and the valley ...
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... gave us this imperial man , Cast in the massive mould Of those high - statured ages old Which into grander forms our mortal metal ran ; · Mother of States and undiminished men , Thou gavest us a Country , giving him . -JAMES RUSSELL ...
... gave us this imperial man , Cast in the massive mould Of those high - statured ages old Which into grander forms our mortal metal ran ; · Mother of States and undiminished men , Thou gavest us a Country , giving him . -JAMES RUSSELL ...
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Сторінка 236 - I do not expect the Union to be dissolved, I do not expect the house to fall, but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place it where the public mind shall rest in the belief that it is in...
Сторінка 39 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Сторінка 608 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Сторінка 61 - In order to secure my credit and character as a tradesman, I took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal, but to avoid all appearances to the contrary.
Сторінка 105 - Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution because I expect no better, and because I am not sure that it is not the best.
Сторінка 82 - ... between people, who, though separated by an ocean,- and under different governments, have the same language, a similar religion, and kindred blood. I beg your majesty's permission to add, that .although I have sometimes before been intrusted by my country, it was never in my whole life in a manner so agreeable to myself.
Сторінка 172 - Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to keep ; If I should die before I wake, I pray the Lord my soul to take ; And this I ask for Jesus
Сторінка 53 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Сторінка 53 - I die hard, but I am not afraid to go. I believed, from my first attack, that I should not survive it — my breath cannot last long.
Сторінка 689 - Now, Hattie, if I could use a pen as you can, I would write something that would make this whole nation feel what an accursed thing slavery is.