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... it becomes us on this day , in consideration of the great things which have
been done for us , to render the tribute of unfeigned thanks to that God . who
superintends the universe , and holds aloft the scale that weighs the destinies of
nations .
... it becomes us on this day , in consideration of the great things which have
been done for us , to render the tribute of unfeigned thanks to that God . who
superintends the universe , and holds aloft the scale that weighs the destinies of
nations .
Сторінка 78
Two thousand dollars in Portsmouth , in 1812 , was certainly equal , in
purchasing power , to six thousand of the ineffectual things that now pass by the
name of dollars ; and upon such an income large families in a country town
contrive to live ...
Two thousand dollars in Portsmouth , in 1812 , was certainly equal , in
purchasing power , to six thousand of the ineffectual things that now pass by the
name of dollars ; and upon such an income large families in a country town
contrive to live ...
Сторінка 105
An elephant does sometimes stand upon his head and play a barrel - organ , but
every one who sees the sorry sight Bees also that it was not the design of Nature
that elephants should do such things . A Marshfield elm may be for half a ...
An elephant does sometimes stand upon his head and play a barrel - organ , but
every one who sees the sorry sight Bees also that it was not the design of Nature
that elephants should do such things . A Marshfield elm may be for half a ...
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He liked large things , — mountains , elms , great oaks , mighty bulls and oxen ,
wide fields , the ocean , the Union , and all things of magnitude . He liked great
Rome far better than refined Greece , and revelled in the immense things of ...
He liked large things , — mountains , elms , great oaks , mighty bulls and oxen ,
wide fields , the ocean , the Union , and all things of magnitude . He liked great
Rome far better than refined Greece , and revelled in the immense things of ...
Сторінка 111
He was akin to all large , slow things in nature . A herd of fine cattle gave him a
keen , an inexhaustible enjoyment ; but he never 6 tasted ” a horse : he had no
horse enthusiasm . In England he chiefly enjoyed these five things , the Tower of
...
He was akin to all large , slow things in nature . A herd of fine cattle gave him a
keen , an inexhaustible enjoyment ; but he never 6 tasted ” a horse : he had no
horse enthusiasm . In England he chiefly enjoyed these five things , the Tower of
...
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| Назва | Famous Americans of Recent Times |
| Автор | James Parton |
| Опубліковано | 1893 |
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