The New England Magazine, Volume 2; Volume 8New England Magazine Company, 1890 - New England |
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... soon she might leave me , in which case I should not be as likely to enjoy myself as here in the country . In Boston , I should have nothing to employ my time and amuse me ; and it is too late in life for me to emerge again in business ...
... soon she might leave me , in which case I should not be as likely to enjoy myself as here in the country . In Boston , I should have nothing to employ my time and amuse me ; and it is too late in life for me to emerge again in business ...
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... soon as possible and send a bag to put them in . I shall have an opportunity in a few days to send for them and should be sorry when I send to be disappointed . I should be ashamed to come to Boston in my present clothes . " From some ...
... soon as possible and send a bag to put them in . I shall have an opportunity in a few days to send for them and should be sorry when I send to be disappointed . I should be ashamed to come to Boston in my present clothes . " From some ...
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... soon have been hopelessly in arrears . The Constitution was soon after drawn up in its present form , and the labors of the convention were ended . The Consti- tution was submitted to the people , ratified by them , and became the ...
... soon have been hopelessly in arrears . The Constitution was soon after drawn up in its present form , and the labors of the convention were ended . The Consti- tution was submitted to the people , ratified by them , and became the ...
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... soon its leader . In the Virginia Convention of 1778 , and in the state legislature , his words were the ones most attentively listened to . Awkward and ungainly , with an unsympa- thetic voice , he possessed an extraordinary power over ...
... soon its leader . In the Virginia Convention of 1778 , and in the state legislature , his words were the ones most attentively listened to . Awkward and ungainly , with an unsympa- thetic voice , he possessed an extraordinary power over ...
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... soon reached the highest pitch , and resulted in that famous race , the " Narragansett Pacers . " The first suggestion of horse - raising in Narragansett was without doubt given by Captain John Hull of " Pine - Tree Shilling " fame ...
... soon reached the highest pitch , and resulted in that famous race , the " Narragansett Pacers . " The first suggestion of horse - raising in Narragansett was without doubt given by Captain John Hull of " Pine - Tree Shilling " fame ...
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Page 87 - ... testimony to his children of his fidelity and faith, he turned his face southward from Appomattox in April, 1865. Think of him as ragged, halfstarved, heavy-hearted, enfeebled by want and wounds; having fought to exhaustion, he surrenders his gun, wrings the hands of his comrades in silence, and, lifting his tear-stained and pallid face for the last time to the graves that dot the old Virginia hills, pulls his gray cap over his brow and begins the slow and painful journey.
Page 515 - He saw her lift her eyes; he felt The soft hand's light caressing, And heard the tremble of her voice, As if a fault confessing. "I'm sorry that I spelt the word: I hate to go above you, Because," — the brown eyes lower fell, — "Because, you see, I love you!
Page 36 - If the legislatures of the several states may, at will, annul the judgments of the courts of the United States, and destroy the rights acquired under those judgments, the constitution itself becomes a solemn mockery, and the nation is deprived of the means of enforcing its laws by the instrumentality of its own tribunals.
Page 353 - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
Page 479 - I knew a very wise man so much of Sir Chr — 's sentiment, that he believed if a man were permitted to make all the ballads, he need not care who should make the laws of a nation.
Page 107 - Ireland king, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our king and country a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 90 - Will she withhold, save in strained courtesy, the hand which, straight from his soldier's heart, Grant offered to Lee at Appomattox? Will she make the vision of a restored and happy people, which gathered above the couch of your dying captain, filling his heart with grace, touching his lips with praise and glorifying his path to the...
Page 353 - ... a primary object of such a national institution should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic what species of knowledge can be equally important and what duty more pressing on its legislature than to patronize a plan for communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?
Page 89 - ... brave and simple faith. Not for all the glories of New England — from Plymouth Rock all the way — would I exchange the heritage he left me in his soldier's death. To the foot of that shaft I shall send my children's children to reverence him who ennobled their name with his heroic blood.
Page 88 - It is a rare privilege, sir, to have had part, however humble, in this work. Never was nobler duty confided to human hands than the uplifting and upbuilding of the prostrate and bleeding South — misguided, perhaps, but beautiful in her suffering, and honest, brave and generous always.