Portrait Gallery of Eminent Men and Women of Europe and America ... With Biographies, Volume 2Johnson, Fry, 1873 - Biography |
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... write about him , and that is , that I never was so much mis- taken in my life as I shall be , unless he be destined to make a remarkable figure in society . " The residence of the young O'Con- nell at Douay was cut short by the ...
... write about him , and that is , that I never was so much mis- taken in my life as I shall be , unless he be destined to make a remarkable figure in society . " The residence of the young O'Con- nell at Douay was cut short by the ...
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... writes , " being a stranger in Dublin , should chance , as you return upon a winter's morning , from one of the ' small and early ' parties of that raking metropolis - that is to say , be- tween the hours of five and six o'clock to pass ...
... writes , " being a stranger in Dublin , should chance , as you return upon a winter's morning , from one of the ' small and early ' parties of that raking metropolis - that is to say , be- tween the hours of five and six o'clock to pass ...
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... writes , " at Edinburgh , in all the branches of study pursued at Cambridge , than the course then followed at Cambridge extended during the two first years of attendance . But the Edinburgh sys- tem consisted in lectures without ex ...
... writes , " at Edinburgh , in all the branches of study pursued at Cambridge , than the course then followed at Cambridge extended during the two first years of attendance . But the Edinburgh sys- tem consisted in lectures without ex ...
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... writes Mrs. Gas- kell , " she was a quiet , thoughtful girl , of nearly fifteen years of age , very small in figure - ' stunted ' was the word she applied to herself - but as her limbs and head were in just pro- portion to the slight ...
... writes Mrs. Gas- kell , " she was a quiet , thoughtful girl , of nearly fifteen years of age , very small in figure - ' stunted ' was the word she applied to herself - but as her limbs and head were in just pro- portion to the slight ...
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... write poetry for its own sake ; not in a spirit of emulation , and not with a view to celebrity , " but as " a wholesome exercise , both for the heart and soul , capable of being made the surest means , next to religion , of sooth- ing ...
... write poetry for its own sake ; not in a spirit of emulation , and not with a view to celebrity , " but as " a wholesome exercise , both for the heart and soul , capable of being made the surest means , next to religion , of sooth- ing ...
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Page 584 - O Caledonia ! stern and wild, meet nurse for a poetic child, • land of brown heath and shaggy wood, land of the mountain and the flood, land of my sires!
Page 401 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 402 - I hold that, notwithstanding all this, there is no reason in the world why the negro is not entitled to all the natural rights enumerated in the Declaration of Independence, the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I hold that he is as much entitled to these as the white man.
Page 406 - The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts ; but, beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.
Page 408 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 153 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 484 - The applause of listening senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their...
Page 139 - God, I believe the hour is come. My judgment approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and all that I am, and all that I hope, in this life, I am now ready here to stake upon it; and I leave off as I began, that live or die, survive or perish, I am for the Declaration. It is my living sentiment, and by the blessing of God it shall be my dying sentiment, Independence now, and Independence forever.
Page 406 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 401 - We are now far into the fifth year since a policy was initiated with the avowed object and confident promise of putting an end to slavery agitation. Under the operation of that policy, that agitation has not only not ceased, but has constantly augmented. In my opinion, it will not cease until a crisis shall have been reached and passed. ' ' A house divided against itself cannot stand.