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... spirit of local insurrec- ousy of France , should vanish like mist before the sun , to the practical and sympathetic ... spirits of our country , and should redeem the character of his less gifted com- patriots ; when infirmities , at ...
... spirit of local insurrec- ousy of France , should vanish like mist before the sun , to the practical and sympathetic ... spirits of our country , and should redeem the character of his less gifted com- patriots ; when infirmities , at ...
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... spirit , lately so loving , reeled sharply into a reaction , which all his conscientious efforts could not free from a jar of anger . He was astonished to find himself at his own gate ; still more astonished at the sinful frame of mind ...
... spirit , lately so loving , reeled sharply into a reaction , which all his conscientious efforts could not free from a jar of anger . He was astonished to find himself at his own gate ; still more astonished at the sinful frame of mind ...
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... him ; and at moments he felt even furious to wards her . Once , in the vibrations of his spirit throught many thoughts , it struck him that he ought to pray ; but he repulsed the impression , with a feel- ing of 1857. ] 21 Witching Times .
... him ; and at moments he felt even furious to wards her . Once , in the vibrations of his spirit throught many thoughts , it struck him that he ought to pray ; but he repulsed the impression , with a feel- ing of 1857. ] 21 Witching Times .
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... spirit . " And , releasing his button - hole with- out much ceremony , he marched off in haughty indignation . While the forlorn deacon stared open - mouthed after his unsympathizing relative , a young gentle- man in broad - skirted ...
... spirit . " And , releasing his button - hole with- out much ceremony , he marched off in haughty indignation . While the forlorn deacon stared open - mouthed after his unsympathizing relative , a young gentle- man in broad - skirted ...
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... spirit will dispute that evidence . ' After which he called for the poppets ; and John Willard pulled them out of his pockets . What a hustling of feet there was , and what a stretching of necks to catch sight of those manikins of rags ...
... spirit will dispute that evidence . ' After which he called for the poppets ; and John Willard pulled them out of his pockets . What a hustling of feet there was , and what a stretching of necks to catch sight of those manikins of rags ...
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Page 284 - The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 515 - This opinion was at that time fixed and universal in the civilized portion of the white race. It was regarded as an axiom in morals as well as in politics, which no one thought of disputing, or supposed to be open to dispute...
Page 483 - To have look'd, tho' but in a dream, upon eyes so fair, That had been in a weary world my one thing bright; And it was but a dream, yet it lighten'd my despair When I thought that a war would arise in defence of the right That an iron tyranny now should bend or cease, The glory of manhood stand on his ancient height, Nor Britain's one sole God be the...
Page 264 - So she furnished herself with a world of gifts, store of gold and silver, and of riches and other sumptuous ornaments as is credible enough she might bring from so great a house and from so wealthy and rich a realm as Egypt was. But yet she carried nothing with her wherein she trusted more than in herself, and in the charms and enchantment of her passing beauty and grace.
Page 77 - I believe, towards the close of the last century, and the beginning of the present, sent out more living writers, in its proportion, than any other school.
Page 521 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator or judge to be hereditary.
Page 520 - ... politicians of the South, held the same sentiments ; that slavery was an evil, a blight, a scourge, and a curse. There are no terms of reprobation of slavery so vehement in the North at that day as in the South. The North was not so much excited against it as the South; and the reason is, I suppose, that there was much less of it at the North, and the people did not see, or think they saw, the evils so prominently as they were seen, or thought to be seen, at the South.
Page 18 - She had lived, we'll say, A harmless life, she called a virtuous life, A quiet life, which was not life at all (But that, she had not lived enough to know...
Page 500 - We know not whether some remarkable affronts given the devils, by our disbelieving those testimonies whose whole force and strength is from them alone, may not put a period unto the progress of the dreadful calamity begun upon us, in the accusation of so many persons, whereof some, we hope, are yet clear from the great transgression laid to their charge.
Page 98 - Many threatening speeches were given out both against his person and his habitation, which they divulged should be consumed with fire; and taking advantage of the time when his company, which seemed little to regard...