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... less varied , interesting , and important , than those of its predecessor . To our numerous and esteemed CORRESPONDENTS we feel under renewed obligation ; and hope that they will kindly continue their efficient and valuable aid to the ...
... less varied , interesting , and important , than those of its predecessor . To our numerous and esteemed CORRESPONDENTS we feel under renewed obligation ; and hope that they will kindly continue their efficient and valuable aid to the ...
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... less rich in discovery , -our commerce be di- verted from a thousand channels in which it flows , -our domes- tic comforts greatly infringed and diminished , —our national interests seriously lowered and impaired , —our relative ...
... less rich in discovery , -our commerce be di- verted from a thousand channels in which it flows , -our domes- tic comforts greatly infringed and diminished , —our national interests seriously lowered and impaired , —our relative ...
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... less moment are the shades of variance among the mem- bers of the same denomination , or people who hold the same great and distinctive principles . They neither augment nor diminish the evidence of christian character . And yet the ...
... less moment are the shades of variance among the mem- bers of the same denomination , or people who hold the same great and distinctive principles . They neither augment nor diminish the evidence of christian character . And yet the ...
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... less against the truth , when he yields to it only at the end of a disputation ? Few persons would dissent from the remark of Mr. Jefferson , ( who would of course be indifferent authority in matters purely religious , but of some ...
... less against the truth , when he yields to it only at the end of a disputation ? Few persons would dissent from the remark of Mr. Jefferson , ( who would of course be indifferent authority in matters purely religious , but of some ...
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... less warlike people , whom they first subdued and made their servants . The Greeks , from choice , and afterwards from necessity , were better and more skilful sailors . But when we speak of ancient ships , and naval victories obtained ...
... less warlike people , whom they first subdued and made their servants . The Greeks , from choice , and afterwards from necessity , were better and more skilful sailors . But when we speak of ancient ships , and naval victories obtained ...
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Page 258 - And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night: he took not away the pillar of the cloud by day, nor the pillar of fire by night, from before the people.
Page 308 - Why had they come to wither there. Away from their childhood's land ? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar...
Page 363 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 2 - For a thousand years in Thy sight Are but as yesterday when it is past, And as a watch in the night. Thou carriest them away as with a flood ; they are as a sleep : In the morning they are like grass which groweth up.
Page 385 - Pilgrim's sleep Still brood upon the tide; And his rocks yet keep their watch by the deep To stay its waves of pride. But the snow-white sail that he gave to the gale, When the heavens looked dark, is gone, — As an angel's wing through an opening cloud Is seen, and then withdrawn. The pilgrim exile, — sainted name! The hill whose icy brow Rejoiced, when he came, in the morning's flame, In the morning's flame burns now. And the moon's cold light, as it lay that night On the hillside and the sea,...
Page 261 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the LORD caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
Page 67 - Save the wild wind and the remorseless dash Of billows; but at intervals there gush'd, Accompanied with a convulsive splash, A solitary shriek, the bubbling cry Of some strong swimmer in his agony.
Page 110 - In the morning sow thy seed, and in the evening withhold not thy hand: for thou knowest not whether shall prosper, either this or that, or whether they both shall be alike good.
Page 384 - THE Pilgrim Fathers, where are they! The waves that brought them o'er Still roll in the bay, and throw their spray, As they break along the shore — Still roll in the bay as they rolled that day When the Mayflower moored below, When the sea around was black with storms, And white the shore with snow.
Page 307 - If their names were not found in the registers of heralds, they felt assured that they were recorded in the Book of Life. If their steps were not accompanied by a splendid train of menials, legions of ministering angels had charge over them.