American Prose: SelectionsMacmillan, 1898 - 465 pagini |
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... Things , which He would have His Churches elsewhere aspire and arise unto : And This being done , He knows not whether there be not All done , that New - England was planted for ; and whether the Plantation may not , soon after this ...
... Things , which He would have His Churches elsewhere aspire and arise unto : And This being done , He knows not whether there be not All done , that New - England was planted for ; and whether the Plantation may not , soon after this ...
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... Thing , I venture to Publish it for a thing as undoubted , as ' tis wonderful . 66 [ Magnalia , book i , “ Antiquities , or Field prepared for Considerable Things to be Acted thereupon , " chapter 6 , section 6. ] THE LAST DAYS OF ...
... Thing , I venture to Publish it for a thing as undoubted , as ' tis wonderful . 66 [ Magnalia , book i , “ Antiquities , or Field prepared for Considerable Things to be Acted thereupon , " chapter 6 , section 6. ] THE LAST DAYS OF ...
Pagina 12
... thing ! And being by his Prayers and Pains thus furnished , he set himself in the Year 1646 to preach the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ , among these Desolate Out- casts . [ Magnalia , book iii , part 3 , part 3. ] JONATHAN EDWARDS ...
... thing ! And being by his Prayers and Pains thus furnished , he set himself in the Year 1646 to preach the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ , among these Desolate Out- casts . [ Magnalia , book iii , part 3 , part 3. ] JONATHAN EDWARDS ...
Pagina 14
... things that were real to Franklin . The things that were real to Franklin were phe- nomenal to Edwards and of little concern to him . Franklin , in- tensely curious about the processes of nature , managed to snatch the lightning from ...
... things that were real to Franklin . The things that were real to Franklin were phe- nomenal to Edwards and of little concern to him . Franklin , in- tensely curious about the processes of nature , managed to snatch the lightning from ...
Pagina 16
... things would often of a sudden kindle up , as it were , a sweet burn- ing in my heart ; an ardor of soul that I know not how to express . Not long after I first began to experience these things , I gave an account to my father of some ...
... things would often of a sudden kindle up , as it were , a sweet burn- ing in my heart ; an ardor of soul that I know not how to express . Not long after I first began to experience these things , I gave an account to my father of some ...
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American Prose: Selections, with Critical Introductions by Various Writers George Rice Carpenter Vizualizare completă - 1918 |
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Pagina 80 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions to cause others to be elected ; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise ; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Pagina 194 - The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
Pagina 261 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to " preserve, protect, and defend it.
Pagina 106 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Pagina 36 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us (And that there is, all Nature cries aloud Through all her works), he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Pagina 39 - And again, Three removes are as bad as a fire ; and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee ; and again, If you would have your business done, go ; if not, send. And again — He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Pagina 113 - I have not allowed myself, Sir, to look beyond the Union, to see what might lie hidden in the dark recess behind. I have not coolly weighed the chances of preserving liberty when the bonds that unite us together shall be broken asunder. I have not accustomed myself to hang over...
Pagina 133 - He recalled the occurrences before he fell asleep. The strange man with a keg of liquor — the mountain ravine — the wild retreat among the rocks — the woe-begone party at nine-pins — the flagon — " Oh ! that flagon ! that wicked flagon ! " thought Rip — " what excuse shall I make to Dame Van Winkle?
Pagina 39 - A little neglect may breed great mischief ; for want of a nail the shoe was lost ; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy ; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
Pagina 82 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them...