Life of Walter Harriman: With Selections from His Speeches and WritingsHoughton, Mifflin, 1888 - 385 páginas |
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... Four children had been born to them , - Nancy , Phebe , Benjamin Evans , and Da- vid ; the sun had begun to shine into the wilderness , and the fortunes of the family were wearing a more cheerful aspect , when sudden calamity befell ...
... Four children had been born to them , - Nancy , Phebe , Benjamin Evans , and Da- vid ; the sun had begun to shine into the wilderness , and the fortunes of the family were wearing a more cheerful aspect , when sudden calamity befell ...
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... four daughters , three died in infancy . The ten who lived to maturity were , Henry H. , Benjamin F. , Walter , David C. , Elhanan W. , Augustine W. , Leonidas , Hannah , Helen , and Frank P. All of these , save one , 2 survived their ...
... four daughters , three died in infancy . The ten who lived to maturity were , Henry H. , Benjamin F. , Walter , David C. , Elhanan W. , Augustine W. , Leonidas , Hannah , Helen , and Frank P. All of these , save one , 2 survived their ...
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... four appletrees as before exprest as my overseers shall set out for her use also I giue to be at her dispose emediately upon my decease two cows and such household stuff as I shall leaue and thirty pounds which Jonathan is to pay her as ...
... four appletrees as before exprest as my overseers shall set out for her use also I giue to be at her dispose emediately upon my decease two cows and such household stuff as I shall leaue and thirty pounds which Jonathan is to pay her as ...
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... four judges who pre- sided at the two trials , postponed the execution of the sen- tence from the 23d of December , 1835 , to the 6th of the succeeding January . This humane action was taken with the intent that , should the Council ...
... four judges who pre- sided at the two trials , postponed the execution of the sen- tence from the 23d of December , 1835 , to the 6th of the succeeding January . This humane action was taken with the intent that , should the Council ...
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... four years later , while teaching at Braintree , Mass . , he found " it very trying to him " to be thrown , as he necessarily was , into company . Once , at an evening party of young people , as they were about to disperse , he was told ...
... four years later , while teaching at Braintree , Mass . , he found " it very trying to him " to be thrown , as he necessarily was , into company . Once , at an evening party of young people , as they were about to disperse , he was told ...
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Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson applause arms army arrived battle battle of Fredericksburg believe Boston brigade camp campaign candidate capital punishment cause CHAPTER cheerful Colonel Harriman command Concord Congress Convention Corps death Democratic party duty election Eleventh New Hampshire Eleventh regiment eloquent enemy faith February February 28 field fight fire flag Fredericksburg Friday friends front Governor Harriman ground hand heart held hills honor Hopkinton hour House hundred interest John John Harriman June labor land legislature living Manchester March ment miles morning nation never night Ninth nomination o'clock officers Orange Court House orators passed patriotic peace platform political President prison railroad rebel rebellion Republican party sentiment Sinclair slavery soldier South speaker speech stand stood thousand Thursday tion to-day took town treason Union Union army victory vote Walter Harriman Warner words
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Página 115 - Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide, In the strife of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side; Some great cause, God's New Messiah, offering each the bloom or blight, Parts the goats upon the left hand and the sheep upon the right; And the choice goes by forever 'twixt that darkness and that light.
Página 323 - WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?' An Ode in Imitation of Alctnts WHAT constitutes a State? Not high-raised battlement or labored mound, Thick wall or moated gate ; Not cities proud with spires and turrets crowned; Not bays and broad-armed ports, Where, laughing at the storm, rich navies ride: Not starred and spangled courts, Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; men, high-minded men...
Página 370 - I do not ask, O Lord, that thou shouldst shed Full radiance here ; Give but a ray of peace that I may tread Without a fear. I do not ask my cross to understand, My way to see ; Better in darkness just to feel thy hand, And follow thee. Joy is like restless day ; but peace divine Like quiet night ; Lead me O Lord — till perfect day shall shine — Through Peace to Light.
Página 310 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Página 199 - I am thankful to God for this approval of the people. But while deeply grateful for this mark of their confidence in me, if I know my heart, my gratitude is free from any taint of personal triumph. I do not impugn the motives of any one opposed to me. It is no pleasure to me to triumph over any one...
Página 52 - I wish popularity : but it is that popularity, which follows, not that which is run after; it is that popularity which, sooner or later, never fails to do justice to the pursuit of noble ends, by noble means.
Página 319 - Methinks I see in my mind a noble and puissant nation rousing herself like a strong man after sleep, and shaking her invincible locks : methinks I see her as an eagle muing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam...
Página 199 - But the election, along with its incidental and undesirable strife, has done good, too. It has demonstrated that a people's Government can sustain a national election in the midst of a great civil war.
Página 108 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.
Página 350 - And the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the morning, and bread and flesh in the evening; and he drank of the brook.