The Continental MonthlyJ.R. Gilmore, 1862 |
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... ment , although its exclusive property . It must be surrendered unconditionally , or be attacked . The worst feature connected with the secession movement is the hot haste with which the most important ques- tions connected with the ...
... ment , although its exclusive property . It must be surrendered unconditionally , or be attacked . The worst feature connected with the secession movement is the hot haste with which the most important ques- tions connected with the ...
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... ment , to lead a large party , and forcible and ironical in debate , Jefferson Davis stood at the head of the disaffected in the Senate , as he now does in the field . Cautious and deliberate in speech , he yet never failed to launch ...
... ment , to lead a large party , and forcible and ironical in debate , Jefferson Davis stood at the head of the disaffected in the Senate , as he now does in the field . Cautious and deliberate in speech , he yet never failed to launch ...
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... ment before had so wildly applauded the secession speaker . Andy rose from where he was seated beside me , and quietly ascended the steps of the platform . Removing his hat , and passing to his mouth a huge quid of tobacco , from a tin ...
... ment before had so wildly applauded the secession speaker . Andy rose from where he was seated beside me , and quietly ascended the steps of the platform . Removing his hat , and passing to his mouth a huge quid of tobacco , from a tin ...
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... ment . This Hiram Meeker knew per- fectly well before he entered it . When Pease ascertained that Hiram was about to come there as clerk , without his advice being asked , he regarded it as an invasion of his rights . He did not hesi ...
... ment . This Hiram Meeker knew per- fectly well before he entered it . When Pease ascertained that Hiram was about to come there as clerk , without his advice being asked , he regarded it as an invasion of his rights . He did not hesi ...
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... ment , with its blessings and prosperity was the result . The country was then settled and Newbern gradually rose to be a place of importance , and subse- quently the capital of the province . The first printing - press in the province ...
... ment , with its blessings and prosperity was the result . The country was then settled and Newbern gradually rose to be a place of importance , and subse- quently the capital of the province . The first printing - press in the province ...
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Página 588 - Go, lovely Rose ! Tell her, that wastes her time and me, That now she knows, When I resemble her to thee, How sweet and fair she seems to be. Tell her that's young And shuns to have her graces spied, That hadst thou sprung In deserts, where no men abide, Thou must have uncommended died. Small is the worth Of beauty from the light retired: Bid her come forth, Suffer herself to be desired, And not blush so to be admired. Then...
Página 460 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN king of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Página 617 - Nay, take my life and all ; pardon not that : You take my house, when you do take the prop That doth sustain my house ; you take my life, When you do take the means whereby I live.
Página 74 - Fair clime! where every season smiles Benignant o'er those blessed isles, Which, seen from far Colonna's height, Make glad the heart that hails the sight, And lend to loneliness delight. There mildly dimpling, Ocean's cheek Reflects the tints of many a peak Caught by the laughing tides that lave These Edens of the Eastern wave...
Página 401 - Why so pale and wan, fond lover? Prithee, why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee, why so pale?
Página 109 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 110 - This proposal makes common cause for a common object, casting no reproaches upon any. It acts not the Pharisee. The change it contemplates would come gently as the dews of heaven, not rending or wrecking anything. Will you not embrace it? So much good has not been done by one effort in all past time as in the providence of God it is now your high privilege to do. May the vast future not have to lament that you have neglected it.
Página 109 - I further make known that whether it be competent for me, as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy, to declare the slaves of any State or States free, and whether, at any time, in any case, it shall have become a necessity indispensable to the maintenance of the Government to exercise such supposed power, are questions which under my responsibility I reserve to myself, and which I cannot feel justified in leaving to the decision of commanders in the field.
Página 401 - Prithee why so pale? Will, when looking well can't move her, Looking ill prevail? Prithee why so pale? Why so dull and mute, young sinner? Prithee why so mute? Will, when speaking well can't win her, Saying nothing do't?
Página 403 - Cross, hard by the way Where we— thou know'st — do sell our hay, There is a house with stairs ; And there did I see coming down Such folk as are not in our town, Forty at least, in pairs.