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... remained until 1750 . Dismissed for his views on qualifications for full communion , he was shortly called to Stockbridge , where he remained six years . But he was also known far beyond the borders of his parish as a preacher , and in ...
... remained until 1750 . Dismissed for his views on qualifications for full communion , he was shortly called to Stockbridge , where he remained six years . But he was also known far beyond the borders of his parish as a preacher , and in ...
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... remained behind ; but I had another and a better weapon in my grasp . I could rive the head of my adversary , and cast him head- long , without any noise which should be heard , into the cavern . Still I was willing to withdraw , to re ...
... remained behind ; but I had another and a better weapon in my grasp . I could rive the head of my adversary , and cast him head- long , without any noise which should be heard , into the cavern . Still I was willing to withdraw , to re ...
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... remained in England until 1832 , when he returned to New York . From 1842 to 1846 he was minister to Spain . The rest of his life was happily spent in New York and at Sunnyside , his little place on the banks of the Hudson at Tarrytown ...
... remained in England until 1832 , when he returned to New York . From 1842 to 1846 he was minister to Spain . The rest of his life was happily spent in New York and at Sunnyside , his little place on the banks of the Hudson at Tarrytown ...
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... remained away long enough to have forgotten many things and never to have seen many others , has dropped hopelessly behindhand as to the facts , yet claims to speak with authority . Cooper went even beyond these professional absentees ...
... remained away long enough to have forgotten many things and never to have seen many others , has dropped hopelessly behindhand as to the facts , yet claims to speak with authority . Cooper went even beyond these professional absentees ...
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... remained silent and reserved . At length Chingachgook turned his eyes slowly towards his son and de- manded , - " Do the Maquas dare to leave the print of their moccasins in these woods ? " " I have been on their trail , " replied the ...
... remained silent and reserved . At length Chingachgook turned his eyes slowly towards his son and de- manded , - " Do the Maquas dare to leave the print of their moccasins in these woods ? " " I have been on their trail , " replied the ...
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Página 263 - The progress of our arms, upon which all else chiefly depends, is as well known to the public as to myself, and it is, I trust, reasonably satisfactory and encouraging to all. With high hope for the future, no prediction in regard to it is ventured.
Página 113 - Let their last feeble and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured, bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as "What is all this worth?
Página 38 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
Página 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.
Página 263 - On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil war. All dreaded it — all sought to avert it.
Página 40 - What maintains one Vice, would bring up two Children. "You may think perhaps, that a little Tea, or a little Punch now and then, Diet a little more costly, Clothes a little finer, and a little Entertainment now and then, can be no great Matter; but remember what Poor Richard says, Many a Little makes a Mickle; and farther, Beware of little Expenses; A small Leak will sink a great Ship; and again.
Página 40 - If you would be wealthy, think of saving, as well as of getting. The Indies have not made Spain rich, because her outgoes are greater than her incomes.
Página 192 - The office of the scholar is to cheer, to raise, and to guide men by showing them facts amidst appearances.
Página 106 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Página 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.