The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Both in Prose and Poetry, Selected from the Best Writers : to which are Added, a Succinct History of the Colonies, from the Discovery of North America to the Close of the War of the Revolution, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and of the State of New York : for the Use of SchoolsHenry, Hitchcock, & Company, 1841 - 300 páginas |
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... , in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Northern Dis trict of New York . Why STEREOTYPED BY J. S. REDFIELD , 19 Chambers st . -New York . " 1830 C.A. Kofoid wars old PREFACE . 9165 5498 am PERHAPS no book.
... , in the Office of the Clerk of the District Court of the Northern Dis trict of New York . Why STEREOTYPED BY J. S. REDFIELD , 19 Chambers st . -New York . " 1830 C.A. Kofoid wars old PREFACE . 9165 5498 am PERHAPS no book.
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... Court - iers , attendants on courts . e Arch - bishop , a chief bishop . d Sa'tiate , to fill , to satisfy . e Her ' - e - sy , errors in doctrine . fCon - tu - ma ' - cious , obstinate , perverse . Im - pla ' - ca - ble , not to be ...
... Court - iers , attendants on courts . e Arch - bishop , a chief bishop . d Sa'tiate , to fill , to satisfy . e Her ' - e - sy , errors in doctrine . fCon - tu - ma ' - cious , obstinate , perverse . Im - pla ' - ca - ble , not to be ...
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... court , equally perfidious and cruel , was determined that this recan- tation should avail him not ' ing ; and sent orders that he should be required to acknowledge his errors in church , be fore the whole people ; and that he should ...
... court , equally perfidious and cruel , was determined that this recan- tation should avail him not ' ing ; and sent orders that he should be required to acknowledge his errors in church , be fore the whole people ; and that he should ...
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... court . The beha- vior of some one fixes my attention . I note his dress , the sound of his voice , the turn of his countenance , the drinks he calls for , his questions and retorts , the fashion of his per- son , and , in brief , the ...
... court . The beha- vior of some one fixes my attention . I note his dress , the sound of his voice , the turn of his countenance , the drinks he calls for , his questions and retorts , the fashion of his per- son , and , in brief , the ...
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... court of France , with our embassador , Sir Amias Paulet ; and , to speak the truth , although I was sur- rounded by many dames of high birth and rare beauty , I car- ried oftener Machiavellic in my pocket than a book of madri- gals ; d ...
... court of France , with our embassador , Sir Amias Paulet ; and , to speak the truth , although I was sur- rounded by many dames of high birth and rare beauty , I car- ried oftener Machiavellic in my pocket than a book of madri- gals ; d ...
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Página 202 - Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays: Hope "springs exulting on triumphant wing," That thus they all shall meet in future days, There ever bask in uncreated rays, No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, Together hymning their Creator's praise. In such society, yet still more dear; While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere.
Página 269 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries...
Página 207 - Thy shores are empires, changed in all save thee — Assyria, Greece, Rome, Carthage, what are they? Thy waters wasted them while they were free, And many a tyrant since ; their shores obey The stranger, slave or savage ; their decay Has dried up realms to deserts — not so thou Unchangeable, save to thy wild waves
Página 109 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Página 109 - We have petitioned ; we have remonstrated; we have supplicated; we have prostrated ourselves before the throne, and have implored its interposition to arrest the tyrannical hands of the ministry and parliament. Our petitions have been slighted ; our remonstrances have produced additional violence and insult; our supplications have been disregarded; and we have been spurned with contempt from the foot of the throne.
Página 223 - Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.
Página 109 - If we wish to be free, if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending, if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight ; I repeat it. sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of Hosts, is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope...
Página 108 - I ask, gentlemen — sir — what means this martial array, if its purpose be not to force us to submission ? Can gentlemen assign any other possible motive for it ? Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies?
Página 221 - Perhaps in this neglected spot is laid Some heart once pregnant with celestial fire; Hands that the rod of empire might have swayed, Or waked to ecstasy the living lyre...
Página 108 - Has Great Britain any enemy in this quarter of the world, to call for all this accumulation of navies and armies? No, sir, she has none. They are meant for us: they can be meant for no other. They are sent over to bind and rivet upon us those chains, which the British ministry have been so long forging.