Seven Decades of the Union: The Humanities and Materialism, Illustrated by a Memoir of John Tyler, with Reminiscences of Some of His Great Contemporaries. The Transition State of this Nation--its Dangers and Their RemedyJ.B. Lippincott & Company, 1881 - 310 sider |
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Seven Decades of the Union: The Humanities and Materialism, Illustrated by a ... Henry Alexander Wise Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1872 |
Seven Decades of the Union: The Humanities and Materialism, Illustrated by a ... Henry Alexander Wise Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1872 |
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Side 303 - There is a spot of earth supremely blest, A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest...
Side 27 - Yet was there one thro" whom I loved her, one Not learned, save in gracious household ways. Not perfect, nay, but full of tender wants, !No Angel, but a dearer being, all dipt In Angel instincts, breathing Paradise...
Side 121 - He never stooped to the arena of partisan discussions, but in the consideration of important subjects, especially that of the removal of the public deposits from the Bank of the United States, he proved himself to be a statesman of high rank, and a most accomplished debater.
Side 27 - Happy he With such a mother ! Faith in womankind Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him; and though he trip and fall, He shall not blind his soul with clay.
Side 18 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them in any of the states; it remaining with the several states alone to provide rules and regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Side 310 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years, for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government.
Side 182 - Whereas sundry important and weighty matters, principally growing out of the condition of the revenue and finances of the country, appear to me to call for the consideration of Congress at an earlier day than its next annual session, and thus form an extraordinary occasion...
Side 310 - I thank God there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both !
Side 172 - I am the most unfortunate man in the history of parties : always run by my friends when sure to be defeated, and now betrayed for a nomination when I, or any one, would be sure of an election.
Side 142 - To bear no malice nor hatred in my heart: To keep my hands from picking and stealing, and my tongue from evil speaking, lying, and slandering: To keep my body in temperance, soberness, and chastity: Not to covet nor desire other men's goods; But to learn and labour truly to get mine own living, And to do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me.