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... sorrow and lamentation ; therefore the note is low . The next contains a spirited command , and should be pronounced much higher . The other sentence , in which he makes a pathetic address to the mountains where his friends had been ...
... sorrow and lamentation ; therefore the note is low . The next contains a spirited command , and should be pronounced much higher . The other sentence , in which he makes a pathetic address to the mountains where his friends had been ...
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... sorrows not only with different tones , but different elevations of voice . Men at dif- ferent ages of life , and in different situations , speak in very different keys . The vagrant when he begs ; the soldier when he gives the word of ...
... sorrows not only with different tones , but different elevations of voice . Men at dif- ferent ages of life , and in different situations , speak in very different keys . The vagrant when he begs ; the soldier when he gives the word of ...
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... sorrow ; and when she per- ceived a stranger , whom the old woman now introduced to her , a blush at first , and then the gentle ceremonial of native politeness , which the affliction of the time tempered , but did not extinguish ...
... sorrow ; and when she per- ceived a stranger , whom the old woman now introduced to her , a blush at first , and then the gentle ceremonial of native politeness , which the affliction of the time tempered , but did not extinguish ...
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... Philosopher enjoyed the beauty of the scene ; but to his companions , it recalled the memory of a wife and parent they had lost . - The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept . Her father took her 21.
... Philosopher enjoyed the beauty of the scene ; but to his companions , it recalled the memory of a wife and parent they had lost . - The old man's sorrow was silent ; his daughter sobbed and wept . Her father took her 21.
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... sorrows , to pour it out with con- fidence to him , in whose hands are life and death , on whose power awaits all that ... sorrow is unknown , and happiness is endless as it is per- fect . Go then , mourn not for me ; I have not lost my ...
... sorrows , to pour it out with con- fidence to him , in whose hands are life and death , on whose power awaits all that ... sorrow is unknown , and happiness is endless as it is per- fect . Go then , mourn not for me ; I have not lost my ...
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Page 218 - ... can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that, in the course of time and things, the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it ? Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
Page 163 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided ; and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 217 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all; religion and morality enjoin this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 165 - There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.
Page 139 - STUDIES serve for delight, for ornament, and for ability. Their chief use for delight is in privateness and retiring ; for ornament, is in discourse ; and for ability, is in the judgment and disposition of business. For expert men can execute, and perhaps judge of particulars, one by one ; but the general counsels, and the plots, and marshalling of affairs come best from those that are learned.
Page 81 - And he arose and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off his father saw him and had compassion and ran and fell on his neck and kissed him. And the son said unto him, ' Father, I have sinned against heaven and in thy sight and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
Page 142 - Which thing I also did in Jerusalem ; and many of the saints did I shut up in prison, having received authority from the chief priests ; and when they were put to death, I gave my voice against them; and I punished them oft in every synagogue, and compelled them to blaspheme ; and being exceedingly mad against them, I persecuted them even unto strange cities.
Page 165 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?
Page 163 - Ask yourselves how this gracious reception of our petition comports with those warlike preparations which cover our waters and darken our land. Are fleets and armies necessary to a work of love and reconciliation? Have we shown ourselves so unwilling to be reconciled, that force must be called in to win back our love ? Let us not deceive ourselves, sir.
Page 218 - I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting impression I could wish; that they will control the usual current of the passions, or prevent our nation from running the course which has hitherto marked the destiny of nations; but if I may even flatter myself that they may be productive of some partial benefit, some occasional good; that they may now and then recur to moderate the fury of party spirit, to warn against the mischiefs of foreign intrigue, to guard against the impostures of pretended...