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Էջ 199 - I must go into the presidential chair the inflexible and uncompromising opponent of every attempt, on the part of Congress, to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia, against the wishes of the slaveholding states ; and also with a determination equally decided to resist the slightest interference with it in the states where it exists.
Էջ 20 - Turks' heads on the andirons glowed ; While childish fancy, prompt to tell The meaning of the miracle, Whispered the old rhyme : " Under the tree.. When fire outdoors burns merrily, There the witches are making tea.
Էջ 198 - Sir, when I heard the gentleman lay down principles which place the murderers of Alton side by side with Otis and Hancock, with Quincy and Adams, I thought those pictured lips* would have broken into voice to rebuke the recreant American, the slanderer of the dead.
Էջ 122 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Էջ 241 - So I returned and considered all the oppressions that are done under the sun: and behold the tears of such as were oppressed, and they had no comforter; and on the side of their oppressors there was power; but they had no comforter.
Էջ 70 - Leave the harvest to rot on the fields where it grows, And the reaping of wheat for the reaping of foes. From far Michiscom's wild valley, to where Poosoonsuck steals down from his wood-circled lair, From Shocticook River to Lutterlock town — Ho — all to the rescue ! Vermonters, come down! Come York or come Hampshire, come traitors or knaves, If ye rule o'er our land, ye shall rule o'er our graves; Our vow is recorded — our banner unfurled, In the name of Vermont we defy all the world!
Էջ 92 - Now humble and unwed to fame, Hereafter burn upon the lip, As one of those which may not die, Linked in eternal fellowship With visions pure and strong and high — If the wild dreams, which quicken now The throbbing pulse of heart and brow, Hereafter take a real form Like spectres changed to being warm; And over temples worn and gray The star-like crown of glory shine, — Thine be the bard's undying lay, The murmur of his praise be thine! " He busied himself also at this time in the preparation...
Էջ 68 - Ho — all to the borders! Vermonters, come down, With your breeches of deerskin and jackets of brown ; With your red woolen caps, and your moccasins, come, To the gathering summons of trumpet and drum.
Էջ 199 - That all attempts on the part of Congress to abolish slavery in the District of Columbia or the Territories, or to prohibit the removal of slaves from State to State, or to discriminate between the institutions of one portion of the confederacy and...
Էջ 22 - Laughed the brook for my delight Through the day and through the night, Whispering at the garden wall, Talked with me from fall to fall; Mine the sand-rimmed pickerel pond Mine the walnut slopes beyond, Mine, on bending orchard trees, Apples of Hesperides!