Orations and Speeches on Various Occasions, Հատոր 3C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1859 |
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... thought crossed my mind , to institute a comparison of the expense with which the University and the public schools of Cambridge are supported . It may enable us to realize how great an effort is made by the citizens of Cambridge to sup ...
... thought crossed my mind , to institute a comparison of the expense with which the University and the public schools of Cambridge are supported . It may enable us to realize how great an effort is made by the citizens of Cambridge to sup ...
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... thought , is the great prerog- ative of our nature as rational beings . I say that when we have acquired the mastery of this system of audible and vis ible signs , we have done the greatest thing , as it seems to me , as far as ...
... thought , is the great prerog- ative of our nature as rational beings . I say that when we have acquired the mastery of this system of audible and vis ible signs , we have done the greatest thing , as it seems to me , as far as ...
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... thought , the invisible action of spirit , can be embodied in sounds and signs addressed to the eye and ear . Instead of wondering that among speaking , writing , and reading men you have oc- casionally a Shakspeare , a Bacon , or a ...
... thought , the invisible action of spirit , can be embodied in sounds and signs addressed to the eye and ear . Instead of wondering that among speaking , writing , and reading men you have oc- casionally a Shakspeare , a Bacon , or a ...
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... thought , such a possession of the keys of knowledge , such a consciousness of power over nature as results from this acquaintance with her mysteries , is quite suf- ficient in the aggregate to give a character to a community ; not ...
... thought , such a possession of the keys of knowledge , such a consciousness of power over nature as results from this acquaintance with her mysteries , is quite suf- ficient in the aggregate to give a character to a community ; not ...
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... thought , in a company like this , to have In reply to a toast in honor of the Diplomacy of the United States , at a dinner to Emin Bey , Turkish Commissioner , at the Revere House in Boston , on the 4th of November , 1850 , Thomas B ...
... thought , in a company like this , to have In reply to a toast in honor of the Diplomacy of the United States , at a dinner to Emin Bey , Turkish Commissioner , at the Revere House in Boston , on the 4th of November , 1850 , Thomas B ...
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Էջ 113 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Էջ 217 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Էջ 208 - Ah, no. To distant climes, a dreary scene, Where half the convex world intrudes between, Through torrid tracts with fainting steps they go, Where wild Altama murmurs to their woe.
Էջ 209 - The various terrors of that horrid shore : Those blazing suns that dart a downward ray, And fiercely shed intolerable day; Those matted woods where birds forget to sing, But silent bats in drowsy clusters cling; Those poisonous fields with rank luxuriance crown'd, Where the dark scorpion gathers death around; Where at each step the stranger fears to wake The rattling terrors of the vengeful snake...
Էջ 562 - ... charged with collecting and diffusing information, and enabled by premiums and small pecuniary aids to encourage and assist a spirit of discovery and improvement.
Էջ 15 - Here we may place a distinct epoch in the continuous history of our race ; the end of the old world and the beginning of the new ; — not sharply defined but gradually commingling, the former fading away as the latter brightens into being.
Էջ 265 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet...
Էջ 166 - Her suffering ended with the day, Yet lived she at its close, And breathed the long, long night away In statue-like repose ; " ' But when the sun in all his state Illumed the eastern skies, She passed through Glory's morning gate, And walked in paradise.
Էջ 564 - ... it is contrary to experience that a miracle should be true, but not contrary to experience that testimony should be false.
Էջ 474 - If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning. If I do not remember thee, let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth; if I prefer not Jerusalem above my chief joy.