The Works of Charles Sumner, Band 1Lee and Shepard, 1870 |
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... feel the bitter- ness of parting with dear friends and kindred , whom you watch tenderly till the last golden sands are run out and the great hour - glass is turned , what is the measure of your anguish ? Your friend departs , soothed ...
... feel the bitter- ness of parting with dear friends and kindred , whom you watch tenderly till the last golden sands are run out and the great hour - glass is turned , what is the measure of your anguish ? Your friend departs , soothed ...
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... feel the weakness of our nature , if not the elevation of Christian truth . To uphold the Arbitrament of War requires no more than to uphold the Trial by Battle ; for the two are identical 58 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
... feel the weakness of our nature , if not the elevation of Christian truth . To uphold the Arbitrament of War requires no more than to uphold the Trial by Battle ; for the two are identical 58 THE TRUE GRANDEUR OF NATIONS .
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... feel , beyond the force of any argument , the mundane character of the sentiment which plays such a part in history and even in common life . " " The rule of honor is founded in the imagined neces- sity of resenting by force a supposed ...
... feel , beyond the force of any argument , the mundane character of the sentiment which plays such a part in history and even in common life . " " The rule of honor is founded in the imagined neces- sity of resenting by force a supposed ...
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... feel the truth of the saying of Leibnitz , that nothing approaches so near the certainty of geometry as the reasoning of the law , a careful attention to the discussions at the bar , that nothing should be lost , with a copious and ...
... feel the truth of the saying of Leibnitz , that nothing approaches so near the certainty of geometry as the reasoning of the law , a careful attention to the discussions at the bar , that nothing should be lost , with a copious and ...
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... feel that he has lost a friend . He had the faculty , rare as it is exquisite , of interesting the young , and winning their affections . I have often seen him surrounded by a group of youths , the ancient Romans might have aptly called ...
... feel that he has lost a friend . He had the faculty , rare as it is exquisite , of interesting the young , and winning their affections . I have often seen him surrounded by a group of youths , the ancient Romans might have aptly called ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 347 - If I were an American as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never, never, never!
Seite 20 - In peace there's nothing so becomes a man As modest stillness and humility : But when the blast of war blows in our ears, Then imitate the action of the tiger...
Seite 113 - Ten of them were sheathed in steel, With belted sword, and spur on heel : They quitted not their harness bright, Neither by day, nor yet by night...
Seite 495 - Good friend, for Jesus' sake forbear To dig the dust enclosed here. Blessed be the man that spares these stones And cursed be he that moves my bones.
Seite 112 - He prayeth well, who loveth well Both man and bird and beast. He prayeth best, who loveth best All things both great and small; For the dear God who loveth us, He made and loveth all.
Seite 273 - Sir Joshua Reynolds was on very many accounts one of the most memorable men of his time. He was the first Englishman who added the praise of the elegant arts to the other glories of his country.
Seite 286 - Goodness I call the habit, and goodness of nature the inclination. This of all virtues and dignities of the mind is the greatest, being the character of the Deity ; and, without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing, no better than a kind of vermin.
Seite 292 - ... view, of blemish or of spot, Bereft of light, their seeing have forgot; Nor to their idle orbs doth sight appear Of sun, or moon, or star, throughout the year, Or man, or woman. Yet I argue not Against...
Seite 61 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Seite 65 - No : dear as freedom is, and in my heart's Just estimation prized above all price, I had much rather be myself the slave, And wear the bonds, than fasten them on him.