The American Manual: Or New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in Reading and Speaking, Both in Prose and Poetry; Selected from the Best Writers. To which are Added, a Succinct History of the Colonies, from the Discovery of North America to the Close of the War of the Revolution; the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States. For the Use of SchoolsS.H. Henry & Company, 1833 - 295 頁 |
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... British Parliament , Jan. 20 , 1775 , 1. WHEN your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America , -when you consider their decency , firm- ness , and wisdom , -you cannot but respect their cause , and wish to make it your ...
... British Parliament , Jan. 20 , 1775 , 1. WHEN your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America , -when you consider their decency , firm- ness , and wisdom , -you cannot but respect their cause , and wish to make it your ...
第 108 頁
... British ministry , for the last ten years , to justify these hopes , with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace them- selves and the house ? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not ...
... British ministry , for the last ten years , to justify these hopes , with which gentlemen had been pleased to solace them- selves and the house ? Is it that insidious smile with which our petition has been lately received ? Trust it not ...
第 109 頁
... British guard shall be sta- tioned in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irreso- lution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs , and hugging the delusive phantom of hope ...
... British guard shall be sta- tioned in every house ? Shall we gather strength by irreso- lution and inaction ? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance by lying supinely on our backs , and hugging the delusive phantom of hope ...
第 113 頁
... British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts , and cannot be eradicated . Every colony , indeed , has ox- pressed its willingness to follow if we but take the lead . " 14. " Sir , the declaration will inspire the people with ...
... British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts , and cannot be eradicated . Every colony , indeed , has ox- pressed its willingness to follow if we but take the lead . " 14. " Sir , the declaration will inspire the people with ...
第 117 頁
... British ministry , eRe - lax - a - tion , a slackening . d Myr ' - mi - dons , ruffians . mighty boar of the forest , that has broken through СНАР . УІІ . 117 PUBLIC SPEECHES . Mr Burke's description of Junius, Burke.
... British ministry , eRe - lax - a - tion , a slackening . d Myr ' - mi - dons , ruffians . mighty boar of the forest , that has broken through СНАР . УІІ . 117 PUBLIC SPEECHES . Mr Burke's description of Junius, Burke.
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第 202 頁 - The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; Or Job's pathetic plaint and wailing cry ; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps...
第 269 頁 - To establish post offices and post roads; To promote the progress of science and useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries; To constitute tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court; To define and punish piracies and felonies committed on the high seas, and...
第 201 頁 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs...
第 198 頁 - And there was mounting in hot haste: the steed, The mustering squadron, and the clattering car, Went pouring forward with impetuous speed, And swiftly forming in the ranks of war...
第 169 頁 - The noisy geese that gabbled o'er the pool, The playful children just let loose from school. The watchdog's voice that bayed the whispering wind, And the loud laugh that spoke the vacant mind ; — These all in sweet confusion sought the shade, And filled each pause the nightingale had made.
第 262 頁 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
第 109 頁 - There is no longer any room for hope. If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
第 197 頁 - twas but the wind, Or the car rattling o'er the stony street: On with the dance! let joy be unconfined: No sleep till morn when youth and pleasure meet, To chase the glowing hours with flying feet.
第 197 頁 - Ah ! then and there was hurrying to and fro, And gathering tears, and tremblings of distress, And cheeks all pale, which but an hour ago Blushed at the praise of their own loveliness: And there were sudden partings, such as press The life from out young hearts; and choking sighs. Which ne'er might be repeated...
第 223 頁 - Large was his bounty, and his soul sincere, Heaven did a recompense as largely send: He gave to Misery all he had, a tear, He gained from Heaven ('twas all he wished) a friend.