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Pagina 3
... took a definite shape . In 1688-9 In 1688-9 an additional sum of twenty - five hundred pounds sterling was subscribed by a few wealthy Virginians and Englishmen , and in 1693 the long - hoped - for success came . The Colonial Assembly ...
... took a definite shape . In 1688-9 In 1688-9 an additional sum of twenty - five hundred pounds sterling was subscribed by a few wealthy Virginians and Englishmen , and in 1693 the long - hoped - for success came . The Colonial Assembly ...
Pagina 11
... took its place , and witnessed the tumultuous scenes of 1774 and the succeeding years . It had already echoed with the thunders of the great debate on the Stamp Act in 1765 , when Patrick Henry , a raw countryman , startled the ...
... took its place , and witnessed the tumultuous scenes of 1774 and the succeeding years . It had already echoed with the thunders of the great debate on the Stamp Act in 1765 , when Patrick Henry , a raw countryman , startled the ...
Pagina 19
... took her hand , kissed it , and pointed warningly toward the other sleepers . 66 Speak low . I have much to say to you . " The young girl seemed to be content to devour the speaker with her eyes . " You have come back , " she whispered ...
... took her hand , kissed it , and pointed warningly toward the other sleepers . 66 Speak low . I have much to say to you . " The young girl seemed to be content to devour the speaker with her eyes . " You have come back , " she whispered ...
Pagina 22
... took from the fire . " Grace brought the stone - a dull bluish- gray slag . The old man took it , examined it , and then said to Grace : " Rub it briskly on your blanket . " After a few moments it Grace did so . began to exhibit a faint ...
... took from the fire . " Grace brought the stone - a dull bluish- gray slag . The old man took it , examined it , and then said to Grace : " Rub it briskly on your blanket . " After a few moments it Grace did so . began to exhibit a faint ...
Pagina 25
... took that volition from his hands . Grace had ventured out to the extreme limit of the rocky cliff , and with straining eyes was trying to peer beyond the snow fields , when the treacherous ledge on which she was standing began to give ...
... took that volition from his hands . Grace had ventured out to the extreme limit of the rocky cliff , and with straining eyes was trying to peer beyond the snow fields , when the treacherous ledge on which she was standing began to give ...
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Pagina 1 - Virginia, have had it in their minds, and have proposed to themselves, to the end that the Church of Virginia may be furnished with a seminary of ministers of the gospel, and that the youth may be piously educated in good letters and manners, and that the Christian faith may be propagated amongst the Western Indians, to the glory of Almighty God...
Pagina 104 - Whoe'er has travelled life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Pagina 511 - I sensibly feel the growing failure of my bodily strength. I have not yet recovered from the attack I experienced the past spring.
Pagina 461 - Francis' tavern ; soon after which their beloved commander entered the room. His emotions were too strong to be concealed. Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, ' With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Pagina 510 - I have been prompted by these reflections more than once since my return from Pennsylvania to propose to your Excellency the propriety of selecting another commander for this army. I have seen and heard of expressions of discontent in the public journals at the result of the expedition.
Pagina 562 - What conscience dictates to be done. Or warns me not to do, This teach me more than Hell to shun, That more than Heaven pursue.
Pagina 434 - What then? Shall we sit idly down and say, — The night hath come; it is no longer day? The night hath not yet come; we are not quite Cut off from labor by the failing light. Something remains for us to do or dare; Even the oldest tree some fruit may bear...
Pagina 275 - Are filled with summer's ripened stores, Its odorous grass and barley sheaves, From their low scaffolds to their eaves. On Esek Harden's oaken floor, With many an autumn threshing worn, Lay the heaped ears of unhusked corn. And thither came young men and maids, Beneath a moon that, large and low, Lit that sweet eve of long ago. They took their places; some by chance, And others by a merry voice Or sweet smile guided to their choice.
Pagina 523 - A committee of the Faculty will visit, once every year, any public high school in Michigan, on request of its school board, and report its condition to the Faculty. " If the Faculty shall be satisfied from such report that the preparatory courses of study in the school thus visited embrace all the subjects required for admission to...
Pagina 590 - After a very long time, — during which the little girl probably took the goods, the money, and the slip to some central desk, where the note was received, its amount and number entered in a book, change given to the girl, a copy of the slip made and entered, girl's entry examined and approved, goods wrapped up, girl registered, plaits counted and entered on a slip of paper and copied by the girl in her book, girl taken to a hydrant and washed, number of towel entered...