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... father , seemingly a giant in figure as he towered above us , alter- nately cheerful and stern , but to children invariably con- siderate and kind , comes in only at intervals , when released from cares of commerce or the engrossing ...
... father , seemingly a giant in figure as he towered above us , alter- nately cheerful and stern , but to children invariably con- siderate and kind , comes in only at intervals , when released from cares of commerce or the engrossing ...
Pagina 3
... father as commander of the huzzars ; together we communed with Robinson Crusoe on his lone island , sailed with Sinbad on his perilous voyages , wandered with Gulliver at Lilliputias and Brobdignags , revelled in the piquant wonders of ...
... father as commander of the huzzars ; together we communed with Robinson Crusoe on his lone island , sailed with Sinbad on his perilous voyages , wandered with Gulliver at Lilliputias and Brobdignags , revelled in the piquant wonders of ...
Pagina 9
... father Adam , a tiller of the garden , and to walk with God amidst the Eden - like beauties of the budding and the ripening year ? Ay ! does he not need , too , to be somewhat of a vagrant and unchartered freeholder ? 66 A frank ...
... father Adam , a tiller of the garden , and to walk with God amidst the Eden - like beauties of the budding and the ripening year ? Ay ! does he not need , too , to be somewhat of a vagrant and unchartered freeholder ? 66 A frank ...
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... first and best , and oldest of aunts ! and yet no more my relation than the town - pump . Aunt Esther ! she was the nursing mother of the whole dynasty ofs , father and grandfather , son and grandson ; they had all YOUTH . 19.
... first and best , and oldest of aunts ! and yet no more my relation than the town - pump . Aunt Esther ! she was the nursing mother of the whole dynasty ofs , father and grandfather , son and grandson ; they had all YOUTH . 19.
Pagina 35
... father made arrangements , in the winter of 1830-31 to despatch James on a business mission , first to England , and thence to the West Indies . And ex- tracts from his letters during this period will best reveal his progress , and his ...
... father made arrangements , in the winter of 1830-31 to despatch James on a business mission , first to England , and thence to the West Indies . And ex- tracts from his letters during this period will best reveal his progress , and his ...
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The Memoir and Writings of James Handasyd Perkins, Volume 1 James Handasyd Perkins Volledige weergave - 1851 |
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ancholy Arthur Aunt Esther beauty believe called character child Christian church Cincinnati dark death Divine duty England evil eyes faith father fear feel felt follow freedom girl give gone Greek Slave hand heard heart hope human Indians influence intellectual John John McCrae Johnny Grant Judge Kentucky kind knew labor land learned leave Litcomb Little Turtle live look McCrae means Melancthon mind moral morning mother natural philosophy nature never Ohio once passed Peggy Perkins Perkins's political poor present religious representative democracy republican Reuben rifle Robert Strong round seemed slave slavery social society soul spirit strong thing thought tion true trust truth turned Unitarian Unitarian society views walk wealth whole wife wish woman word write Wyandots young
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Pagina 465 - Before I go whence I shall not return, Even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; A land of darkness, as darkness itself; And of the shadow of death, without any order, And where the light is as darkness.
Pagina 13 - Wisdom and Spirit of the universe! Thou Soul that art the eternity of thought That givest to forms and images a breath And everlasting motion, not in vain By day or star-light thus from my first dawn Of childhood didst thou intertwine for me The passions that build up our human soul ; Not with the mean and vulgar works of man, But with high objects, with enduring things — With life and nature — purifying thus 410 The elements of feeling and of thought, And sanctifying, by such discipline, Both...
Pagina 37 - ADIEU, adieu! my native shore Fades o'er the waters blue ; The Night-winds sigh, the breakers roar, And shrieks the wild seamew. Yon Sun that sets upon the sea We follow in his flight ; Farewell awhile to him and thee, My native Land — Good Night...
Pagina 246 - Sweet records, promises as sweet; A creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine; A being breathing thoughtful breath, A traveller betwixt life and death; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength and skill : A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With...
Pagina 201 - Congress a power to lay and collect taxes, duties, imposts, and excises ; to pay the debts, and provide for the common defence, and general welfare of the United States, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers vested by the Constitution in the Government of the United States...
Pagina 278 - Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him.
Pagina 24 - O'erhang and jutty his confounded base, Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean. Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide, Hold hard the breath, and bend up every spirit To his full height!
Pagina 372 - IT is a beautiful belief, That ever round our head Are hovering, on noiseless wing, The spirits of the dead. It is a beautiful belief, When ended our career, That it will be our ministry To watch o'er others here...