The Worcester Magazine and Historical Journal: Containing Topographical and Historical Sketches of the Towns of Shrewsbury, Sterling, Leicester, Northborough, West Boylston, Paxton, Lancaster, and Other Paper Illustrating the Past and Present Condition of the County of Worcester, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Volume 1William Lincoln, Christopher Columbus Baldwin Charles Griffin, Printer, 1826 |
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... say the summit of the breach , I mean not to assert that our soldiers stood on a level with their en- emies , for this was not the case . There was a high step , which the assailants must surmount before they could gain the same ground ...
... say the summit of the breach , I mean not to assert that our soldiers stood on a level with their en- emies , for this was not the case . There was a high step , which the assailants must surmount before they could gain the same ground ...
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... says the renowned lexicographer of the last century , " may aspire to praise , but the historian who confines his researches to a particular district of country , can only hope to es- cape reproach , and even this negative recompense ...
... says the renowned lexicographer of the last century , " may aspire to praise , but the historian who confines his researches to a particular district of country , can only hope to es- cape reproach , and even this negative recompense ...
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... says and what a good contriver she is and the like . I believe it might be of service to me in the matter of getting in my debts , if I were to make a voyage to London ; but I have not yet determined on it in my own mind , and think I ...
... says and what a good contriver she is and the like . I believe it might be of service to me in the matter of getting in my debts , if I were to make a voyage to London ; but I have not yet determined on it in my own mind , and think I ...
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... say , that the more at- tentively dutiful and tender you are towards your good Mamma , the more you will recommend yourself to me ; but why should I men- tion me when you have so much higher a promise in the command- ments that such ...
... say , that the more at- tentively dutiful and tender you are towards your good Mamma , the more you will recommend yourself to me ; but why should I men- tion me when you have so much higher a promise in the command- ments that such ...
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... say that this has been attained . We have seen shawls of the new fabric made by our townsmen , Gibb and McDon- ald ( who hold the first rank , we believe , in this branch of manufac- ture , ) quite admirable in point of softness ...
... say that this has been attained . We have seen shawls of the new fabric made by our townsmen , Gibb and McDon- ald ( who hold the first rank , we believe , in this branch of manufac- ture , ) quite admirable in point of softness ...
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Page 158 - THE breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast ; And the woods, against a stormy sky, Their giant branches tossed ; And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 236 - Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against Writs of Assistance. Then and there, was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there, the child Independence was born.
Page 277 - The sea, the blue lone sea, hath one, He lies where pearls lie deep : He was the loved of all, yet none O'er his low bed may weep.
Page 86 - Say to the court, it glows And shines like rotten wood; Say to the church, it shows What's good, and doth no good: If church and court reply, Then give them both the lie. Tell potentates, they live Acting by others' action; Not loved unless they give, Not strong but by a faction: If potentates reply, Give potentates the lie.
Page 367 - If he who makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew before...
Page 213 - Yet more, the Depths have more! — What wealth untold Far down, and shining through their stillness lies! Thou hast the starry gems, the burning gold, Won from ten thousand royal Argosies.
Page 213 - Sea-weed o'ergrown the halls of revelry ! Dash o'er them, Ocean ! in thy scornful play, Man yields them to decay ! Yet more ! the Billows and the Depths have more ! High hearts and brave are gathered to thy breast ! They hear not now the booming waters roar, — The battle-thunders will not break their rest.
Page 165 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant...
Page 267 - Blessed are the peace makers : for they shall be called the children of God, Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 26 - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.