The Great American Battle: Or, The Contest Between Christianity and Political RomanismMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856 - 353 páginas |
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... woman , I shrink with timidity and distrust . I have no affiliations with any principles which place her in a sphere at variance with that refined delicacy to which she is assigned by Nature . I have no aspirations to extend her ...
... woman , I shrink with timidity and distrust . I have no affiliations with any principles which place her in a sphere at variance with that refined delicacy to which she is assigned by Nature . I have no aspirations to extend her ...
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... woman , her home , her altar , and her fireside ; it has given its soul to her , and it cannot die but with her . And as the soul disappears but once from its mortality , so woman but once can save America . America in eternity , is in ...
... woman , her home , her altar , and her fireside ; it has given its soul to her , and it cannot die but with her . And as the soul disappears but once from its mortality , so woman but once can save America . America in eternity , is in ...
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... woman are with her , she must be in- vincible to the world . Hence , when a fearful eclipse is threatening to hide her from the face of the sky , who , more than woman , should interpose between the shadow and the sun ? And it is the ...
... woman are with her , she must be in- vincible to the world . Hence , when a fearful eclipse is threatening to hide her from the face of the sky , who , more than woman , should interpose between the shadow and the sun ? And it is the ...
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... woman's heroism and devotion to country , but only in America has woman , enlightened by the Gospel of Jesus Christ , bearing the standard of the Word of God , been dignified with the true mission of freedom , which is to bless the ...
... woman's heroism and devotion to country , but only in America has woman , enlightened by the Gospel of Jesus Christ , bearing the standard of the Word of God , been dignified with the true mission of freedom , which is to bless the ...
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... woman appeared , as the angel of hope , to the American cause , and infused a thrill of joy by her deep sacrifices and her rocky faith in the God of battles . Thus a new impetus was felt in the whole fibre of the Colonies ; their hearts ...
... woman appeared , as the angel of hope , to the American cause , and infused a thrill of joy by her deep sacrifices and her rocky faith in the God of battles . Thus a new impetus was felt in the whole fibre of the Colonies ; their hearts ...
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Página 298 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens, the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 162 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 333 - Power that hath made and preserved us a nation ! Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just, And this be our motto, "In God is our trust!
Página 327 - Strike, till the last armed foe expires, Strike, for your altars and your fires, Strike, for the green graves of your sires, God, and your native land.
Página 151 - Flag of the brave ! thy folds shall fly, The sign of hope and triumph high, When speaks the signal trumpet tone, And the long line comes gleaming on.
Página 250 - They never fail who die In a great cause : the block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; their limbs Be strung to city gates and castle walls — But still their spirit walks abroad. Though years Elapse, and others share as dark a doom, They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which overpower all others, and conduct The world at last to freedom.
Página 162 - Flag of the free heart's hope and home, By angel hands to valor given ! Thy stars have lit the welkin dome, And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Página 273 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin...
Página 230 - It would be a miracle were they to stop precisely at the point of temperate liberty. These principles, with their language, they will transmit to their children. In proportion to their numbers they will share with us the legislation. They will infuse into it their spirit, warp and bias its direction, and render it a heterogeneous, incoherent, distracted mass.
Página 299 - Call to mind the sentiments which Nature has engraved in the heart of every citizen, and which take a new force when they are solemnly recognized by all: — For a nation to love liberty, it is sufficient that she knows it; and to be free, it is sufficient that she wills it.'* How dry, barren, and obscure, is the source from which Mr Burke labours!