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... thing it would be to think of ! If we knew who it was , what an awful sight would it be to see such a person ! How might all the rest of the congregation lift up a lamentable and bitter cry over him ! But alas ! But alas ! Instead of ...
... thing it would be to think of ! If we knew who it was , what an awful sight would it be to see such a person ! How might all the rest of the congregation lift up a lamentable and bitter cry over him ! But alas ! But alas ! Instead of ...
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... thing to have a little Edwards in the blood . I should hardly like to be his son ; but to have Edwards di- luted through five or six generations , ought to give a tonic quality not undesirable . There are indeed some whom it would ...
... thing to have a little Edwards in the blood . I should hardly like to be his son ; but to have Edwards di- luted through five or six generations , ought to give a tonic quality not undesirable . There are indeed some whom it would ...
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William Lyon Phelps. same thing true of Franklin . His Autobiography is as cheerfully frank as the diary of Pepys , only instead of being set down in cypher , it was openly addressed to his illegitimate son , William . Later this man ...
William Lyon Phelps. same thing true of Franklin . His Autobiography is as cheerfully frank as the diary of Pepys , only instead of being set down in cypher , it was openly addressed to his illegitimate son , William . Later this man ...
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... thing is especially impressive - in the early paragraphs of the Autobiography Franklin says that he would gladly live his life over again . He first makes the proviso , that he shall have the same op- portunities to correct mistakes in ...
... thing is especially impressive - in the early paragraphs of the Autobiography Franklin says that he would gladly live his life over again . He first makes the proviso , that he shall have the same op- portunities to correct mistakes in ...
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... thing , and every circumstance , ac- cording to Dr. Manton's Sermon on the 119th Psalm . " From BENJAMIN FRANKLIN " 1. Temperance . Eat not to dullness : drink not to elevation . " 5. Frugality . Make no expense but to do good to others ...
... thing , and every circumstance , ac- cording to Dr. Manton's Sermon on the 119th Psalm . " From BENJAMIN FRANKLIN " 1. Temperance . Eat not to dullness : drink not to elevation . " 5. Frugality . Make no expense but to do good to others ...
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Page 92 - If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it ; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it ; and if I could save it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union : and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 11 - They say there is a young lady in [New Haven] who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight...
Page 159 - Seeing only what is fair, Sipping only what is sweet, Thou dost mock at fate and care, Leave the chaff, and take the wheat.
Page 125 - Her pure and eloquent blood Spoke in her cheeks, and so distinctly wrought, That one might almost say her body thought.
Page 104 - This claims to be called a haunted chamber, for thousands upon thousands of visions have appeared to me in it; and some few of them have become visible to the world. If ever I should have a biographer, he ought to make great mention of this chamber in my memoirs, because so much of my lonely youth was wasted here...
Page 49 - Nothing can be more touching than to behold a soft and tender female, who had been all weakness and dependence, and alive to every trivial roughness, while treading the prosperous paths of life, suddenly rising in mental force to be the comforter and supporter of her husband under misfortune, and abiding, with unshrinking firmness, the bitterest blasts of adversity.
Page 157 - BURLY, dozing humble-bee, Where thou art is clime for me. Let them sail for Porto Rique, Far-off heats through seas to seek; I will follow thee alone, Thou animated torrid zone! Zigzag steerer, desert cheerer, Let me chase thy waving lines; Keep me nearer, me thy hearer, Singing over shrubs and vines. Insect lover of the sun, Joy of thy dominion! Sailor of the atmosphere...
Page 173 - Looky here, Jim; does a cat talk like we do?" "No, a cat don't." "Well, does a cow?" "No, a cow don't, nuther." "Does a cat talk like a cow, or a cow talk like a cat?
Page 91 - If there be in it any inferences which I may believe to be falsely drawn, I do not, now and here, argue against them. If there be perceptible in it an impatient and dictatorial tone, I waive it in deference to an old friend, whose heart I have always supposed to be right. As to the policy I "seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt.
Page 92 - I have here stated my purpose according to my view of official duty, and I intend no modification of my oft-expressed personal wish that all men, every-where, could be free.