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Page 44
... lands may boast of having given birth to men of rarer genius , and of more splendid achievement . Yet how often has that genius been the base flatterer or the willing instru- ment of oppression ; how often has it been low and self- ish ...
... lands may boast of having given birth to men of rarer genius , and of more splendid achievement . Yet how often has that genius been the base flatterer or the willing instru- ment of oppression ; how often has it been low and self- ish ...
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... land which they had purchased on purpose for a re- cess from such things , from becoming such a sink of abominations as would have been the reproach and ruin of Christianity in these parts of the world . " In addition to these most ...
... land which they had purchased on purpose for a re- cess from such things , from becoming such a sink of abominations as would have been the reproach and ruin of Christianity in these parts of the world . " In addition to these most ...
Page 63
... land , " said he , " is rich , the air clear and sweet , the springs plentiful , and provisions good and easy to come at : in fine , here is what an Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , would be well contented with ; and service enough for God ...
... land , " said he , " is rich , the air clear and sweet , the springs plentiful , and provisions good and easy to come at : in fine , here is what an Abraham , Isaac , and Jacob , would be well contented with ; and service enough for God ...
Page 69
... lands . Not built on Rapine , Servitude , and Wo , And in their turn some petty tyrant's prey ; But bound by social freedom , firm they rise , Such as of late an OGLETHORPE has formed , And crowding round , the pleased Savannah sees.b a ...
... lands . Not built on Rapine , Servitude , and Wo , And in their turn some petty tyrant's prey ; But bound by social freedom , firm they rise , Such as of late an OGLETHORPE has formed , And crowding round , the pleased Savannah sees.b a ...
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... land might have envied . His habitual temperance and activity preserved his health and faculties to extreme old age . He died in 1785 , affording the first example , in modern times , of the founder of a colony who has lived to see that ...
... land might have envied . His habitual temperance and activity preserved his health and faculties to extreme old age . He died in 1785 , affording the first example , in modern times , of the founder of a colony who has lived to see that ...
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