Memoir of Gen'l William Wallace Grout and Autobiography of Josiah Grout

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Bullock Press, 1919 - 402 Seiten
 

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Seite 179 - ... nor can any man be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship...
Seite 12 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, which moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Seite 395 - So the multitude goes, like the flower or the weed, That withers away to let others succeed ; So the multitude comes, even those we behold, To repeat every tale that has often been told.
Seite 180 - Nevertheless, every sect or denomination of Christians ought to observe the Sabbath, or Lord's day, and keep up some sort of religious worship, which to them shall seem most agreeable to the revealed will of God.
Seite 171 - THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. SAMUEL WOODWORTH. How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond Recollection presents them to view ! The orchard, the meadow, the...
Seite 171 - ... the field, I found it the source of an exquisite pleasure, The purest and sweetest that nature can yield. How ardent I seized it. with hands that were glowing, And quick to the white-pebbled bottom it fell ; Then soon, with the emblem of truth overflowing. And dripping with coolness, it rose from the well : The old oaken bucket, the iron-bound bucket, The moss-covered bucket arose from the well.
Seite 21 - In 1777 he was a member of the convention that framed the constitution of New York.
Seite 177 - Therefore, no male person, born in this country, or brought from over sea, ought to be holden by law, to serve any person, as a servant, slave or apprentice...
Seite 186 - Ho — all to the borders! Vermonters, come down, With your breeches of deerskin and jackets .of brown ; With your red woollen caps, and your moccasins, come, To the gathering summons of trumpet and drum.
Seite 171 - How dear to this heart are the scenes of my childhood, When fond recollection presents them to view! The orchard, the meadow, the deep-tangled wild-wood, And every loved spot which my infancy knew!

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