Words that Made American History: Colonial times to the 1870'sRichard Nelson Current, John Arthur Garraty Little, Brown, 1965 - United States [1] Colonial times to the 1870's.--[2] Since the Civil War. |
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... hold them up one moment ; the devil is waiting for them , hell is gaping for them , the flames gather and flash about them , and would fain lay hold on them and swallow them up ; the fire pent up in their own hearts is struggling to ...
... hold them up one moment ; the devil is waiting for them , hell is gaping for them , the flames gather and flash about them , and would fain lay hold on them and swallow them up ; the fire pent up in their own hearts is struggling to ...
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... hold their political existence at the will of a British Parliament . Shall these governments be dissolved , their property annihilated , and their people reduced to a state of nature , at the imperious breath of a body of men whom they ...
... hold their political existence at the will of a British Parliament . Shall these governments be dissolved , their property annihilated , and their people reduced to a state of nature , at the imperious breath of a body of men whom they ...
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... hold offices ? Who then are to hold them ? He was also against paying the Senators . They will pay themselves , if they can . If they cannot , they will be rich , and can do with- out it . Of such the second branch ought to consist ...
... hold offices ? Who then are to hold them ? He was also against paying the Senators . They will pay themselves , if they can . If they cannot , they will be rich , and can do with- out it . Of such the second branch ought to consist ...
Contents
JONATHAN EDWARDS The Puritan View | 19 |
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN The Practical Life 32 2222 | 32 |
JOHN WOOLMAN The Humanitarian Spirit | 50 |
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