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... born in 1852 , and began his art studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia . He stood in the foremost rank of painters of historical and subject pictures . All his works show his fine decorative instinct , and are painted with ...
... born in 1852 , and began his art studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia . He stood in the foremost rank of painters of historical and subject pictures . All his works show his fine decorative instinct , and are painted with ...
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... born at Phrygia , about 620 B. C. He was as deformed in body as accomplished in mind , and was originally a slave at Athens and at Samos . Having gained freedom by his wit , he traveled through Asia Minor and Egypt , and attached ...
... born at Phrygia , about 620 B. C. He was as deformed in body as accomplished in mind , and was originally a slave at Athens and at Samos . Having gained freedom by his wit , he traveled through Asia Minor and Egypt , and attached ...
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... born in 1875. He was carefully educated , traveled widely , and became well versed in politics and economics . In 1898 , during a visit to the United States , he made a study of American rail- roads . Later he investigated conditions in ...
... born in 1875. He was carefully educated , traveled widely , and became well versed in politics and economics . In 1898 , during a visit to the United States , he made a study of American rail- roads . Later he investigated conditions in ...
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... born in 1737. He captured Forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point at the opening of the war . His troops were mostly from Vermont , and were called " Green Mountain Boys . " Died , 1789 . Allen , James Lane , author ; born in Kentucky , 1849 ...
... born in 1737. He captured Forts Ticonderoga and Crown Point at the opening of the war . His troops were mostly from Vermont , and were called " Green Mountain Boys . " Died , 1789 . Allen , James Lane , author ; born in Kentucky , 1849 ...
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... born in 1775 ; a distinguished electrician , who may be considered the father of electro- magnetics . He first attracted attention by a treatise on the " Theory of Probability , " published in 1802 , and obtained a post as teacher , and ...
... born in 1775 ; a distinguished electrician , who may be considered the father of electro- magnetics . He first attracted attention by a treatise on the " Theory of Probability , " published in 1802 , and obtained a post as teacher , and ...
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Page 213 - Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars that oversprinkle All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight...
Page 211 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt; thou hast cast out the heathen and planted it. Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land.
Page 219 - I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Page 212 - And will, no doubt, with reasons answer you. I come not, friends, to steal away your hearts ; I am no orator, as Brutus is: But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man, That love my friend : and that they know full well That gave me public leave to speak of him.
Page 210 - As cold waters to a thirsty soul, so is good news from a far country.
Page 45 - Now, therefore, I, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as Commander-in-Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion...
Page 209 - O wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as ithers see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion: What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, An
Page 44 - That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free...
Page 209 - ... the flight of threescore years To push eternity from human thought, And smother souls immortal in the dust ? A soul immortal, spending all her fires, Wasting her strength in strenuous idleness, Thrown into tumult, raptur'd or alarm'd, At aught this scene can threaten or indulge, Resembles ocean into tempest wrought, To waft a feather, or to drown a fly.
Page 190 - Romans, countrymen, and lovers! hear me for my cause ; and be silent that you may hear : believe me for mine honour; and have respect to mine honour, that you may believe: censure me in your wisdom; and awake your senses that you may the better judge. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his.