Life and Writings of Grant ThorburnE. Walker, 1852 - 276 pages |
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Life and Writings of Grant Thorburn: Grant Thorburn in his golden age Grant Thorburn Affichage du livre entier - 1852 |
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Page 98 - In every joy that crowns my days, In every pain I bear, My heart shall find delight in praise, Or seek relief in prayer.
Page 159 - You say, also, that you found your own liquors during the time you boarded with me ; but you should have said, ' I found only a small part of the liquor I drank during my stay with you ; this part I purchased of John Fellows, which was a demijohn of brandy containing four gallons, and this did not serve me three weeks.
Page 165 - I should have come to you, and not written the letter. I did so three times ; and the last you gave me the ten dollars, and told me you were going to have a stove in a separate room, and then you would pay me. One month has passed and I wanted the money, but still found you with the family that you resided with ; and delicacy prevented me from asking you for pay of board and lodging. You never told me to fetch the account, as you say you did. When I called the last time but one, you told me to come...
Page 113 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 123 - ... the air — then penetrate the woods, make the big guns thunder, and the whole heavens red with the flames of the dwellings of their enemies. Brothers, the President has made you a great talk. He has but one mouth. That one has sounded the sentiments of all the people. Listen to what he has said to you. Write it on your memories, it is good — very good.
Page 159 - PAINE—I received your letter, dated the 25th ult., in answer to mine, dated November 21; and, after minutely examining its contents, I found that you had taken the pitiful subterfuge of lying for your defence. You...
Page 123 - Black Hawk, take these jewels, a pair of topaz earrings, beautifully set in gold, for your wife or daughter, as a token of friendship, keeping always in mind that women and children are the favorites of the Great Spirit. These jewels are from an old man, whose head is whitened with the snows of seventy winters, an old man who has thrown down his bow, put off his sword, and now stands leaning on his staff, waiting the commands of the Great Spirit.
Page 123 - We think that in time to come you will be wise and that we shall be friends forever. You see that we are a great people — numerous as the flowers of the field, as the shells on the seashore, or the fish in the sea. We put one hand on the eastern, and at the same time the other on the western ocean. We all act together. If...
Page 62 - ... ones. I painted two pair, and exposed them in front of my window ; they soon drew attention, and were sold. I painted six pair; they soon went the same way. Being thus encouraged, I continued painting and selling to good advantage. This was in the fall of 1802. One day, in the month of April following, I observed a man, for the first time, selling flower plants in the Fly Market, which then stood at the foot of Maiden Lane.
Page 252 - About the centre was stationed the black preacher, a man of gigantic frame and stentorian lungs, who gave out from memory the words of a hymn suitable to the occasion. The Southern negroes are proverbial for the melody and compass of their voices, and I thought that hymn, mellowed by distance, the most solemn, and yet the sweetest music that had ever fallen upon my ear.