The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 1911 |
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Page ix
... PAGE I CONCORD 27 III . LETTER ΤΟ PRESIDENT VAN BUREN 87 IV . EMANCIPATION IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES 97 V. WAR 149 VI . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW . ADDRESS AT CONCORD 177 VII . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW LECTURE AT NEW YORK VIII . THE ASSAULT ...
... PAGE I CONCORD 27 III . LETTER ΤΟ PRESIDENT VAN BUREN 87 IV . EMANCIPATION IN THE BRITISH WEST INDIES 97 V. WAR 149 VI . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW . ADDRESS AT CONCORD 177 VII . THE FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW LECTURE AT NEW YORK VIII . THE ASSAULT ...
Page 48
... pages of the Town Records contain the result . I shall be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon any symptom of meanness and private pique which I have met with in these antique books , as proof that justice was done ; that ...
... pages of the Town Records contain the result . I shall be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon any symptom of meanness and private pique which I have met with in these antique books , as proof that justice was done ; that ...
Page 83
... pages with the resolutions , ad- dresses and instructions to its agents , which from time to time , at critical periods , the town has voted . Meantime , I have read with care the Town Records themselves . They must ever be the ...
... pages with the resolutions , ad- dresses and instructions to its agents , which from time to time , at critical periods , the town has voted . Meantime , I have read with care the Town Records themselves . They must ever be the ...
Page 115
... pages that follow it , narrating the behavior of the emancipated people on the next day . ' " The first of August came on Friday , and a release was proclaimed from all work until the next Monday . The day was chiefly spent by the great ...
... pages that follow it , narrating the behavior of the emancipated people on the next day . ' " The first of August came on Friday , and a release was proclaimed from all work until the next Monday . The day was chiefly spent by the great ...
Page 129
... page of it without the most painful comparisons . Whilst I have read of England , I have thought of New England . Whilst I have meditated in my solitary walks on the magnanimity of the English Bench and Senate , reaching out the benefit ...
... page of it without the most painful comparisons . Whilst I have read of England , I have thought of New England . Whilst I have meditated in my solitary walks on the magnanimity of the English Bench and Senate , reaching out the benefit ...
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