Passing through here in 1795, Bishop Asbury commented, 'The country improves in cultivation, wickedness, mills, and stills.' Five ...years later, he held a meeting in the neighborhood and remarked that he thought most of the congregation had come to look at his wig.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Our young people have come to look upon war as a kind of beneficent deity, which not only adds to the national honor but uplifts a... nation and develops patriotism and courage. That is all true. But it is only fair, too, to let them know that the garments of the deity are filthy and that some of her influences debase and befoul a people.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Behind her was confusion in the room, Of chairs turned upside down to sit like people... In other chairs, and something, come to look, For every room a house has parlor, bedroom, And dining room thrown pell-mell in the kitchen.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
We can come to look upon the deaths of our enemies with as much regret as we feel for those of our friends, namely, when we miss t...heir existence as witnesses to our success.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Under the greenwood tree Who loves to lie with me,... And turn his merry note Unto the sweet bird's throat, Come hither, come hither, come hither! Here shall he see No enemy But winter and rough weather.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Who doth ambition shun, And loves to live i' th' sun,... Seeking the food he eats, And pleased with what he gets, Come hither, come hither, come hither!LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »