| Historical and Philosophical Society of Ohio - Ohio - 1839 - 356 pages
...on the wreck of what was once a horse, already bespoken by the more politic crows, with a label, " I have been to Ohio." But neither falsehood nor ridicule,...away the scabbard, they know that they must either "do or die." Every thing around them cherishes that intense feeling of individuality and self-confidence,... | |
| Ohio - 1839 - 358 pages
...on the wreck of what was once a horse, already bespoken by the more politic crows, with a label, " I have been to Ohio," But neither falsehood nor ridicule,...away the scabbard, they know that they must either "do or die." Every thing around them cherishes that intense feeling of individuality and self-confidence,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 600 pages
...require only the passive acquiescence of habit. There are no alliances of family or neighbourhood, in which one leans upon another, and each helps all....away the scabbard, they know that they must either ' do or die.' Every thing around them cherishes that intense feeling of individuality and self-confidence,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 578 pages
...require only the passive acquiescence of habit. There are no alliances of family or neighbourhood, in which one leans upon another, and each helps all....away the scabbard, they know that they must either ' do or die.' Every thing around them cherishes that intense feeling of individuality and self-confidence,... | |
| Emilius Oviatt Randall, Daniel Joseph Ryan - Ohio - 1912 - 682 pages
...country compels them to think, act and originate for themselves. There are no familiar customs to follow, no alliances of family or neighborhood, in which one...immigrants meet as strangers, unknowing and unknown, and they must depend upon their own resources. Like soldiers of fortune, who, staking all upon the sword,... | |
| Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1841 - 578 pages
...require only the passive acquiescence of hahit. There are no alliances of family or neighbourhood, in which one leans upon another, and each helps all....away the scabbard, they know that they must either ' do or die.' Every thing around them cherishes that intense feeling of individuality and self-confidence,... | |
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