"VT" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... (b. 1793, d. 1863) graduated at Middlebury College, Vt., in 1818. He was at one time editor of the "Backwoodsman," published at Grafton, Ill., and later of the "Louisville Advocate." He was the author of many tales of western adventure and of numerous essays, sketches, etc. His language is clear, chaste, and ...
— McGuffey's Fifth Eclectic Reader • William Holmes McGuffey
... meae puellae, Quicum ludere, quem in sinu tenere, Quoi primum digitum dare adpetenti Et acris solet incitare morsus, Cum desiderio meo nitenti 5 Carum nescioquid libet iocari Vt solaciolum sui doloris, Credo ut iam gravis acquiescat ardor: Tecum ludere sicut ipsa possem Et tristis animi levare curas! 10 * * * * Tam gratumst mihi quam ferunt puellae Pernici aureolum fuisse malum, Quod ...
— The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus • Caius Valerius Catullus
... 4th of June the Boston contingent of Fenians, about 400 in number, arrived at St. Albans, without arms. Of this command about 200 were sent to Fairfield, Vt., a village eight miles east of St. Albans, and quite close to the Canadian frontier, where a column was being mobilized ...
— Troublous Times in Canada - A History of the Fenian Raids of 1866 and 1870 • John A. Macdonald
... Norfolk, Va., 1876. Educated at Burr and Burton Seminary, Manchester, Vt., an old country co-educational school; and one year at Radcliffe. Writer and tutor by profession. Chief interests are anti-vivisection, socialism, and above all, pacifism of the "extreme" kind. She likes best of everything in the world ...
— The Best Short Stories of 1917 - and the Yearbook of the American Short Story • Various
... xxxix^{o} xj^{mo} kl. Augusti videlicet in festo sancte Marie Magdalene multe preciose reliquie plurimorum sanctorum ad Salvacionem eiusdem et tocius edificii sibi subiecti cum magna processionis Solempnitate collate fuerunt vt Deus omnipotens per merita gloriosa omnium sanctorum quorum reliquie in illa Cruce continentur ab tempestate et periculo in sua proteccione conservare dignetur. De cuius misericordia omnibus fabrice huius ecclesie auxilium procurantibus xxvij Anni Cl. ...
— A Chronicle of London from 1089 to 1483 • Anonymous
... Burlington (Vt.) News, May 29, 1919.—So far as actual results are concerned America gains little from the peace treaty. If, however, the American Legion measures up to the standard we believe it capable of, America will be the greatest gainer of all ...
— The Story of The American Legion • George Seay Wheat
... while absent in attendance upon the Missionary Convention, held in Addison, Vt., obtained through the kindness of the Rev. Mr. Nott a rare and curious geological specimen from the shores of Lake Champlain. It is a slab of limestone, about eleven inches long by six inches wide, which seems to be composed almost entirely of fossils. ...
— Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 • Various
... ever allowed to smoke or drink intoxicants in the Anthony home were Quaker preachers. The house was half-way between Danby, Vt., and Easton, N.Y., where the Quarterly Meetings were held and the preachers and elders stopped there on their way. In a closet under the stairs were a case of clay pipes, a paper of tobacco and demijohns of excellent gin and brandy, ...
— The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) • Ida Husted Harper
... was born in 1867 in Dorset, Vt., graduating in 1887 from the Western Reserve Seminary, and after spending two years in Bradford Academy, Mass., she came as a teacher to the Santee School, Nebraska, where she made herself exceedingly useful and was afterward employed by Dr. ...
— The American Missionary - Volume 49, No. 5, May 1895 • Various
... into being. The first is said to have been held at Concord, N. H., in September 1829. There is also a claim that the first musical convention was held in Montpelier, Vt., in 1839 but this is not quite correct. It may have been the first convention in Vermont. Musical conventions became popular and frequent and are so even to the present day, though the methods and matter have changed ...
— Annals of Music in America - A Chronological Record of Significant Musical Events • Henry Charles Lahee |
