The American Whig ReviewG. H. Colton, 1849 |
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... perhaps with safety fall back upon the examples of the past , and instead of wasting our energies in mere admiration , conclude that we have to begin the work of literary and philosophical , as we have that of political criticism , at ...
... perhaps with safety fall back upon the examples of the past , and instead of wasting our energies in mere admiration , conclude that we have to begin the work of literary and philosophical , as we have that of political criticism , at ...
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... perhaps as popular , as in the days of good Queen Bess . Eugene Sue may have made two or three booksellers ' fortunes , but Homer and Virgil have made a thousand , and may continue to for ever . Were the Scriptures of the Old Testament ...
... perhaps as popular , as in the days of good Queen Bess . Eugene Sue may have made two or three booksellers ' fortunes , but Homer and Virgil have made a thousand , and may continue to for ever . Were the Scriptures of the Old Testament ...
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... perhaps sufficient of itself to silence that absurd objection brought against the Whigs , " that they have no prin- ciples , " which , it must be confessed , comes only from the weakest and most ignorant of their adversaries , Mr. Ken ...
... perhaps sufficient of itself to silence that absurd objection brought against the Whigs , " that they have no prin- ciples , " which , it must be confessed , comes only from the weakest and most ignorant of their adversaries , Mr. Ken ...
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... perhaps using an accurate criterion ; but the invention of a story , the choice of proper incidents , the ordonnance of the plan , occasional beauties of description , and above all , the power exercised over the reader's heart by ...
... perhaps using an accurate criterion ; but the invention of a story , the choice of proper incidents , the ordonnance of the plan , occasional beauties of description , and above all , the power exercised over the reader's heart by ...
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... perhaps to every wind of heaven , with his bards and war- riors around him , than be the supple silk- clad pensioner of an English minister , breathing an atmosphere thick and heavy with curses , and drinking wine into which tears have ...
... perhaps to every wind of heaven , with his bards and war- riors around him , than be the supple silk- clad pensioner of an English minister , breathing an atmosphere thick and heavy with curses , and drinking wine into which tears have ...
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Página 130 - All they that see me laugh me to scorn : they shoot out their lips, and shake their heads, saying, 8 He trusted in God, that he would deliver him : let him deliver him, if he will have him.
Página 329 - Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones ; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do or to attain...
Página 519 - I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen...
Página 450 - Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar, To bid his gentle spirit rest!
Página 136 - Right hard it was for wight which did it heare, To read what manner musicke that mote...
Página 274 - The number of representatives shall, at the several periods of making such enumeration, be fixed by the legislature, and apportioned among the several counties, according to the number of white male inhabitants...
Página 220 - States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French Republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory, with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic, in virtue of the above-mentioned treaty, concluded with His Catholic Majesty.
Página 448 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Página 220 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Página 280 - ... as nearly as may be according to the number of their respective inhabitants, but each province shall have at least one member.