The Quarterly review, Volume 67Murray, 1841 |
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' Genevese Traveller ' of the Times , ' nine persons out of ten in the élite of English society had about as accurate a notion of their respective claims to celebrity as Lord Melbourne of Mr. Faraday's , when it was proposed to add that ...
' Genevese Traveller ' of the Times , ' nine persons out of ten in the élite of English society had about as accurate a notion of their respective claims to celebrity as Lord Melbourne of Mr. Faraday's , when it was proposed to add that ...
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... person at that period was coarse , his manners awkward , his dress slovenly , his conversation rude , and if he gave any indications of future excellence , they were not of a sort to attract the attention of his friends . A fond- ness ...
... person at that period was coarse , his manners awkward , his dress slovenly , his conversation rude , and if he gave any indications of future excellence , they were not of a sort to attract the attention of his friends . A fond- ness ...
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duration to this country , and presents in his own person a decisive proof that an American gentleman , without official rank or wide- spread reputation , by mere dint of courtesy , candour , an entire absence of pretension , an ...
duration to this country , and presents in his own person a decisive proof that an American gentleman , without official rank or wide- spread reputation , by mere dint of courtesy , candour , an entire absence of pretension , an ...
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... person is tall and commanding ; his action graceful and dignified ; and his voice possesses such compass and variety ... persons found foolish and credulous enough to believe it . You will , no doubt , think it incredible ( but I have ...
... person is tall and commanding ; his action graceful and dignified ; and his voice possesses such compass and variety ... persons found foolish and credulous enough to believe it . You will , no doubt , think it incredible ( but I have ...
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... persons who are very indifferently qualified included in the list of well- qualified practitioners . Young men may be compelled to have opportunities of study , but they cannot be compelled to learn ; and it is notorious that of those ...
... persons who are very indifferently qualified included in the list of well- qualified practitioners . Young men may be compelled to have opportunities of study , but they cannot be compelled to learn ; and it is notorious that of those ...
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Page 8 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Page 27 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Page 42 - ... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death...
Page 8 - Treason!" cried the speaker —"Treason, treason," echoed from every part of the house.
Page 9 - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace.
Page 20 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Page 522 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 46 - Massachusetts, instead of South Carolina? Sir, does he suppose it in his power to exhibit a Carolina name so bright as to produce envy in my bosom?
Page 16 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Page 17 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly, through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this Declaration shall be made good. We may die ; die colonists ; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold.