Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 3Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper's Magazine Company, 1852 - Literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... interest of the Magazine in all these respects . The outlay upon the present volume has been from five to ten thousand dollars more than that upon either of its predecessors . The best talent of the country has been engaged in writing ...
... interest of the Magazine in all these respects . The outlay upon the present volume has been from five to ten thousand dollars more than that upon either of its predecessors . The best talent of the country has been engaged in writing ...
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... interest my fate excited . The listless indolence and informality , too , offended and insulted me ; and when the President politely told me to be seated , for they were obliged to wait for some books or papers left behind at his ...
... interest my fate excited . The listless indolence and informality , too , offended and insulted me ; and when the President politely told me to be seated , for they were obliged to wait for some books or papers left behind at his ...
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... interest it bore . It was that of a middle - aged man of an humble walk in life , whose dress bespoke him from the country . There was nothing in his appearance " Is this the notorious Town - Major Dowall ? " to have called for ...
... interest it bore . It was that of a middle - aged man of an humble walk in life , whose dress bespoke him from the country . There was nothing in his appearance " Is this the notorious Town - Major Dowall ? " to have called for ...
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... interest . I don't know what it may now be : doubtless a great capital , like one of the European cities ; but at the time I speak of , Albany was a strange , incongruous assemblage of stores and wooden houses , great buildings like ...
... interest . I don't know what it may now be : doubtless a great capital , like one of the European cities ; but at the time I speak of , Albany was a strange , incongruous assemblage of stores and wooden houses , great buildings like ...
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... interest in the description of a fête , in the numerous details of a woman's toilet , and in the prepara- tions for , and the pomps of a ceremony . At first I did not imagine that she had forgotten that I " Poor fellow , " cried I ...
... interest in the description of a fête , in the numerous details of a woman's toilet , and in the prepara- tions for , and the pomps of a ceremony . At first I did not imagine that she had forgotten that I " Poor fellow , " cried I ...
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Page 156 - He is at this time transporting large armies of foreign mercenaries to complete the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of cruelty and perfidy, scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the head of a civilized nation.
Page 156 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large for their exercise; the State remaining, in the meantime, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Page 147 - Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born.
Page 2 - Falsely luxurious ! will not man awake ; And, springing from the bed of sloth, enjoy The cool, the fragrant, and the silent hour, To meditation due and sacred song...
Page 16 - Tis listening fear, and dumb amazement all: When to the startled eye the sudden glance Appears far south, eruptive through the cloud; And following slower, in explosion vast, The Thunder raises his tremendous voice.
Page 10 - Smooth to the shelving brink a copious Flood Rolls fair and placid ; where, collected all In one impetuous torrent, down the steep It thundering shoots, and shakes the country round.
Page 13 - The godlike wisdom of the tempered breast, Progressive truth, the patient force of thought, Investigation calm whose silent powers Command the world, the light that leads to Heaven, Kind equal rule, the government of laws, 881 And all-protecting freedom which alone Sustains the name and dignity of man — These are not theirs.
Page 7 - Tis raging noon ; and, vertical, the sun Darts on the head direct his forceful rays. O'er heaven and earth, far as the ranging eye Can sweep, a dazzling deluge reigns ; and all From pole to pole is undistinguish'd blaze.
Page 152 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the United Colonies where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs, has been hitherto established, to adopt such government as shall in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America In general.
Page 155 - Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the Declaration ; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr. Harrison reported that the committee have agreed to a Declaration, which they desired him to report. The Declaration being read, was agreed to as follows : " A DECLARATION BY THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, IN CONGRESS ASSEMBLED.