Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 10Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1846 |
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... political and party animosity , his integ- rity and character were unsullied by a breath of suspicion . His uniform candor and sincerity , his decision of character , the principles of independence and integrity , uncompromi- sing with ...
... political and party animosity , his integ- rity and character were unsullied by a breath of suspicion . His uniform candor and sincerity , his decision of character , the principles of independence and integrity , uncompromi- sing with ...
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... political institutions of his native country . The effect of this flippancy in Europe , where they are by no means inattentive or uncritical observers of Ameri- cans , is to make us suspected , " unsafe " and unwelcome guests ; and the ...
... political institutions of his native country . The effect of this flippancy in Europe , where they are by no means inattentive or uncritical observers of Ameri- cans , is to make us suspected , " unsafe " and unwelcome guests ; and the ...
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... political nature of all governments , and to see how much of their burthens they derive from the direct oppression of aristocracies , how much from their own feebleness of character , and how much from the traditions and the effects of ...
... political nature of all governments , and to see how much of their burthens they derive from the direct oppression of aristocracies , how much from their own feebleness of character , and how much from the traditions and the effects of ...
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... politics , the conversation dwindles into scandal and fri- volity . French romances form the chief materials of the literature of the women , who , consequently , are very proper associates for the men . In Piedmout , however , there ...
... politics , the conversation dwindles into scandal and fri- volity . French romances form the chief materials of the literature of the women , who , consequently , are very proper associates for the men . In Piedmout , however , there ...
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... political and commercial power of Italy , as well as her own more immediate possessions , seems resolved on redeeming it from the entire destruction with which it seemed threatened at the time of our visit . " A marked difference in the ...
... political and commercial power of Italy , as well as her own more immediate possessions , seems resolved on redeeming it from the entire destruction with which it seemed threatened at the time of our visit . " A marked difference in the ...
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Page 241 - And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night: and the evening and the morning were the first day.
Page 477 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Page 459 - The powers reserved to the several states will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties, and properties of the people: and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the state.
Page 9 - Gul in her bloom; Where the citron and olive are fairest of fruit, And the voice of the nightingale never is mute: Where the tints of the earth, and the hues of the sky, In...
Page 27 - As bees In spring time, when the sun with Taurus rides, Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters : they among fresh dews and flowers Fly to and fro, or on the smoothed plank, The suburb of their straw-built citadel, New rubb'd with balm, expatiate, and confer Their state affairs : so thick the aery crowd Swarm'd and were straiten'd; till, the signal given, Behold a wonder!
Page 380 - It is, therefore, of necessity left to the discretion of the national Legislature to pronounce upon the objects which concern the general welfare, and for which, under that description, an appropriation of money is requisite and proper. And there seems to be no room for a doubt that whatever concerns the general interests of learning, of agriculture, of manufactures, and of commerce are within the sphere of the national councils, as far as regards an application of money.
Page 377 - Blood hath been shed ere now, i' the olden time, Ere human statute purged the gentle weal ; Ay, and since too, murders have been performed Too terrible for the ear : the times have been, That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end...
Page 459 - The powers delegated by the proposed constitution to the federal government are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State governments are numerous and indefinite The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce ; with which last the power of taxation will, for the most part, be connected.
Page 150 - And say, without our hopes, without our fears, Without the home that plighted love endears, Without the smile from partial beauty won, Oh, what were man ? A world without a sun.
Page 499 - ... &c., with a penalty, in case of disobedience, too long here to insert. However, after some pause, the brother so often mentioned for his erudition, who was well skilled in criticisms, had found in a certain author, which he said should be nameless, that the same word which in the will is called fringe does also signify a broomstick : * and doubtless ought to have the same interpretation in this paragraph.