The North American Review, Volume 65Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1847 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... human art , when man attempts to violate or overrule the laws of God . The history and present condition of Belgium , Italy , Po- land , and other countries in Europe which have long been subject to the dominion of foreigners , show how ...
... human art , when man attempts to violate or overrule the laws of God . The history and present condition of Belgium , Italy , Po- land , and other countries in Europe which have long been subject to the dominion of foreigners , show how ...
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... human life there already flowing into one than in the similar case of Canada , though the opportunity for union was open in the latter case half a century earlier than in the former ! To judge from present appearances , Louisiana will ...
... human life there already flowing into one than in the similar case of Canada , though the opportunity for union was open in the latter case half a century earlier than in the former ! To judge from present appearances , Louisiana will ...
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... stands . Besides this new establishment , they made another on an island not far off , where , at the time of its first discovery , they had found a great number of human bones , and 2 * 1847. ] 17 Gayarré's History of Louisiana .
... stands . Besides this new establishment , they made another on an island not far off , where , at the time of its first discovery , they had found a great number of human bones , and 2 * 1847. ] 17 Gayarré's History of Louisiana .
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... human bones , and for this reason had called it Massacre island . This name , which was one of ill omen and not agreeable to the ear , was changed for that of Isle Dauphine . Iberville , seeing that it was necessary to cultivate the ...
... human bones , and for this reason had called it Massacre island . This name , which was one of ill omen and not agreeable to the ear , was changed for that of Isle Dauphine . Iberville , seeing that it was necessary to cultivate the ...
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... human race , and their general advancement in refinement , civilization , the arts and sciences , and religious knowledge . And what language in these respects ever had the power which our own exercises at this moment , and which yet is ...
... human race , and their general advancement in refinement , civilization , the arts and sciences , and religious knowledge . And what language in these respects ever had the power which our own exercises at this moment , and which yet is ...
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Page 404 - Metaphysician, Bard! — How have I seen the casual passer through the Cloisters stand still, entranced with admiration (while he weighed the disproportion between the speech and the garb of the young Mirandula), to hear thee unfold, in thy deep and sweet intonations, the mysteries of Jamblichus, or Plotinus (for even in those years thou waxedst not pale at such philosophic draughts), or reciting Homer in his Greek, or Pindar— —while the walls of the old Grey Friars re-echoed to the accents of...
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Page 416 - IN Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree : Where Alph, the sacred river, ran Through caverns measureless to man Down to a sunless sea. So twice five miles of fertile ground With walls and towers were girdled round : And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree ; And here were forests ancient as the hills, Enfolding sunny spots...
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