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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... manner as possible , and to marry them to men who can give them a comfortable livelihood . " M. Gayarré plumes himself very much upon bringing to light this letter , as it serves to refute a tradition , which he admits to be very common ...
... manner as possible , and to marry them to men who can give them a comfortable livelihood . " M. Gayarré plumes himself very much upon bringing to light this letter , as it serves to refute a tradition , which he admits to be very common ...
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... manner in which he acted when he was chosen arbitrator to settle disputes among them . Above all , he conciliated their esteem by punishing with great severity any of his own countrymen who wronged them , and compelling full ...
... manner in which he acted when he was chosen arbitrator to settle disputes among them . Above all , he conciliated their esteem by punishing with great severity any of his own countrymen who wronged them , and compelling full ...
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... manners , and expressions of the Nor- man nobles ; and thus commenced the formation of that mixed language which is known under the name of English . Before we proceed to describe the changes which were effected by the introduction of a ...
... manners , and expressions of the Nor- man nobles ; and thus commenced the formation of that mixed language which is known under the name of English . Before we proceed to describe the changes which were effected by the introduction of a ...
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... manner in which the booty had been obtained , had the good sense to return it to its owner . There can be no mistake in the relation of an incident such as rarely adorns the history of Oriental potentates . As to the rest of the story ...
... manner in which the booty had been obtained , had the good sense to return it to its owner . There can be no mistake in the relation of an incident such as rarely adorns the history of Oriental potentates . As to the rest of the story ...
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... manner these acquisitions have been administered . The question occurs , Has England done more in India than to find places for younger brothers ? She has sent thither Hebers and Mack- intoshes ; she has supplied bishops , judges ...
... manner these acquisitions have been administered . The question occurs , Has England done more in India than to find places for younger brothers ? She has sent thither Hebers and Mack- intoshes ; she has supplied bishops , judges ...
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Page 404 - Come back into memory, like as thou wert in the day-spring of thy fancies, with hope like a fiery column before thee — the dark pillar not yet turned — /Samuel Taylor Coleridge — Logician, Metaphysician, Bard...
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Page 121 - That all children within this province, of the age of twelve years, shall be taught some useful trade or skill, to the end none may be idle; but the poor may work to live and the rich, if they become poor, may not want.
Page 128 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail, has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
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...
Page 432 - Conceive a poor miserable wretch, who for many years has been attempting to beat off pain by a constant recurrence to the vice that reproduces it. Conceive a spirit in hell, employed in tracing out for others the road to that heaven, from which his crimes exclude him ! In short, conceive whatever is most wretched, helpless, and hopeless, and you will form as tolerable a notion of my state, as it is possible for a good man to have. I used to think the text in St. James that ' he who offended in one...
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...
Page 276 - that a hare so often hunted, with' so many packs of dogs, should die, at last, quietly sitting in his form."— Church Hist.
Page 429 - Had I but a few hundred pounds, but 200 — half to send to Mrs Coleridge, and half to place myself in a private mad-house, where I could procure nothing but what a physician thought proper, and where a medical attendant could be constantly with me for two or three months (in less than that time life or death would be determined), then there might be hope. Now there is none ! ! O God!
Page 122 - I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country...