The North American Review, Volume 36O. Everett, 1833 - North American review and miscellaneous journal Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... give to Europe a sketch of our domestic manners , and as such triumphantly endorsed by one of the leading Journals of Great Britain , will not be thought beneath refutation . We observe then , in the first place , that the words and ...
... give to Europe a sketch of our domestic manners , and as such triumphantly endorsed by one of the leading Journals of Great Britain , will not be thought beneath refutation . We observe then , in the first place , that the words and ...
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... give a shirt its name would be thought ' a symptom of absolute depravity . ' We suppose we are to understand by this , the authority of the German Prince to the contrary notwithstand- ing , that there is no hesitation on these points in ...
... give a shirt its name would be thought ' a symptom of absolute depravity . ' We suppose we are to understand by this , the authority of the German Prince to the contrary notwithstand- ing , that there is no hesitation on these points in ...
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... give their other neighbors ? They called , it seems , the washerwoman and the tallow chandleress ladies ; ' now , why , bestowing that name on them , should it be withheld from Mrs. Trollope ? Is it probable ? Is any reason assigned ...
... give their other neighbors ? They called , it seems , the washerwoman and the tallow chandleress ladies ; ' now , why , bestowing that name on them , should it be withheld from Mrs. Trollope ? Is it probable ? Is any reason assigned ...
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... give the American reader an idea of what a fair is , we do not know that we can do better , than quote the German Prince's account of Donnybrook fair in Ireland , as presenting a picture of this kind of festival in one part of Great ...
... give the American reader an idea of what a fair is , we do not know that we can do better , than quote the German Prince's account of Donnybrook fair in Ireland , as presenting a picture of this kind of festival in one part of Great ...
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... give a sort of dreamy acquiescence to the reasoning , which went to prove each added want a wo . Those who reason in a comfortable London drawing - room , [ Qu . Where ladies covered with jewels are regularly " milled ? " ] know little ...
... give a sort of dreamy acquiescence to the reasoning , which went to prove each added want a wo . Those who reason in a comfortable London drawing - room , [ Qu . Where ladies covered with jewels are regularly " milled ? " ] know little ...
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Page 455 - Ye ice-falls ! ye that from the mountain's brow Adown enormous ravines slope amain — Torrents, methinks, that heard a mighty voice, And stopped at once amid their maddest plunge ! Motionless torrents ! silent cataracts ! Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? — God ! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo,...
Page 18 - Mamre, in the land of Canaan, which Abraham bought with the field of Ephron the Hittite for a possession of a buryingplace. There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife ; there they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife ; and there I buried Leah.
Page 469 - Now just as the Gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and behold, the City shone like the Sun; the Streets also were paved with Gold, and in them walked many men, with Crowns on their heads, Palms in their hands, and golden Harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord.
Page 456 - Thou, over whom thy immortality Broods like the day, a master o'er a slave, A Presence which is not to be put by...
Page 454 - The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression.
Page 245 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Page 469 - Now, just as the gates were opened to let in the men, I looked in after them, and, behold, the City shone like the sun; the streets also were paved with gold, and in them walked many men, with crowns on their heads, palms in their hands, and golden harps to sing praises withal. There were also of them that had wings, and they answered one another without intermission, saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord
Page 468 - Now I saw in my dream, that these two men went in at the gate, and, lo! as they entered, they were transfigured; and they had raiment put on, that shone like gold. There...
Page 467 - Hark, said Mr. Great-Heart, to what the shepherd's boy saith ! so they hearkened, and he said, He that is down needs fear no fall ; He that is low no pride; He that is humble ever shall Have God to be his Guide.
Page 461 - Now I saw in my dream, that by this time the Pilgrims were got over the Enchanted Ground, and entering into the country of Beulah, whose air was very sweet and pleasant, the way lying directly through it, they solaced themselves there for a season.