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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... thousand other things , over- shoot the mark of the enlightened public feeling in their own country ; and the writer before us , to depict the barbarity of the settlers of the Western country , has unconsciously selected the very images ...
... thousand other things , over- shoot the mark of the enlightened public feeling in their own country ; and the writer before us , to depict the barbarity of the settlers of the Western country , has unconsciously selected the very images ...
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... thousand nine hundred and fifty - one ; -sufficient no doubt for a population , ( like that of Manchester ) of fifty thousand persons . Of these , two thousand five hundred and sixty - five wanted white washing ; nine hundred and sixty ...
... thousand nine hundred and fifty - one ; -sufficient no doubt for a population , ( like that of Manchester ) of fifty thousand persons . Of these , two thousand five hundred and sixty - five wanted white washing ; nine hundred and sixty ...
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... thousand miles , or upon the innumerable lakes and ponds in the interior ; visits to beauti- ful points of rocky scenery on the shore ; inland excursions to favorite rural resorts ; our innumerable academic and lite- rary festivals ...
... thousand miles , or upon the innumerable lakes and ponds in the interior ; visits to beauti- ful points of rocky scenery on the shore ; inland excursions to favorite rural resorts ; our innumerable academic and lite- rary festivals ...
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... thousand deli- cate impressions on almost as many nerves . When these nerves are sluggish from never having been awakened , external objects are less important , from never having been perceived . But when the whole machine of the human ...
... thousand deli- cate impressions on almost as many nerves . When these nerves are sluggish from never having been awakened , external objects are less important , from never having been perceived . But when the whole machine of the human ...
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... thousand ways to oblige them to swallow the quantity of milk she thought proper to give them . If their diet were more substantial , such a system might have the most injurious ef fects , but far from impairing the health of the 1833 ...
... thousand ways to oblige them to swallow the quantity of milk she thought proper to give them . If their diet were more substantial , such a system might have the most injurious ef fects , but far from impairing the health of the 1833 ...
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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.