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 the real reason for what we do ; and therefore I thought , perhaps , that though of course you wished me to come away , you liked to put it upon my being ill . " " Of course I wished you to come away ! I was never more unwilling to ...
... give the real reason for what we do ; and therefore I thought , perhaps , that though of course you wished me to come away , you liked to put it upon my being ill . " " Of course I wished you to come away ! I was never more unwilling to ...
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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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Page 457 - 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 471 - 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 458 - 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 247 - Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual and immoveable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity, watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our...
Page 470 - 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 463 - 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...
Page 456 - Contemplative piety, or the intercourse between God and the human soul, cannot be poetical. Man, admitted to implore the mercy of his Creator, and plead the merits of his Redeemer, is already in a higher state than poetry can confer. The essence of poetry is invention; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights.
Page 259 - An act to alter and amend the several acts imposing duties on imports,' approved on the fourteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty-two, are unauthorized by the constitution of the United States, and violate the true meaning and intent thereof, and are null, void, and no law, nor binding upon this State, its officers or citizens...
Page 247 - ... 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; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can, in any event, be abandoned; and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 259 - States, no appeal shall be allowed to the supreme court of the United States, nor shall any copy of the record be permitted or allowed for that purpose, and that any person attempting to take such appeal shall be punished as for a contempt of court...