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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... mean its personality . He has treated many English families , and English gentlemen and ladies , as Americans have often been treated ; accepted their hospitality , and then paraded their names and the gossip he heard at their tables ...
... mean its personality . He has treated many English families , and English gentlemen and ladies , as Americans have often been treated ; accepted their hospitality , and then paraded their names and the gossip he heard at their tables ...
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... means of con- tempt , derision , and insolence ; both creep in the dust , before one idol alone , the Frenchman of the last age before his king , -the Englishmen of this before any acknowledged ruler in the empire of fashion . But what ...
... means of con- tempt , derision , and insolence ; both creep in the dust , before one idol alone , the Frenchman of the last age before his king , -the Englishmen of this before any acknowledged ruler in the empire of fashion . But what ...
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... means the only feelings excited ; horror and dismay were pro- duced in at least an equal degree . No one , I believe , doubted their being admirable dancers ; but every one agreed that the * Political State of Italy , page 338 . morals ...
... means the only feelings excited ; horror and dismay were pro- duced in at least an equal degree . No one , I believe , doubted their being admirable dancers ; but every one agreed that the * Political State of Italy , page 338 . morals ...
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... means of indifference , inasmuch as if the Western Americans are right , Europeans are dreadfully wrong , ' and which she states to be really a very puzzling subject . " What then is this puzzle ? What is the transparent attire of ...
... means of indifference , inasmuch as if the Western Americans are right , Europeans are dreadfully wrong , ' and which she states to be really a very puzzling subject . " What then is this puzzle ? What is the transparent attire of ...
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... mean ? Did you not say that you were ill ; and was not that the reason that we hurried away ? " " No ! You said I was ill ; and I did not contradict you , be- cause you tell me that in the world , as you call it , it is not always right ...
... mean ? Did you not say that you were ill ; and was not that the reason that we hurried away ? " " No ! You said I was ill ; and I did not contradict you , be- cause you tell me that in the world , as you call it , it is not always right ...
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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...