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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... English theatres is the unheard - of coarseness and brutality of the audiences . The consequence of this is , that the higher and more civilized classes go only to the Italian opera , and very rarely visit their national theatre ...
... English theatres is the unheard - of coarseness and brutality of the audiences . The consequence of this is , that the higher and more civilized classes go only to the Italian opera , and very rarely visit their national theatre ...
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... English boxes , begging her sixpence or expending it at the bar for rum ! Au reste , the domestic manners ' of the different nations in respect to their theatres are sometimes odd enough . Mrs. Trollope has instructed us as to the ...
... English boxes , begging her sixpence or expending it at the bar for rum ! Au reste , the domestic manners ' of the different nations in respect to their theatres are sometimes odd enough . Mrs. Trollope has instructed us as to the ...
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... English traveller and an English reviewer compliment the American ladies on a species of modesty , unknown in England , they mean something . There is but one species of female modesty ; it is the same thing in the peeress as in her ...
... English traveller and an English reviewer compliment the American ladies on a species of modesty , unknown in England , they mean something . There is but one species of female modesty ; it is the same thing in the peeress as in her ...
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... English lady , to evince a little reserve on the topic of shirts and the corresponding garment of the other sex , in their con- versations with men ? Mrs. Trollope derides the scrupulous- ness of the American females on this head , by ...
... English lady , to evince a little reserve on the topic of shirts and the corresponding garment of the other sex , in their con- versations with men ? Mrs. Trollope derides the scrupulous- ness of the American females on this head , by ...
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6 6 sionally caught in the cities by mimicry from the English farces acted on our stage . In one of her dialogues , Mrs. Trollope , to set off the accuracy of her own English , compared with the American patois , makes an unlucky ...
6 6 sionally caught in the cities by mimicry from the English farces acted on our stage . In one of her dialogues , Mrs. Trollope , to set off the accuracy of her own English , compared with the American patois , makes an unlucky ...
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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...