The American Whig Review, Volume 2; Volume 8Wiley and Putnam, 1848 |
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... head- strong pedant , whose knowledge of affairs has never extended beyond thepay ment of his grocer's bill , becomes councillor - in- chief and legislator to a nation of mer- chants and artisans . During the old struggles for freedom ...
... head- strong pedant , whose knowledge of affairs has never extended beyond thepay ment of his grocer's bill , becomes councillor - in- chief and legislator to a nation of mer- chants and artisans . During the old struggles for freedom ...
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... heads off before they could achieve two poems that will live alongside of those . Ought a man never to feel pensive ... head . There are some violent , old - fashioned elis- ions , to which he is over - prone- BENSON . Such as " i ' the ...
... heads off before they could achieve two poems that will live alongside of those . Ought a man never to feel pensive ... head . There are some violent , old - fashioned elis- ions , to which he is over - prone- BENSON . Such as " i ' the ...
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... head when he wrote this . Arac knocks over every one , ending with the Prince ; but nobody is killed , though there is much staving in of iron plate and bruising of heads . Then the Princess , under whose But if you be that Ida whom I ...
... head when he wrote this . Arac knocks over every one , ending with the Prince ; but nobody is killed , though there is much staving in of iron plate and bruising of heads . Then the Princess , under whose But if you be that Ida whom I ...
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... head divine a golden crown Well wrought , and fair to look on ; in her ears The flower of mountain - brass and precious gold ; And they decked out with necklaces of gold Her tender neck and silver - shining breasts . With such the ...
... head divine a golden crown Well wrought , and fair to look on ; in her ears The flower of mountain - brass and precious gold ; And they decked out with necklaces of gold Her tender neck and silver - shining breasts . With such the ...
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... head of " some people , " is very diverting , as it is also creditable to his skill . He is the terror and the terrier of knownothings . He will not have them about him . He exclaims against them , slaps at them , and flattens scores of ...
... head of " some people , " is very diverting , as it is also creditable to his skill . He is the terror and the terrier of knownothings . He will not have them about him . He exclaims against them , slaps at them , and flattens scores of ...
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Page 374 - But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence. For Adam was first formed then Eve. And Adam was not deceived ; but the woman, being deceived, was in the transgression ; notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing, if they continue in faith, and charity, and holiness with sobriety.
Page 112 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit, shall not be prohibited by the Congress prior to the year 1808, but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Page 376 - But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God . 4 Every man praying or prophesying, having his head covered, dishonoureth his head.
Page 18 - There is no antidote against the opium of time, which temporally considereth all things: our fathers find their graves in our short memories, and sadly tell us how we may be buried in our survivors.
Page 123 - But this momentous question, like a fire bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence.
Page 374 - Let your women keep silence in the churches : for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law.
Page 18 - Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselves.
Page 18 - But the iniquity of oblivion blindly scattereth her poppy, and deals with the memory of men without distinction to merit of perpetuity...
Page 272 - My pulse as yours doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have uttered : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word ; which madness Would gambol from.
Page 285 - Thanks to its tenderness, its joys and fears, To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.