The North American Review, Volume 53Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1841 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... learned it . The fourth election , held under the third article as it originally stood , convinced every one that it was not merely impracticable , but also dangerous . It was consequently amended into the shape in which it now stands ...
... learned it . The fourth election , held under the third article as it originally stood , convinced every one that it was not merely impracticable , but also dangerous . It was consequently amended into the shape in which it now stands ...
Page 115
... , and the prairies . I remem- bered having heard Edmée say , that there was no finer spec- tacle than that of nature , and I was surprised at not having learned this truth before . At times I thought of 1841. ] 115 Mauprat .
... , and the prairies . I remem- bered having heard Edmée say , that there was no finer spec- tacle than that of nature , and I was surprised at not having learned this truth before . At times I thought of 1841. ] 115 Mauprat .
Page 116
Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge. learned this truth before . At times I thought of kneeling down to pray ; but I knew not how to speak to Him , and I feared to offend by improper supplications ...
Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge. learned this truth before . At times I thought of kneeling down to pray ; but I knew not how to speak to Him , and I feared to offend by improper supplications ...
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... learned discusses them . The author speaks with just respect of that distinguished man , the late Sir Humphrey Davy , who first taught systematically the application of chemical science to agriculture ; and he shows himself not an ...
... learned discusses them . The author speaks with just respect of that distinguished man , the late Sir Humphrey Davy , who first taught systematically the application of chemical science to agriculture ; and he shows himself not an ...
Page 179
... learned in classical Greek , but they were not fa- miliar with the dialect of Josephus and Philo . Skilful bot- anists have plucked up the shrubs of the Great Desert , or analyzed the rose of Sharon , while they could not read the ...
... learned in classical Greek , but they were not fa- miliar with the dialect of Josephus and Philo . Skilful bot- anists have plucked up the shrubs of the Great Desert , or analyzed the rose of Sharon , while they could not read the ...
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Page 401 - Lay her i' the earth; And from her fair and unpolluted flesh May violets spring!
Page 408 - There's fennel for you, and columbines; there's rue for you; and here's some for me; we may call it herb of grace o' Sundays. O, you must wear your rue with a difference. There's a daisy; I would give you some violets, but they withered all when my father died.
Page 409 - Bring the rathe primrose that forsaken dies, The tufted crow-toe, and pale jessamine, The white pink, and the pansy freaked with jet, The glowing violet The musk-rose, and the well-attired woodbine, With cowslips wan that hang the pensive head, And every flower that sad embroidery wears: Bid amaranthus all his beauty shed, And daffadillies fill their cups with tears, To strew the laureate hearse where Lycid lies.
Page 326 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Page 62 - The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots. In Massachusetts it had been fully confirmed by experience, that they are daily misled into the most baneful measures and opinions, by the false reports circulated by designing men, and which no one on the spot can refute.
Page 513 - Le monde est plein de gens qui ne sont pas plus sages : Tout Bourgeois veut bâtir comme les grands Seigneurs, Tout petit Prince a des Ambassadeurs, Tout Marquis veut avoir des Pages.
Page 343 - Scioto to the intersection of the western boundary of the seventh range of townships now surveying; thence, by the said boundary to the northern boundary of the tenth township from the Ohio; thence, by a due west line, to the Scioto; thence, by the Scioto, to the beginning...
Page 72 - We must take man as we find him, and if we expect him to serve the public must interest his passions in doing so.
Page 407 - Wind, gentle evergreen, to form a shade Around the tomb where Sophocles is laid ; Sweet ivy wind thy boughs, and intertwine With blushing roses and the clustering vine : Thus will thy lasting leaves with beauties hung, Prove grateful emblems of the lays he sung ; Whose soul, exalted like a god of wit, Among the Muses and the Graces writ.
Page 432 - It will be for that government to show a necessity of self-defence, instant, overwhelming, leaving no choice of means and no moment for deliberation.