The Quarterly Review, Količina 21William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1819 |
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... period that America has been independent , without a greater degree of confusion than has hitherto appeared ; for we join in the opinion of our author , though we cannot applaud his imagery , that the United States are now revolutionary ...
... period that America has been independent , without a greater degree of confusion than has hitherto appeared ; for we join in the opinion of our author , though we cannot applaud his imagery , that the United States are now revolutionary ...
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... period , or were re- movable by the will of a popular and local assembly , they would be deprived of that independence which , as much as their learning , gives weight and character to their judgments . If , as in America , a man could ...
... period , or were re- movable by the will of a popular and local assembly , they would be deprived of that independence which , as much as their learning , gives weight and character to their judgments . If , as in America , a man could ...
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... period not likely to arrive for some centuries . The tide of po- pulation , at present , is rapidly extending itself towards the banks of the Mississippi , the Ohio , and the Missouri ; there it spreads over a vast surface , and finding ...
... period not likely to arrive for some centuries . The tide of po- pulation , at present , is rapidly extending itself towards the banks of the Mississippi , the Ohio , and the Missouri ; there it spreads over a vast surface , and finding ...
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... period become a great naval power , and , perhaps , dis- pute with us our superiority on the ocean . This topic merits some attention . The formation of a navy must depend on the quantity of . commercial shipping , in which sailors can ...
... period become a great naval power , and , perhaps , dis- pute with us our superiority on the ocean . This topic merits some attention . The formation of a navy must depend on the quantity of . commercial shipping , in which sailors can ...
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... period must elapse before her maritime population could be collected , even if the power of impressment were exercised , that the whole might be very leisurely destroyed before the hands could be brought together to man them . America ...
... period must elapse before her maritime population could be collected , even if the power of impressment were exercised , that the whole might be very leisurely destroyed before the hands could be brought together to man them . America ...
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Stran 50 - They, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Stran 54 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.
Stran 131 - Slaves cannot breathe in England ; if their lungs Receive our air, that moment they are free ; They touch our country, and their shackles fall.
Stran 397 - The charms that she wielded before ; Nor knows the foul worm that he frets The skin which but yesterday fools could adore, For the smoothness it held, or the tint which it wore. Shall we build to the purple of Pride, The trappings which dizen the proud? Alas ! they are all laid aside ; And here's neither dress nor adornment allowed, But the long winding-sheet, and the fringe of the shroud.
Stran 61 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Stran 61 - Nevertheless he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, and gave us rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness.
Stran 397 - Methinks it is good to be here ; If Thou wilt, let us build— but for whom ? Nor Elias nor Moses appear, But the shadows of eve that encompass the gloom, The abode of the dead and the place of the tomb.
Stran 536 - They cried, No wonder such celestial charms For nine long years have set the world in arms ; What winning graces! what majestic mien! She moves a goddess, and she looks a queen.
Stran 397 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, LORD, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias.
Stran 360 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.