The North American Review, Volume 66Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1848 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... judgment. and expanded by an enlarged view of human nature , is the surest warrant of the progress of humanity towards the fulfil- ment of its great mission . And such we believe to have been the feeling of 18 [ Jan. The Hopes of Italy .
... judgment. and expanded by an enlarged view of human nature , is the surest warrant of the progress of humanity towards the fulfil- ment of its great mission . And such we believe to have been the feeling of 18 [ Jan. The Hopes of Italy .
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... human mind has attained ; and in saying this , we employ the word in its widest and most comprehensive signification . * Wherever else we look for the criterion , there will still be something wanting . Science is but one of the many ...
... human mind has attained ; and in saying this , we employ the word in its widest and most comprehensive signification . * Wherever else we look for the criterion , there will still be something wanting . Science is but one of the many ...
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... human beings in order to fit them for the cares and dangers and duties of life . And when we consider what female influence is , how large a portion of almost every man's life is passed in the presence of mothers and sisters and wives ...
... human beings in order to fit them for the cares and dangers and duties of life . And when we consider what female influence is , how large a portion of almost every man's life is passed in the presence of mothers and sisters and wives ...
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... human nature , and tending , by sure though unequal steps , to the accomplishment of human destiny . And the object of the whole course , from the alphabet to the diploma , seems to be , not to form minds , but to plod through a ...
... human nature , and tending , by sure though unequal steps , to the accomplishment of human destiny . And the object of the whole course , from the alphabet to the diploma , seems to be , not to form minds , but to plod through a ...
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... human heart , and of the means of acting upon it judiciously and with effect . Their position in society naturally depends to a certain degree upon their personal qualities ; for although their pro- fession may gain them a place there ...
... human heart , and of the means of acting upon it judiciously and with effect . Their position in society naturally depends to a certain degree upon their personal qualities ; for although their pro- fession may gain them a place there ...
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Page 228 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 442 - THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth, — tliou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summerblooms may be.
Page 204 - Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.
Page 203 - Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear or a feeling of wonder, Still she stood, with her colorless lips apart, while a shudder Ran through her frame, and, forgotten, the flowerets dropped from her fingers, And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terribls anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows.
Page 77 - Alike in the political and military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals : and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ! an army employed in executing an arrest ! a town besieged on a note of hand ! a prince dethroned for the balance of an account ! Thus it was they exhibited a government, which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-house — wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket...
Page 443 - THE CHANGELING I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.
Page 215 - Livy. Selections from the first five books, together with the twenty-first and twenty-second books entire. With a Plan of Rome, and a Map of the Passage of Hannibal, and English Notes for the nse of Schools.
Page 68 - I've bought the best champagne from Brooks. From liberal Brooks, whose speculative skill Is hasty credit, and a distant bill. Who, nursed in clubs, disdains a vulgar trade, Exults to trust, and blushes to be paid.
Page 211 - And with these words of cheer they arose and continued their journey. Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden wand o'er the landscape ; Twinkling...