The United States Democratic Review, Volume 21Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1847 |
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... never could be very large , unless there were some means of increasing the circulating medium , to admit of the collection of necessary taxes . That is to say , if England had no debt , the collections and disbursements of the ...
... never could be very large , unless there were some means of increasing the circulating medium , to admit of the collection of necessary taxes . That is to say , if England had no debt , the collections and disbursements of the ...
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... never paid any interest . This was followed by a revulsion , that in effect broke the bank . In 1832 , Mr. Jeremiah Harman , agent for the Russian government , and the head of a banking firm , gave evidence in relation to that crisis ...
... never paid any interest . This was followed by a revulsion , that in effect broke the bank . In 1832 , Mr. Jeremiah Harman , agent for the Russian government , and the head of a banking firm , gave evidence in relation to that crisis ...
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... never acquire true glory . True glory is attained at another and higher price ; it is the universal testimony of the gratitude of mankind ; and man- kind is not prodigal of its gratitude . If I say this of the man of letters , what ...
... never acquire true glory . True glory is attained at another and higher price ; it is the universal testimony of the gratitude of mankind ; and man- kind is not prodigal of its gratitude . If I say this of the man of letters , what ...
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... never become known . They require to be planted out in fitting ground , and to be recognised in their fruits . Afterwards the admission may fairly come , that the seed contains more than the full - grown tree ; yet the seed , not as ...
... never become known . They require to be planted out in fitting ground , and to be recognised in their fruits . Afterwards the admission may fairly come , that the seed contains more than the full - grown tree ; yet the seed , not as ...
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... never been appealed to by the philosopher to furnish data for the prosecution of the inquiry . Neither waking nor dreams , neither imagination nor memory , as they are known to mankind , have contributed to our knowledge of sensation ...
... never been appealed to by the philosopher to furnish data for the prosecution of the inquiry . Neither waking nor dreams , neither imagination nor memory , as they are known to mankind , have contributed to our knowledge of sensation ...
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Page 204 - They are legislative courts, created in virtue of the general right of sovereignty which exists in the government, or in virtue of that clause which enables congress to make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory belonging to the United States.
Page 293 - Congress, shall never be construed to authorize the passage of any law, and that no law shall be passed in conformity thereto, by which any citizen, of either of the States in this Union, shall be excluded from the enjoyment of any of the privileges and immunities to which such citizen is entitled under the constitution of the United States...
Page 226 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Page 196 - It is the power to regulate ; that is, to prescribe the rule by which commerce is to be governed. This power, like all others vested in Congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the Constitution.
Page 90 - Illustrations. 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $3 00. Mrs. Jameson's Visits and Sketches at Home and Abroad. Including the "Diary of an Ennuyee." 2 vols. 12mo, Muslin, $1 00. The Sacred Philosophy of the Seasons. Illustrating the Perfections of God in the Phenomena of the Year. By Rev.
Page 512 - tis Death itself there dies. EPITAPH. STOP, Christian Passer-by — Stop, child of God, And read with gentle breast. Beneath this sod A poet lies, or that which once seem'd he — O lift one thought in prayer for STC ; That he who many a year with toil of breath Found death in life, may here find life in death ! Mercy for praise — to be forgiven for fame He ask'd, and hoped, through Christ. Do thou the same ! AN ODE TO THE RAIN.
Page 137 - It was answered by the battle-cry of every Spaniard in the city, as rushing from the avenues of the great halls in which they were concealed, they poured into the plaza, horse and foot, each in his own dark column, and threw themselves into the midst of the Indian crowd. The latter, taken by surprise, stunned by the report of artillery and muskets, the echoes of which reverberated like thunder from the surrounding buildings, and blinded by the smoke which rolled in sulphurous volumes along the square,...
Page 292 - The clause manifestly contemplates the existence of a positive, unqualified right on the part of the owner of the slave, which no State law or regulation can in any way qualify, regulate, control, or restrain.
Page 277 - RESIDENCE IN PORTUGAL, and Glimpses of the South of Spain. By Mrs. QUILLINAN (Dora Wordsworth). New Edition. Edited, with Memoir, by EDMUND LEE, Author of 'Dorothy Wordsworth.
Page 523 - Svo. 9s. cloth. ANDERSEN -THE TRUE STORY OF MY LIFE : A Sketch. By HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN, Author of " The Shoes of Fortune," "The Nightingale," " OT," "Only a Fiddler," "The Improvisatore,