American Quarterly Review, Volume 1Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827 |
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... house having been summoned to prayers , and after the chaplain had commenced service , it was perceived that , of all the members present , George Washington was the only one who was upon his knees . This was charac- teristic . He was ...
... house having been summoned to prayers , and after the chaplain had commenced service , it was perceived that , of all the members present , George Washington was the only one who was upon his knees . This was charac- teristic . He was ...
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... House , in a variety of ways : such as reconciling the members , repressing extravagancies , and detecting errors , in whatever came within the sphere of his busi- ness . The Indians , into one of whose tribes I have heard him say he ...
... House , in a variety of ways : such as reconciling the members , repressing extravagancies , and detecting errors , in whatever came within the sphere of his busi- ness . The Indians , into one of whose tribes I have heard him say he ...
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... house which was before occupied by General Cadwalader . Directly opposite , resided William and Lydia Dar- rah , members of the Society of Friends . A superior officer of the British army , believed to be the Adjutant General , fixed ...
... house which was before occupied by General Cadwalader . Directly opposite , resided William and Lydia Dar- rah , members of the Society of Friends . A superior officer of the British army , believed to be the Adjutant General , fixed ...
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... house near at hand , directed a female in it to give her something to eat , and speeded for head quarters , where he brought General Washington acquainted with what he had heard . Washington made , of course , all preparation for ...
... house near at hand , directed a female in it to give her something to eat , and speeded for head quarters , where he brought General Washington acquainted with what he had heard . Washington made , of course , all preparation for ...
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... house could speak . When we arrived near White Marsh , we found all their cannon mounted , and the troops prepared to re- ceive us ; and we have marched back like a parcel of fools . " Such is the substance of Lydia's narrative , heard ...
... house could speak . When we arrived near White Marsh , we found all their cannon mounted , and the troops prepared to re- ceive us ; and we have marched back like a parcel of fools . " Such is the substance of Lydia's narrative , heard ...
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Page 62 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object, — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
Page 61 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
Page 61 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it; but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every...
Page 285 - Traveller, in the stranger's land, Far from thine own household band ; Mourner, haunted by the tone Of a voice from this world gone ; Captive, in whose narrow cell, Sunshine hath not leave to dwell ; , Sailor, on the darkening sea, Lift the heart and bend the knee.
Page 304 - society, land of the second degree of fertility is ' taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences ' on that of the first quality, and the amount of that ' rent will depend on the difference in the quality of
Page 398 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Page 63 - If we cherish the virtues and the principles of our fathers, Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human liberty and human happiness. Auspicious omens cheer us. Great examples are before us. Our own firmament now shines brightly upon our path. WASHINGTON is in the clear upper sky.
Page 15 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 105 - The question in this case is, whether the intelligence of extrinsic circumstances, which might influence the price of the commodity, and which was exclusively within the knowledge of the vendee, ought to have been communicated by him to the vendor. The court is of opinion that he was not bound to communicate it.
Page 184 - ... prevail long. But if, in the moment of riot, and in a drunken delirium from the hot spirit drawn out of the alembic of hell, which in France is now so furiously boiling, we should uncover our nakedness, by throwing off...