The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 21Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1847 |
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... course loses much of its original force in our translation , by saying- " There are but two things which can justify a woman in becoming an author- ess - great talent , or poverty ; and I confess I have more respect for the latter than ...
... course loses much of its original force in our translation , by saying- " There are but two things which can justify a woman in becoming an author- ess - great talent , or poverty ; and I confess I have more respect for the latter than ...
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... course of the day when they were really allowed to speak to each other . After this play - time commenced their religious instructions . At half past three o'clock there was luncheon for the small children , at four vespers . After this ...
... course of the day when they were really allowed to speak to each other . After this play - time commenced their religious instructions . At half past three o'clock there was luncheon for the small children , at four vespers . After this ...
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... course of events , in the re- lations between Europe collectively and republican America . As a his- torian , a statesman , and a lawyer , he unites practical with theoretical knowledge ; and his History of the Law of Nations , together ...
... course of events , in the re- lations between Europe collectively and republican America . As a his- torian , a statesman , and a lawyer , he unites practical with theoretical knowledge ; and his History of the Law of Nations , together ...
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... course of events , was unmatched in fraud . The robbery of Spain while at peace with her , by sending in- structions to Lord Nelson to despatch two frigates to cruise off Cadiz and seize the homeward bound treasure ships , which was ...
... course of events , was unmatched in fraud . The robbery of Spain while at peace with her , by sending in- structions to Lord Nelson to despatch two frigates to cruise off Cadiz and seize the homeward bound treasure ships , which was ...
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... course of events , ceased their bicker- ings , and began to draw together in assault upon France . The French people very properly decreed , that where the general will of a nation , clearly and unequivocally expressed , called the ...
... course of events , ceased their bicker- ings , and began to draw together in assault upon France . The French people very properly decreed , that where the general will of a nation , clearly and unequivocally expressed , called the ...
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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.
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Page 152 - My very dear Friend — I am going to send, what when you have read, you may scratch your head, and say, I suppose, there's nobody knows, whether what I have got, be verse or not : by the tune and the time, it ought to be rhyme ; but if it be, did you ever see, of late or of yore, such a ditty before...
Page 514 - 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.