The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 18Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1846 |
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... feelings and efforts of the times , tribunals of justice in form and prac- tice the most odious , or aiming to check the struggling principles of re- presentative government , by influences " secret , systematic and corrupt . Coke ...
... feelings and efforts of the times , tribunals of justice in form and prac- tice the most odious , or aiming to check the struggling principles of re- presentative government , by influences " secret , systematic and corrupt . Coke ...
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... in which Mr. Hoffman is recognized as remarkably feli- citous . His pictures are drawn directly from nature , with a bold and feeling pen- He 1 permanent expansion to the imagination , and to 1846. ] 71 Notices of New Books .
... in which Mr. Hoffman is recognized as remarkably feli- citous . His pictures are drawn directly from nature , with a bold and feeling pen- He 1 permanent expansion to the imagination , and to 1846. ] 71 Notices of New Books .
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... feeling and beauty . The re- mainder of the poems are miscellaneous . There is a native impulse in Mr. Hoffman's muse , a heartiness of purpose , and a cheer- ing vivacity , which commends him to the favor of all tasteful readers . His ...
... feeling and beauty . The re- mainder of the poems are miscellaneous . There is a native impulse in Mr. Hoffman's muse , a heartiness of purpose , and a cheer- ing vivacity , which commends him to the favor of all tasteful readers . His ...
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... feeling , shades of tender sentiment , touches of high morality and elegant description , are encountered on almost every page . Our limits do not permit extracts , or we could cite nu- merous poems to prove the justice of this ...
... feeling , shades of tender sentiment , touches of high morality and elegant description , are encountered on almost every page . Our limits do not permit extracts , or we could cite nu- merous poems to prove the justice of this ...
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... feeling . Mrs. Norton , we believe , was first inspired by sorrow . Her poems relating to her children are touching and beautiful . Her descriptious of nature fre- quently remind us of Byron , and so does the impassioned feeling that ...
... feeling . Mrs. Norton , we believe , was first inspired by sorrow . Her poems relating to her children are touching and beautiful . Her descriptious of nature fre- quently remind us of Byron , and so does the impassioned feeling that ...
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Page 240 - No such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it, at such election.
Page 248 - All property, both real and personal, of the wife, owned or claimed by her before marriage, and that acquired afterward by gift, devise, or descent, shall be her separate property, and laws shall be passed more clearly defining the rights of the wife in relation as well to her separate property as to that held in common with her husband. Laws shall also be passed providing for the registration of the wife's separate property.
Page 243 - No Senator or Member of Assembly, shall, during the term for which he shall have been elected, be appointed to any civil office of profit under this State, which shall have been created, or the emoluments of which shall have been increased during such term, except such offices as may be filled by elections by the people.
Page 244 - Every order, resolution, or vote, to which the concurrence of both Houses may be necessary (except on a question of adjournment...
Page 245 - I do solemnly swear that I will administer justice without respect to persons, and do equal right to the poor and to the rich; and that I will faithfully and impartially discharge all the duties incumbent on me as , according to the best of my abilities and understanding, agreeably to the constitution and laws of the United States.
Page 248 - The Legislature shall have power to protect by law from forced sale, a certain portion of the property of all heads of families. The homestead of a family not to exceed two hundred acres of land, (not included in a town or city,) or any town or city lot or lots...
Page 196 - There is a spirit which I feel, that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end: its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself.
Page 240 - The Legislature shall not in any manner create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities which shall, singly or in the aggregate, with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, except in case of war, to repel invasion or suppress insurrection...
Page 256 - With salt-spray caught below, — That ship must heed her master's beck, Her helm obey his hand, And seamen tread her reeling deck As if they trod the land. Her oaken ribs the vulture-beak Of Northern ice may peel ; The sunken rock and coral peak May grate along her keel ; And know we well the painted shell We give to wind and wave, Must float, the sailor's citadel, Or sink, the sailor's grave ! Ho ! — strike away the bars and blocks, And set the good ship free ! Why lingers on these dusty rocks...
Page 247 - The Legislature shall provide by law for the compensation of all officers, servants, agents and public contractors, not provided for in this Constitution, but shall not grant extra compensation to any officer, agent, servant or public contractors, after such public service shall have been performed or contract entered into for the performance of the same...