The North American Review, Volume 218University of Northern Iowa, 1923 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... give much territory to Peru and leave Ecuador with a very small area . Both countries realized that the award if handed down would invite war between them , so at the suggestion of the litigat- ing countries the award has been withheld ...
... give much territory to Peru and leave Ecuador with a very small area . Both countries realized that the award if handed down would invite war between them , so at the suggestion of the litigat- ing countries the award has been withheld ...
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... give us sound , but the half billion or so which conspire to illuminate our vision . With sound , we alter the fre- quency of the waves and we get a difference of tone which seems to be merely a difference of more or less : but alter ...
... give us sound , but the half billion or so which conspire to illuminate our vision . With sound , we alter the fre- quency of the waves and we get a difference of tone which seems to be merely a difference of more or less : but alter ...
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... give a picture of the species changing and evolving before his eyes . Other experiences he could explain less well ... give light , as the microcosm of gas molecules was cancelled out to give a uniformity of pressure , so now the ...
... give a picture of the species changing and evolving before his eyes . Other experiences he could explain less well ... give light , as the microcosm of gas molecules was cancelled out to give a uniformity of pressure , so now the ...
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... give you intimate details of royalty ( she does not go below earls ) , while Mrs. Graydon's baked beans , a dish you have transplanted three thousand miles , are left burning on the high knees of the gods . Miss Norris , who is High ...
... give you intimate details of royalty ( she does not go below earls ) , while Mrs. Graydon's baked beans , a dish you have transplanted three thousand miles , are left burning on the high knees of the gods . Miss Norris , who is High ...
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... give felicity . But the greatest of all their blessedness is simplicity . They have found out that the deepest and sweetest things are the little beauties of every day , porridge in bowls with blue flowers , baby shoes worn over at the ...
... give felicity . But the greatest of all their blessedness is simplicity . They have found out that the deepest and sweetest things are the little beauties of every day , porridge in bowls with blue flowers , baby shoes worn over at the ...
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Page 652 - TO THE MEMORY OF MY BELOvED THE AUTHOR MR. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AND WHAT HE HATH LEFT US.
Page 494 - He was a lovely youth ! I guess The panther in the wilderness Was not so fair as he ; And, when he chose to sport and play, No dolphin ever was so gay Upon the tropic sea.
Page 652 - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
Page 224 - An idle poet, here and there, Looks round him; but, for all the rest, The world, unfathomably fair, Is duller than a witling's jest. Love wakes men, once a lifetime each; They lift their heavy lids, and look; And, lo, what one sweet page can teach, They read with joy, then shut the book. And some give thanks, and some blaspheme, And most forget; but, either way, That and the Child's unheeded dream Is all the light of all their day.
Page 295 - ... instant, overwhelming, and leaving no choice of means, and no moment for deliberation.
Page 722 - Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over into this new world for conscience sake. Perhaps this apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me...
Page 584 - There is no position which depends on clearer principles than that every act of a delegated authority contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid.
Page 584 - It is emphatically the province and duty of the judicial department to say what the law is. Those who apply the rule to particular cases, must of necessity expound and interpret that rule. If two laws conflict with each other, the courts must decide on the operation of each. So if a law be in opposition to the constitution; if both the law and the constitution apply to a particular case, so that the court must either decide that case conformably to the law, disregarding the constitution, or comformably...
Page 11 - If the dispute between the parties is claimed by one of them, and is found by the Council to arise out of a matter which by international law is solely within the domestic jurisdiction of that party, the Council shall so report, and shall make no recommendation as to its settlement.
Page 147 - The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite.