North-American Review and Miscellaneous JournalUniversity of Northern Iowa, 1823 |
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... less practised . Charlemagne himself was awkward at it , and set up schools , that his subjects might be better taught than their master . Even at the present day , if the human race were to pass in review before us , for one who could ...
... less practised . Charlemagne himself was awkward at it , and set up schools , that his subjects might be better taught than their master . Even at the present day , if the human race were to pass in review before us , for one who could ...
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... less circumstances which commonly decide important matters , to the confusion of all previous calculation , put it into M. de Humboldt's power to bring out his Historical Narrative , in four or in eight volumes of any size , at once ...
... less circumstances which commonly decide important matters , to the confusion of all previous calculation , put it into M. de Humboldt's power to bring out his Historical Narrative , in four or in eight volumes of any size , at once ...
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... less from them , in descending than in ascending the Orinoco . Those who have not navigated the great rivers of equinoctial America , as the Orinoco or the Rio de la Magdelena , can scarce conceive to what degree , at every moment of ...
... less from them , in descending than in ascending the Orinoco . Those who have not navigated the great rivers of equinoctial America , as the Orinoco or the Rio de la Magdelena , can scarce conceive to what degree , at every moment of ...
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... less thick , according as these little animals cluster together or disperse , in their slow and measured move- ments . At the mission of San Borja , the mosquitos are more oppressive than at Carichana , but in the Rapids , the Aturès ...
... less thick , according as these little animals cluster together or disperse , in their slow and measured move- ments . At the mission of San Borja , the mosquitos are more oppressive than at Carichana , but in the Rapids , the Aturès ...
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... less dense than at the great cataracts . At Mondava we found an old missionary , who said to us with a sad air , that " he had passed his twenty years of mos- quitos in America . " He would have us look at his legs , that we might one ...
... less dense than at the great cataracts . At Mondava we found an old missionary , who said to us with a sad air , that " he had passed his twenty years of mos- quitos in America . " He would have us look at his legs , that we might one ...
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Page 122 - There, with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter...
Page 122 - There with a light and easy motion, The fan-coral sweeps through the clear deep sea; And the yellow and scarlet tufts of ocean Are bending like corn on the upland lea: And life, in rare and beautiful forms, Is sporting amid those bowers of stone, And is safe, when the wrathful spirit of storms, Has made the top of the waves his own...
Page 338 - Every man of an immense crowded audience appeared to me to go away as I did, ready to take arms against writs of assistance. Then and there was the first scene of the first act of opposition to the arbitrary claims of Great Britain. Then and there the child Independence was born. In fifteen years, ie in 1776, he grew up to manhood and declared himself free.
Page 378 - It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of 50 householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write & read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general...
Page 109 - As blows the north wind, heave their foam, And curl around the dashing oar, As late the boatman hies him home. How sweet, at set of sun, to view Thy golden mirror spreading wide, And see the mist of mantling blue Float round the distant mountain's side ! At midnight hour, as shines the moon, A sheet of silver spreads below, And swift she cuts, at highest noon, Light clouds, like wreaths of purest snow. On thy fair bosom, silver lake, O ! I could ever sweep the oar, When early birds at morning wake,...
Page 322 - It resteth therefore, that without figleaves, I do ingenuously confess and acknowledge that, having understood the particulars of the charge, not formally from the house, but enough to inform my conscience and memory, I find matter sufficient and full, both to move me to desert the defence, and to move your lordships to condemn and censure me.
Page 113 - ... horn, When the rose of enjoyment conceals no thorn, In her lightness of heart, to the cheery song The maiden may trip in the dance along, And think of the passing moment, that lies, Like a fairy dream, in her dazzled eyes, And yield to the present, that charms around With all that is lovely in sight and sound ; Where a thousand pleasing phantoms flit, With the voice of mirth, and the burst of wit, And the music that steals to the bosom's core, And the heart in its fulness flowing o'er With a...
Page 122 - Deep in the wave is a coral grove, Where the purple mullet and gold-fish rove; Where the sea-flower spreads its leaves of blue, That never are wet with the falling dew, But in bright and changeful beauty shine, Far down in the green and glassy brine.
Page 109 - ON thy fair bosom, silver lake ! The wild swan spreads his snowy sail, And round his breast the ripples break, As down he bears before the gale. On thy fair bosom, waveless stream ! The dipping paddle echoes far, And flashes in the moonlight gleam, And bright reflects the polar star. The waves along thy pebbly shore, As blows the north wind, heave their foam, And curl around the dashing oar, As late the boatman hies him home.
Page 119 - Plays o'er the higher keys, and bears aloft The peal of bursting thunder, and then calls By mellow touches, from the softer tubes, Voices of melting tenderness, that blend With pure and gentle musings, till the soul Commingling with the melody is borne, Rapt, and dissolved in ecstasy, to Heaven.