The North American Review, Volume 30O. Everett, 1830 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... French power had be- come reduced in America . Such a project had been suggest- ed to Walpole and Pitt during their administrations , but never adopted or matured . I will leave the taxation of the Ameri- cans , ' said Walpole , for ...
... French power had be- come reduced in America . Such a project had been suggest- ed to Walpole and Pitt during their administrations , but never adopted or matured . I will leave the taxation of the Ameri- cans , ' said Walpole , for ...
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... French , on their frontiers , it was not likely they would be more ready to yield to what they deemed oppressive demands from the mother country . This junc- ture was , therefore , unwisely chosen for the experiment , as the result ...
... French , on their frontiers , it was not likely they would be more ready to yield to what they deemed oppressive demands from the mother country . This junc- ture was , therefore , unwisely chosen for the experiment , as the result ...
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... French minister , and was warmly supported , if not suggested by him . ' Now , so far from sup- porting such a measure , the French minister was expressly in- structed not to listen to it ; and this was the uniform tenor of the ...
... French minister , and was warmly supported , if not suggested by him . ' Now , so far from sup- porting such a measure , the French minister was expressly in- structed not to listen to it ; and this was the uniform tenor of the ...
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... French ministry . Several erroneous statements have gone abroad , and been formally repeated in histories , respecting the American nego- tiations at Paris for the treaty of peace . This is not the place to examine the subject in all ...
... French ministry . Several erroneous statements have gone abroad , and been formally repeated in histories , respecting the American nego- tiations at Paris for the treaty of peace . This is not the place to examine the subject in all ...
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... French min- ister .'- Notions of the Americans , & c . Vol . 1. p . 77 . It would be difficult to comprise a larger number of errors within the same compass , than are contained in this extract , or to throw a more deceptive coloring ...
... French min- ister .'- Notions of the Americans , & c . Vol . 1. p . 77 . It would be difficult to comprise a larger number of errors within the same compass , than are contained in this extract , or to throw a more deceptive coloring ...
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Page 524 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Page 100 - States; regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians not members of any of the States, provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 319 - GAY, guiltless pair, What seek ye from the fields of heaven ? Ye have no need of prayer, Ye have no sins to be forgiven. Why perch ye here, Where mortals to their Maker bend ? Can your pure spirits fear The God ye never could offend...
Page 568 - CONVERSATIONS ON VEGETABLE PHYSIOLOGY; comprehending" the Elements of Botany, with their application to Agriculture.
Page 323 - One voice that silence breaks — the prayer is said, And the last rite man pays to man is paid ; The plashing waters mark his resting-place, And fold him round in one long, cold embrace ; Bright bubbles for a moment sparkle o'er. Then break, to be, like him, beheld no more ; Down, countless fathoms down, he sinks to sleep. With all the nameless shapes that haunt the deep.
Page 524 - Wonderful is the effect of impudent and persevering lying. The British ministry have so long hired their gazetteers, to repeat and model into every form, lies about our being in anarchy, that the world has at length believed them, the English nation has believed them, the ministers themselves have come to believe them, and what is more wonderful, we have believed them ourselves. Yet where does this anarchy exist? Where did it ever exist, except in the single instance of Massachusetts?
Page 516 - I am one of those, too, who, rather than submit to the rights of legislating for us, assumed by the British parliament, and which late experience has shown they will so cruelly exercise, would lend my hand to sink the whole island in the ocean.
Page 87 - Indians within the chartered limits of the British colonies. It asserted, also, a limited sovereignty over them, and the exclusive right of extinguishing the title which occupancy gave to them. These claims have been maintained and established, as far west as the river Mississippi, by the sword.
Page 129 - Majesty's orders and instructions, namely, that your lands and tenements, cattle of all kinds and live stock of all sorts, are forfeited to the Crown ; with all other your effects, saving your money and household goods, and you yourselves to be removed from this his province.
Page 278 - The earth is full of life ; the living Hand Touched it with life ; and all its forms expand With principles of being made to suit Man's varied powers, and raise him from the brute. And shall the earth of higher ends be full ? — Earth which thou tread'st ! — and thy poor mind be dull t Thou talk of life, with half thy soul asleep! Thou