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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... fact , it would be an absolute waste of time in any person to engage in such an undertaking , till he can have free and full access to this mass of materials . Chalmers had this privilege , and he seems to have used it ef- fectually ...
... fact , it would be an absolute waste of time in any person to engage in such an undertaking , till he can have free and full access to this mass of materials . Chalmers had this privilege , and he seems to have used it ef- fectually ...
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... fact the germ and vivifying principle of our existence as a nation . There is so much similarity in the substance of the two confederations , as to prove that the legislators in Congress were not unwilling to profit by the wis- dom and ...
... fact the germ and vivifying principle of our existence as a nation . There is so much similarity in the substance of the two confederations , as to prove that the legislators in Congress were not unwilling to profit by the wis- dom and ...
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... fact , answered but indifferently the ends of colonization . It was suited only to an old country , where the lands were held in large portions , and the people accustomed to the condition of tenants . In a new country , where all are ...
... fact , answered but indifferently the ends of colonization . It was suited only to an old country , where the lands were held in large portions , and the people accustomed to the condition of tenants . In a new country , where all are ...
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... fact , that the colonists under the proprietors wished the latter to be exchanged for the former . The royal governors were too independent of the assemblies . They would refuse to convene them regularly , or prorogue them in a fit of ...
... fact , that the colonists under the proprietors wished the latter to be exchanged for the former . The royal governors were too independent of the assemblies . They would refuse to convene them regularly , or prorogue them in a fit of ...
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... such schemes . The policy of France in adopting this course we shall not stop to examine , but the fact is unquestionable . The negotiations for the treaty of peace are among the 14 [ Jan. Pitkin's History of the United States .
... such schemes . The policy of France in adopting this course we shall not stop to examine , but the fact is unquestionable . The negotiations for the treaty of peace are among the 14 [ Jan. Pitkin's History of the United States .
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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