The North American Review, Volume 30University of Northern Iowa, 1830 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... regard to his interest he will become an efficient and faithful member of the body politic , to whose laws and restraints he chooses to sub- mit . There was a marked difference , in this respect , between the proprietary and charter ...
... regard to his interest he will become an efficient and faithful member of the body politic , to whose laws and restraints he chooses to sub- mit . There was a marked difference , in this respect , between the proprietary and charter ...
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... regard to the merits of the ques- tion . ' A new administration was formed , under the direction of Mr Pitt , composed of men of different political principles and parties . The Duke of Grafton was placed at the head of the treasury ...
... regard to the merits of the ques- tion . ' A new administration was formed , under the direction of Mr Pitt , composed of men of different political principles and parties . The Duke of Grafton was placed at the head of the treasury ...
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... regard to Canada , Nova Scotia , and the Floridas , the French ministry replied , that the king could not aid the Americans in projects of con- quest ; that he was pledged to support them in their claim to the territory of the United ...
... regard to Canada , Nova Scotia , and the Floridas , the French ministry replied , that the king could not aid the Americans in projects of con- quest ; that he was pledged to support them in their claim to the territory of the United ...
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... regard to peace . Mr Oswald accordingly had several interviews with Dr Franklin , talked over from time to time the general outlines of a proposed reconciliation and peace between England and the United States , and reported the ...
... regard to peace . Mr Oswald accordingly had several interviews with Dr Franklin , talked over from time to time the general outlines of a proposed reconciliation and peace between England and the United States , and reported the ...
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... a fact capable of demonstration , that , from the beginning to the end of the negotiation , he was a strenuous asserter of this privi- lege for the United States . In regard to his 1830. ] 19 Pitkin's History of the United States .
... a fact capable of demonstration , that , from the beginning to the end of the negotiation , he was a strenuous asserter of this privi- lege for the United States . In regard to his 1830. ] 19 Pitkin's History of the United States .
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Page 86 - 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 105 - If now I have found grace in thy sight, put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh, and deal kindly and truly with me; bury me not, I pray thee, in Egypt: but I will lie with my fathers, and thou shalt carry me out of Egypt, and bury me in their buryingplace.
Page 502 - 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 309 - 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 522 - Here I am, Madam, gazing whole hours at the Maison quarree, like a lover at his mistress. The stocking weavers and silk spinners around it consider me a hypochondriac Englishman, about to write with a pistol the last chapter of his history. This is the second time I have been in love since I left Paris. The first was with a Diana at the Chateau de Laye-Epinaye in Beaujolois, a delicious morsel of sculpture, by MA Slodtz.
Page 73 - 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 532 - The President was much inflamed; got into one of those passions when he cannot command himself; ran on much on the personal abuse which had been bestowed on him; defied any man on earth to produce one single act of his since he had been in the Government, which was not done on. the purest motives...
Page 534 - No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys ; port for men ; but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Page 96 - Experience has clearly demonstrated that, in their present state, it is impossible to incorporate them in such masses, in any form whatever, into our system.
Page 304 - Art! sweet Art! new radiance broke Where her light foot flew o'er the ground, And thus, with seraph voice she spoke — " The Curse a blessing shall be found.