The North American Review, Volume 66Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1848 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... give the energy that wins , and the constancy that preserves and forms , the surest trust of those who accept with earnest con- viction the great lesson of history , that liberty is the reward of virtue . ART . II . - Political Economy ...
... give the energy that wins , and the constancy that preserves and forms , the surest trust of those who accept with earnest con- viction the great lesson of history , that liberty is the reward of virtue . ART . II . - Political Economy ...
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... give the true explanation of this inequality in the distribution of happiness . With his native kindness of heart , Sismondi became warmly interested in the happiness of the Tuscan peasantry . He liked to visit them and observe their ...
... give the true explanation of this inequality in the distribution of happiness . With his native kindness of heart , Sismondi became warmly interested in the happiness of the Tuscan peasantry . He liked to visit them and observe their ...
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... give the power to govern them ; the enthusiasm of a thinker , the awkwardness of a recluse , the candor of an upright man , little flexibility , no address , but a strong intellect , high talent , constant meditation on right and useful ...
... give the power to govern them ; the enthusiasm of a thinker , the awkwardness of a recluse , the candor of an upright man , little flexibility , no address , but a strong intellect , high talent , constant meditation on right and useful ...
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... gives a rapid sketch of the history of Italy , from the reign of Odoacer , its first barbarian monarch , in the lat- ter ... give a brief view of this transition , to show how the infusion of fresh and vigorous blood from the North had ...
... gives a rapid sketch of the history of Italy , from the reign of Odoacer , its first barbarian monarch , in the lat- ter ... give a brief view of this transition , to show how the infusion of fresh and vigorous blood from the North had ...
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... give its author the satis- faction of having thrown light on an important subject , and having conscientiously labored for the interests of the com- munity . " Returning to Geneva , Sismondi again applied himself with indefatigable ...
... give its author the satis- faction of having thrown light on an important subject , and having conscientiously labored for the interests of the com- munity . " Returning to Geneva , Sismondi again applied himself with indefatigable ...
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Page 228 - Complete Angler; or, The Contemplative Man's Recreation : being a Discourse of Rivers, Fishponds. Fish and Fishing, written by IZAAK WALTON ; and Instructions how to Angle for a Trout or Grayling in a clear Stream, by CHARLES COTTON.
Page 442 - THE DANDELION. DEAR common flower, that grow'st beside the way, Fringing the dusty road with harmless gold, First pledge of blithesome May, Which children pluck, and, full of pride, uphold, High-hearted buccaneers, o'erjoyed that they An Eldorado in the grass have found, Which not the rich earth's ample round May match in wealth, — tliou art more dear to me Than all the prouder summerblooms may be.
Page 204 - Died on his lips, and their motion revealed what his tongue would have spoken. Vainly he strove to rise ; and Evangeline, kneeling beside him, Kissed his dying lips, and laid his head on her bosom. Sweet was the light of his eyes; but it suddenly sank into darkness, As when a lamp is blown out by a gust of wind at a casement.
Page 203 - Vacant their places were, or filled already by strangers. Suddenly, as if arrested by fear or a feeling of wonder, Still she stood, with her colorless lips apart, while a shudder Ran through her frame, and, forgotten, the flowerets dropped from her fingers, And from her eyes and cheeks the light and bloom of the morning. Then there escaped from her lips a cry of such terribls anguish, That the dying heard it, and started up from their pillows.
Page 77 - Alike in the political and military line could be observed auctioneering ambassadors and trading generals : and thus we saw a revolution brought about by affidavits ! an army employed in executing an arrest ! a town besieged on a note of hand ! a prince dethroned for the balance of an account ! Thus it was they exhibited a government, which united the mock majesty of a bloody sceptre and the little traffic of a merchant's counting-house — wielding a truncheon with one hand, and picking a pocket...
Page 443 - THE CHANGELING I HAD a little daughter, And she was given to me To lead me gently backward To the Heavenly Father's knee, That I, by the force of nature, Might in some dim wise divine The depth of his infinite patience To this wayward soul of mine.
Page 215 - Livy. Selections from the first five books, together with the twenty-first and twenty-second books entire. With a Plan of Rome, and a Map of the Passage of Hannibal, and English Notes for the nse of Schools.
Page 68 - I've bought the best champagne from Brooks. From liberal Brooks, whose speculative skill Is hasty credit, and a distant bill. Who, nursed in clubs, disdains a vulgar trade, Exults to trust, and blushes to be paid.
Page 211 - And with these words of cheer they arose and continued their journey. Softly the evening came. The sun from the western horizon Like a magician extended his golden wand o'er the landscape ; Twinkling...