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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... excellent spirit , could not fail to obtain a high place in the public estimation . It is trustworthy , com- plete , and judicious ; the writer's judgment is neither blind- ed by prejudice , nor warped by fondness for original specu ...
... excellent spirit , could not fail to obtain a high place in the public estimation . It is trustworthy , com- plete , and judicious ; the writer's judgment is neither blind- ed by prejudice , nor warped by fondness for original specu ...
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... excellent biographical work appeared , in 1811. As soon as this labor was completed , he undertook another subsidiary task , to fill up the intervals of time that were not required for his history , as the only relaxation that he ...
... excellent biographical work appeared , in 1811. As soon as this labor was completed , he undertook another subsidiary task , to fill up the intervals of time that were not required for his history , as the only relaxation that he ...
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... excellent . It is scarce- ly necessary to say , that there is hardly a page in Burke's own works which is not worth the whole of Sheridan's fine writing , as far as eloquence can be estimated from the written composition . Burke's ...
... excellent . It is scarce- ly necessary to say , that there is hardly a page in Burke's own works which is not worth the whole of Sheridan's fine writing , as far as eloquence can be estimated from the written composition . Burke's ...
Page 147
... excellent prisons , conducted on both these plans , for at least seventeen years ; and the results ought to show , either that one should be decidedly . preferred to the other , or that the two are almost equally good , so that the ...
... excellent prisons , conducted on both these plans , for at least seventeen years ; and the results ought to show , either that one should be decidedly . preferred to the other , or that the two are almost equally good , so that the ...
Page 148
... excellent logi- cian , has undertaken to eliminate all these false issues , and to ascertain " what plan of prison discipline appears , from the evidence now before us , to be best adapted to our pres- ent wants and condition . " He ...
... excellent logi- cian , has undertaken to eliminate all these false issues , and to ascertain " what plan of prison discipline appears , from the evidence now before us , to be best adapted to our pres- ent wants and condition . " He ...
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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.
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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.
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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...