The American Whig Review, Volume 14Wiley and Putnam, 1851 - Periodicals |
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... the settlement with signs have miscarried for the want of this out a naval power equal to that the Span- precaution . iards have in those seas , nor with less than The choice of the ground to build a fort two thousand land forces .
... the settlement with signs have miscarried for the want of this out a naval power equal to that the Span- precaution . iards have in those seas , nor with less than The choice of the ground to build a fort two thousand land forces .
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... to May last . by any accident miscarry , or that the place Collo Gooch with the forces raised in should be taken and kept , two thousand men Virginia and Philadelphia is arrived here , iwill ] probably be thought sufficient for a ...
... to May last . by any accident miscarry , or that the place Collo Gooch with the forces raised in should be taken and kept , two thousand men Virginia and Philadelphia is arrived here , iwill ] probably be thought sufficient for a ...
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... not less than two thousand men ( for which gave two or three broadsides , and the Dun- I apprehend the forces raised in America kirk gave the Oxford a broadside by mistake . will be the most proper ) to be double offiThe six English ...
... not less than two thousand men ( for which gave two or three broadsides , and the Dun- I apprehend the forces raised in America kirk gave the Oxford a broadside by mistake . will be the most proper ) to be double offiThe six English ...
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But her rage was suddenly changed white , was already turning gray , and his into astonishment , for he who had pulled face was furrowed by a thousand wrinkles . the bell with such violence was a young The spectator soon remarked ...
But her rage was suddenly changed white , was already turning gray , and his into astonishment , for he who had pulled face was furrowed by a thousand wrinkles . the bell with such violence was a young The spectator soon remarked ...
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I have painted it at the old woman who was crouching near tiss the command of the Princess Clara Eugenia , chimney , took her by the hand , and returnand she is to pay me a thousand florins for it . " ing the courtesy of his guest ...
I have painted it at the old woman who was crouching near tiss the command of the Princess Clara Eugenia , chimney , took her by the hand , and returnand she is to pay me a thousand florins for it . " ing the courtesy of his guest ...
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Page 73 - For I have learned To look on nature, not as in the hour Of thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity, Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample power To chasten and subdue.
Page 461 - Most quiet need, by sun and candlelight. I love thee freely, as men strive for Right ; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints, — I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life! — and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death.
Page 424 - Nor shapes of men nor beasts we ken — The ice was all between. The ice was here, the ice was there, The ice was all around: It cracked and growled, and roared and howled, Like noises in a swound!
Page 173 - ... it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness...
Page 287 - The world can never give The bliss for which we sigh ; 'Tis not the whole of life to live, Nor all of death to die.
Page 73 - For nature then (The coarser pleasures of my boyish days, And their glad animal movements all gone by) To me was all in all. — I cannot paint What then I was. The sounding cataract Haunted me like a passion : the tall rock, The mountain, and the deep and gloomy wood, Their colours and their forms, were then to me An appetite ; a feeling and a love, That had no need of a remoter charm, By thought supplied, nor any interest Unborrowed from the eye.
Page 78 - The stars of midnight shall be dear To her; and she shall lean her ear In many a secret place Where rivulets dance their wayward round, And beauty born of murmuring sound Shall pass into her face.
Page 512 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence : Here we may reign secure, and in my choice To reign is worth ambition, though in hell : Better to reign in hell, than serve in heaven.
Page 31 - In the same pious confidence, beside her friend and sister, here sleep the remains of Dorothy Gray, widow, the careful, tender mother of many children, one of whom alone had the misfortune to survive her.
Page 222 - But to her heart, her heart was voluble, Paining with eloquence her balmy side; As though a tongueless nightingale should swell Her throat in vain, and die, heart-stifled, in her dell.