The American Monthly Magazine, Volume 1M. Bancroft, J. Wiley, and G. and C. and H. Carvill, 1833 - American literature |
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... producing on the state of mankind . Near the middle of the nineteenth century , we may venture to assert that there are few things which have a more direct tendency to enlighten the general mind , and to refine the sentiments of the ...
... producing on the state of mankind . Near the middle of the nineteenth century , we may venture to assert that there are few things which have a more direct tendency to enlighten the general mind , and to refine the sentiments of the ...
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... produce a determination to wade through such a matter , how coldly and indifferently do they bend their faculties to the task ? With what difficulty do they condemn themselves to a severe examination of any subject , probably dry and ...
... produce a determination to wade through such a matter , how coldly and indifferently do they bend their faculties to the task ? With what difficulty do they condemn themselves to a severe examination of any subject , probably dry and ...
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... produces indolence ; and , worse than all , indolence produces reasons for inaction . Thus is disease and debility produced and dissemi- nated , to the general injury of society . Even such is the history of mental exertion ; mankind ...
... produces indolence ; and , worse than all , indolence produces reasons for inaction . Thus is disease and debility produced and dissemi- nated , to the general injury of society . Even such is the history of mental exertion ; mankind ...
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... producing a touching catastrophe , —we imagine ourselves only gratified with the amusement , whilst unconsciously we imbibe an important lesson , not unfrequently operating , though insensibly to ourselves , upon our future conduct ...
... producing a touching catastrophe , —we imagine ourselves only gratified with the amusement , whilst unconsciously we imbibe an important lesson , not unfrequently operating , though insensibly to ourselves , upon our future conduct ...
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... produce an anecdote of Buonaparte in addition to the common stock , -be the matter ever so trivial , be the time ever so remote , -deemed himself capable of doing the public good service , and contributed his mite of information with an ...
... produce an anecdote of Buonaparte in addition to the common stock , -be the matter ever so trivial , be the time ever so remote , -deemed himself capable of doing the public good service , and contributed his mite of information with an ...
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Page 399 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his loved mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed The air is delicate.
Page 115 - And let my liver rather heat with wine Than my heart cool with mortifying groans. Why should a man, whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster?
Page 125 - Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 149 - Merciful Heaven, Thou rather with thy sharp and sulphurous bolt Split'st the unwedgeable and gnarled oak Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
Page 126 - ... obstructed, or cut off; our sons made soldiers to deluge with blood the fields they now till in peace; the mass of our people borne down and impoverished by taxes to support armies and navies ; and military leaders at the head of their victorious legions becoming our lawgivers and judges. The loss of liberty, of all good government, of peace, plenty, and happiness, must inevitably follow a dissolution of the Union.
Page 377 - to consider too curiously'; but still we think that the actual truth of the particular events, in proportion as we are conscious of it, is a drawback on the pleasure as well as the dignity of tragedy.
Page 291 - ... by robbers, who, either ignorant or regardless of her quality, despoiled her of her rings and jewels, and treated her with the utmost indignity. The partition of this rich booty raised a quarrel among them ; and while their attention was thus engaged, she took...
Page 125 - ... the destruction of our state governments, or the annihilation of their control over the local concerns of the people, would lead directly to revolution and anarchy, and finally to despotism and military domination. In proportion, therefore, as the general government encroaches upon the rights of the states, in the same proportion does it impair its own power and detract from its ability to fulfil the purposes of its creation.
Page 101 - The temperature of an Andalusian midnight in summer is perfectly ethereal. We seem lifted up into a purer atmosphere ; there is a serenity of soul, a buoyancy of spirits, an elasticity of frame, that render mere existence enjoyment.
Page 125 - These great objects are necessarily connected, and can only be attained by an enlightened exercise of the powers of each within its appropriate sphere in conformity with the public will constitutionally expressed. To this end it becomes the duty of all to yield a ready and patriotic submission to the laws constitutionally enacted, and thereby promote and strengthen a proper confidence in those institutions of the several States and of the United States which the people themselves have ordained for...