American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... feels their united influence . We do not allude to that conventional tone , arising from the adoption of a highly ... feelings , resulting from the contemplation of great models in art and literature , which dignify man's conceptions of ...
... feels their united influence . We do not allude to that conventional tone , arising from the adoption of a highly ... feelings , resulting from the contemplation of great models in art and literature , which dignify man's conceptions of ...
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... feelings common to mankind , and reach the innermost movements of the soul ; and hence it is that they have an immortal ... feeling , to have a living presence within ourselves . " pp . 34 , 35 . We earnestly entreat the student of ...
... feelings common to mankind , and reach the innermost movements of the soul ; and hence it is that they have an immortal ... feeling , to have a living presence within ourselves . " pp . 34 , 35 . We earnestly entreat the student of ...
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... feeling something of the soul of his author , give a free , spirited , and The study of Roman Antiquities is in some instances pursued only to a very limited extent , and for a very short period . + See Alfieri's account of his ...
... feeling something of the soul of his author , give a free , spirited , and The study of Roman Antiquities is in some instances pursued only to a very limited extent , and for a very short period . + See Alfieri's account of his ...
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... feelings , its bril- liant and fervid fancies , its treasures of rich and deep thought . The same spirit constantly exhibits itself , under every different form ; we trace the same leading features in every picture , whether gorgeous or ...
... feelings , its bril- liant and fervid fancies , its treasures of rich and deep thought . The same spirit constantly exhibits itself , under every different form ; we trace the same leading features in every picture , whether gorgeous or ...
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... feeling . The longest poem in this collection is Le dernier chant du Pélerinage d'Harold ; which , being designed as a sort of sequel to the work of Lord Byron , describes the last events in the life of the noble wanderer . Inasmuch as ...
... feeling . The longest poem in this collection is Le dernier chant du Pélerinage d'Harold ; which , being designed as a sort of sequel to the work of Lord Byron , describes the last events in the life of the noble wanderer . Inasmuch as ...
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Page 327 - GOD, and for the support and maintenance of public Protestant teachers of piety, religion and morality, in all cases where such provision shall not be made voluntarily.
Page 327 - That no person, who shall deny the being of God or the truth of the Protestant religion, or the divine authority either of the Old or New Testaments, or who shall hold religious principles incompatible with the freedom and safety of the State, shall be capable of holding any office or place of trust or profit in the civil department within this State.
Page 539 - True wit is nature to advantage dressed, — What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed; Something whose truth convinced at sight we find, That gives us back the image of our mind.
Page 377 - ... est igitur haec, iudices, non scripta, sed nata lex, quam non didicimus, accepimus, legimus, verum ex natura ipsa arripuimus, hausimus, expressimus, ad quam non docti, sed facti, non instituti, sed imbuti sumus...
Page 439 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, which fact the President of the United States shall declare by proclamation and if the other nation shall not within three months thereafter so revoke or modify her edicts in like manner...
Page 329 - ... no religious test shall be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under this State...
Page 327 - ... nor can any man be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen on account of his religious sentiments or peculiar mode of religious worship; and that no authority can or ought to be vested in, or assumed by, any power whatever, that shall in any case interfere with, or in any manner control the rights of conscience, in the free exercise of religious worship.
Page 97 - I must conclude that nothing but the misinformation of some very stupid, or misrepresentation of some very wicked person, could have occasioned your making use of so very singular expressions as you did on my coming up to the ground where you had taken post. They implied that I was guilty either of disobedience of orders, want of conduct, or want of courage. Your Excellency will therefore infinitely oblige me, by letting me know on which of these three articles you ground your charge, that I...
Page 332 - The rights, privileges, immunities and estates of religious societies and corporate bodies, shall remain as if the Constitution of this State had not been altered or amended.
Page 49 - Bâtit au bord des eaux son nid parmi les fleurs, Lui des sommets d'Athos franchit l'horrible cime, Suspend aux flancs des monts son aire sur l'abîme, Et là, seul, entouré de membres palpitants, De rochers d'un sang noir sans cesse dégouttants, Trouvant sa volupté dans les cris de sa proie, Bercé par la tempête, il s'endort dans sa joie.