American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... speak of its application , ) pseudo Christianity , can- not deprive us , even us , " toto penitus divisos orbe , " of the memo- rials and the love of the great past , hallowed not merely by its an- tiquity , but by its inherent grandeur ...
... speak of its application , ) pseudo Christianity , can- not deprive us , even us , " toto penitus divisos orbe , " of the memo- rials and the love of the great past , hallowed not merely by its an- tiquity , but by its inherent grandeur ...
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... speak to the fact , ) without recurring to Rome or Greece , or both , for most of the nice shades of thought which mingle and coalesce in the full meaning of every phrase that is uttered . Thence is it , that ' even as a hawk fleeth not ...
... speak to the fact , ) without recurring to Rome or Greece , or both , for most of the nice shades of thought which mingle and coalesce in the full meaning of every phrase that is uttered . Thence is it , that ' even as a hawk fleeth not ...
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... speak with the voice of inspiration . Those that have appeared after them are but attend- ants in their train - seem born only to revolve about them , warmed by their heat , and shining by their reflected glory . Their works derive not ...
... speak with the voice of inspiration . Those that have appeared after them are but attend- ants in their train - seem born only to revolve about them , warmed by their heat , and shining by their reflected glory . Their works derive not ...
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... speak derived its polish and cadence , whence its force and energy . To seize the clue which makes the civilized earth as a single nation , assimilating its dissonant lan- guages , and from the jargon of a thousand dialects ...
... speak derived its polish and cadence , whence its force and energy . To seize the clue which makes the civilized earth as a single nation , assimilating its dissonant lan- guages , and from the jargon of a thousand dialects ...
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... speak not now of the moral qualities of their conductors . They are like other men , not more corrupt , perhaps not more servile , and though occa- sionally one of them may seem to apostrophize power in the lan- guage of Cæsar's ...
... speak not now of the moral qualities of their conductors . They are like other men , not more corrupt , perhaps not more servile , and though occa- sionally one of them may seem to apostrophize power in the lan- guage of Cæsar's ...
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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.