New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 15Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth E. W. Allen, 1825 |
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Page 54 - The great object is to preserve these blessings, and to hand them down to the latest posterity. Our experience ought to satisfy us that our progress under the most correct and provident policy will not be exempt from danger. Our institutions form an important epoch in the history of the civilized world.
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Page 205 - And God made two great lights ; the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night : and the stars also. And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth...
Page 283 - were I the author of these drawings, and were offered ten thousand a year not to practise as an artist, I would reject the proposal with contempt.