The American Whig Review, Volume 3; Volume 9Wiley and Putnam, 1849 |
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... matter , from the pens of our most able writers , it has contained , is , we think , a matter on which we may congratulate the country ; as it evinces a growing taste for a less light and ephemeral periodical literature . The ...
... matter , from the pens of our most able writers , it has contained , is , we think , a matter on which we may congratulate the country ; as it evinces a growing taste for a less light and ephemeral periodical literature . The ...
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... matters in contemporaneous history , literature , and art . And in addition to this , he will receive in each number an ... matter of much regret to the proprietors that they have had no worthy portrait of our great statesman ' Mr. CLAY ...
... matters in contemporaneous history , literature , and art . And in addition to this , he will receive in each number an ... matter of much regret to the proprietors that they have had no worthy portrait of our great statesman ' Mr. CLAY ...
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... matter ; with what success , is left to their kind judgments to determine . Upon a very considerable part , they may , perhaps , be allowed to say , the public have passed a favorable and unequivocal judgment . The conduct of the ...
... matter ; with what success , is left to their kind judgments to determine . Upon a very considerable part , they may , perhaps , be allowed to say , the public have passed a favorable and unequivocal judgment . The conduct of the ...
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... matter of regret with these works , as with the songs and choruses of Handel and his cotemporaries , of which the organ or cembalo part was always left to the improvisation of the accompanist , that the author did not make a definite ...
... matter of regret with these works , as with the songs and choruses of Handel and his cotemporaries , of which the organ or cembalo part was always left to the improvisation of the accompanist , that the author did not make a definite ...
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... matter , he continued his visit to the city , where he re- mained closeted for a few days , and upon his re- turn brought with him a spirited copy of verses in which his curiosity , the greediness of the robbers , and the lightness of ...
... matter , he continued his visit to the city , where he re- mained closeted for a few days , and upon his re- turn brought with him a spirited copy of verses in which his curiosity , the greediness of the robbers , and the lightness of ...
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Page 540 - ... he has behaved as a man of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the same.
Page 300 - ... as nearly as may be according to the number of their respective inhabitants, but each province shall have at least one member.
Page 344 - Universal History, the history of what man has accomplished in this world, is at bottom the History of the Great Men who have worked here. They were the leaders of men, these great ones; the modellers, patterns, and in a wide sense creators, of whatsoever the general mass of men contrived to do or to attain...
Page 92 - A thousand fantasies Begin to throng into my memory, Of calling shapes, and beckoning shadows dire, And airy tongues that syllable men's names On sands and shores and desert wildernesses.
Page 238 - States a strong proof of his friendship, doth hereby cede to the said United States, in the name of the French Republic, forever and in full sovereignty, the said territory with all its rights and appurtenances, as fully and in the same manner as they have been acquired by the French Republic, in virtue of the above-mentioned treaty, concluded with his Catholic Majesty.
Page 468 - ... sweetness. Man superior walks Amid the glad creation, musing praise, And looking lively gratitude. At last, The clouds consign their treasures to the fields ; And, softly shaking on the dimpled pool Prelusive drops, let all their moisture flow, In large effusion, o'er the freshened world. The stealing shower is scarce to patter heard, By such as wander through the forest walks, Beneath the' umbrageous multitude of leaves.
Page 470 - Then maids and youths shall linger here, And while its sounds at distance swell, Shall sadly seem in Pity's ear To hear the woodland pilgrim's knell. Remembrance oft shall haunt the shore When Thames in summer wreaths is drest, And oft suspend the dashing oar To bid his gentle spirit rest...
Page 160 - It is difficult to conjecture the purpose of Providence in committing the writings of the New Testament to such uncertain and variable guardianship, unless it were to teach us by this very circumstance, that the Spirit which is given to us is a more certain guide than Scripture, whom, therefore, it is our duty to follow.
Page 146 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 468 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.