The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 11Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1842 - United States |
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... give a most sinister aspect to his appearance . He declares himself , however , to be one of the mildest of men , in fact a perfect lamb ; but he is accused of having tweaked the nose of a peaceable inhabit- ant of the Marais . M ...
... give a most sinister aspect to his appearance . He declares himself , however , to be one of the mildest of men , in fact a perfect lamb ; but he is accused of having tweaked the nose of a peaceable inhabit- ant of the Marais . M ...
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... give me an oppor- tunity to show myself worthy of being your companion in arms . In a few minutes the battle raged on both sides . At the outset the Russians were re- pulsed with great loss . Recovering " " their energy , they made a ...
... give me an oppor- tunity to show myself worthy of being your companion in arms . In a few minutes the battle raged on both sides . At the outset the Russians were re- pulsed with great loss . Recovering " " their energy , they made a ...
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... give the high and honorable name of poetry to any work which does not idealize man . But his ideals are at the same time true , and no German poet knew like him to unite moral and poetical interest . We have no picture of virtue more ...
... give the high and honorable name of poetry to any work which does not idealize man . But his ideals are at the same time true , and no German poet knew like him to unite moral and poetical interest . We have no picture of virtue more ...
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... give , the evils of that civilisation , while its advantages they despise and consider as only fit for women and Pale - faces . Our author pours forth eloquent lamentations on the advances of the settlers , and paints in glowing colors ...
... give , the evils of that civilisation , while its advantages they despise and consider as only fit for women and Pale - faces . Our author pours forth eloquent lamentations on the advances of the settlers , and paints in glowing colors ...
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... give in a few of the pages for which we are writing these presents , even an outline of the contents of two goodly octavo volumes ; and we must confine our- selves to a strong commendation of the original work itself to a place in every ...
... give in a few of the pages for which we are writing these presents , even an outline of the contents of two goodly octavo volumes ; and we must confine our- selves to a strong commendation of the original work itself to a place in every ...
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Page 80 - No : — men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake, or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude, — Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; 3 And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Page 75 - All power is inherent in the people, and all free governments are founded on their authority and instituted for their peace, safety and happiness.
Page 145 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the Union; and to report such an act for that purpose to the United States in Congress assembled, as, when agreed to by them, and afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every state, will effectually provide for the same.
Page 71 - ... there can be but one supreme power which is the legislative, to which all the rest are and must be subordinate, yet, the legislative being only a fiduciary power to act for certain ends, there remains still in the people a supreme power to remove or alter the legislative when they find the legislative act contrary to the trust reposed in them...
Page 74 - ... of all the various modes and forms of government, that is best, which is capable of producing the greatest degree of happiness and safety, and is most effectually secured against the danger of maladministration; and...
Page 563 - For I thought that the first step towards satisfying several inquiries the mind of man was very apt to run into, was, to take a survey of our own understandings, examine our own powers, and see to what things they were adapted.
Page 245 - Weep no more, woful Shepherds, weep no more, For Lycidas your sorrow is not dead, Sunk though he be beneath the watery floor. So sinks the day-star in the Ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled Ore, Flames in the forehead of the morning sky...
Page 343 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age sex and condition including those bound to servitude for a term of years and three fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Page 337 - ... public service ; to be ineligible to any office established by a particular State, or under the authority of the United States, except those peculiarly belonging to the functions of the first branch, during the term of service, and for the space of after its expiration ; to be incapable of re-election for the space of after the expiration of their term of service, and to be subject to recall.
Page 304 - Tis madness to resist or blame The face of angry heaven's flame ; And if we would speak true, Much to the Man is due Who, from his private gardens, where He lived reserved and austere (As if his highest plot To plant the bergamot) Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of time, And cast the Kingdoms old Into another mould.