The American Whig Review, Volume 4George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley Wiley and Putnam, 1846 - Periodicals |
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... means follows , that that government is best which governs least . But our radical tendencies assume no more fearful ... mean that there are no exceptions to this character among the corps editorial . There certainly are exceptions ...
... means follows , that that government is best which governs least . But our radical tendencies assume no more fearful ... mean that there are no exceptions to this character among the corps editorial . There certainly are exceptions ...
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... means be considered proper subjects to be decided by the popular vote . In these things the common mind should be ... mean . We will say , therefore there are certain applications of the phrase , " Vox populi , vox Dei , " where we admit ...
... means be considered proper subjects to be decided by the popular vote . In these things the common mind should be ... mean . We will say , therefore there are certain applications of the phrase , " Vox populi , vox Dei , " where we admit ...
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... means of obtaining wealth and leisure . Yet utili- tarianism and practicalness may get such exclusive possession of the general mind as to prove the most serious obstacle in the way of a higher and nobler culture . The more of the ideal ...
... means of obtaining wealth and leisure . Yet utili- tarianism and practicalness may get such exclusive possession of the general mind as to prove the most serious obstacle in the way of a higher and nobler culture . The more of the ideal ...
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... means for the accomplish- ment of its peculiar ends ; but their ends being different , the two are radically dis- tinguished . So with the Roman element ; it is important , yet secondary . Political institutions , laws , regard the ...
... means for the accomplish- ment of its peculiar ends ; but their ends being different , the two are radically dis- tinguished . So with the Roman element ; it is important , yet secondary . Political institutions , laws , regard the ...
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... means of tyranny . Is it possible that the genius of democracy is incon- sistent with the highest forms of social and intellectual culture ? * Can men in the highest places have the effrontery to say publicly that the establishment of a ...
... means of tyranny . Is it possible that the genius of democracy is incon- sistent with the highest forms of social and intellectual culture ? * Can men in the highest places have the effrontery to say publicly that the establishment of a ...
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Page 544 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Page 387 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 324 - Ah, forsooth, and is it your worship indeed?" cried the good dame. "Yea, truly is it, and in the very image of my old gossip, Goodman Brown, the grandfather of the silly fellow that now is. But— would your worship believe it?— my broomstick hath strangely disappeared, stolen, as I suspect, by that unhanged witch, Goody Cory, and that, too, when I was all anointed with the juice of smallage, and cinquefoil, and wolf's bane"— "Mingled with fine wheat and the fat of a new-born babe," said the...
Page 437 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses ; from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Page 324 - Poor little Faith!" thought he, for his heart smote him. "What a wretch am I to leave her on such an errand! She talks of dreams, too. Methought as she spoke there was trouble in her face, as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done to-night. But no, no; 'twould kill her to think it. Well, she's a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night I'll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven.
Page 326 - A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream.
Page 324 - There may be a devilish Indian behind every tree," said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fearfully behind him as he added, "What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!
Page 16 - Spanish government ; statements of which, soliciting the interposition of the government of the United States, have been presented to the department of state, or to the minister of the United States in Spain since the date of the convention of 1802, and until the signature of this treaty.
Page 91 - Marry ; it is a thing within my vow : But, if I may have leave to serve the princess, To see the virtues of her lord and her, I shall have hope to live.
Page 132 - Columbia River, the navigation of the said branch shall be free and open to the Hudson's Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall, in like manner, be free and open.