The New-York Review, Volume 8George Dearborn & Company, 1841 |
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... adopted all his opinions , and embraced his system of morality with the fer- vor of a convert to some new religion . That enthusiasm has long since evaporated ; and though I am not , even now , so cold and insensible as to be able ...
... adopted all his opinions , and embraced his system of morality with the fer- vor of a convert to some new religion . That enthusiasm has long since evaporated ; and though I am not , even now , so cold and insensible as to be able ...
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... adopted a different line of conduct . " - Vol . ii . , pp . 267 and 269 . Mackintosh correctly appreciated this conduct . In a letter written by him to a friend in England , ( he was then in India , ) he speaks of it thus : " I envy ...
... adopted a different line of conduct . " - Vol . ii . , pp . 267 and 269 . Mackintosh correctly appreciated this conduct . In a letter written by him to a friend in England , ( he was then in India , ) he speaks of it thus : " I envy ...
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... adopted , was to declare , that all contracts , dealings , etc. , of the bankrupt should be valid , notwithstanding prior acts of bankruptcy , if the parties dealing with the bankrupt had not notice of such acts . He says : * Brougham ...
... adopted , was to declare , that all contracts , dealings , etc. , of the bankrupt should be valid , notwithstanding prior acts of bankruptcy , if the parties dealing with the bankrupt had not notice of such acts . He says : * Brougham ...
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... adoption . But the former passed into a law , with sundry modifications dic- tated by Plumer and Lord Ellenborough , giving the judges power to transport convicts under it for a greater period than seven years . The opponents of legal ...
... adoption . But the former passed into a law , with sundry modifications dic- tated by Plumer and Lord Ellenborough , giving the judges power to transport convicts under it for a greater period than seven years . The opponents of legal ...
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... adopted them because they expressed his meaning better than any other . Our editor has remarked , with truth , that he has not " that vivid energy of passion which concentrates a world of mean- ing into a few burning words , and ...
... adopted them because they expressed his meaning better than any other . Our editor has remarked , with truth , that he has not " that vivid energy of passion which concentrates a world of mean- ing into a few burning words , and ...
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Page 506 - Heaven lies about us in our infancy. Shades of the prison-house begin to close Upon the growing boy; But he beholds the light and whence it flows, He sees it in his joy. The youth who daily farther from the East Must travel, still is Nature's priest, And, by the vision splendid, Is on his way attended. At length the man perceives it die away And fade into the light of common day.
Page 197 - Comprehending all Islands within Twenty Leagues of any Part of the Shores of the United States, and lying between Lines to be drawn due East from the Points where the aforesaid Boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one Part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy, and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such Islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the Limits of the said Province of Nova Scotia.
Page 334 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing, and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 151 - ... a dangerous ambition more often lurks behind the specious mask of zeal for the rights of the people than under the forbidding appearance of zeal for the firmness and efficiency of government. History will teach us that the former has been found a much more certain road to the introduction of despotism than the latter, and that of those men who have overturned the liberties of republics, the greatest number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people, commencing demagogues...
Page 219 - Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 43 - Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again; The eternal years of God are hers; But Error, wounded, writhes in pain,' And dies among his worshippers.
Page 336 - LORD, with what care hast thou begirt us round ! Parents first season us : then schoolmasters Deliver us to laws ; they send us bound To rules of reason, holy messengers, Pulpits and Sundays, sorrow dogging sin, Afflictions sorted, anguish of all sizes. Fine nets and stratagems to catch us in, Bibles laid open, millions of surprises, Blessings beforehand, ties of gratefulness, The sound of glory ringing in our ears ; Without, our shame ; within, our consciences ; Angels and grace...
Page 197 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part, and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Page 220 - York, his heirs and assigns, all that part of the main land of New England, beginning at a certain place called or known by the name of St. Croix, next adjoining to New Scotland in America...
Page 140 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.