The New-York Review, Volume 8George Dearborn & Company, 1841 |
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... question merely as the duke may wish , and not according to my own judgment and conscience . " - Vol . iii . , P. 73 . It is altogether impossible for us closely to follow Sir Samuel Romilly through the remainder of his parliamentary ...
... question merely as the duke may wish , and not according to my own judgment and conscience . " - Vol . iii . , P. 73 . It is altogether impossible for us closely to follow Sir Samuel Romilly through the remainder of his parliamentary ...
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... question at issue . But in every other respect how is this " palladium " constituted - rogue or * A recent case of our own illustrates the beauty of this operation . We had occasion to examine a plaintiff . If we could have subpoenaed ...
... question at issue . But in every other respect how is this " palladium " constituted - rogue or * A recent case of our own illustrates the beauty of this operation . We had occasion to examine a plaintiff . If we could have subpoenaed ...
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... question is as to in- creasing the inferior judges of the court . The vice - chancellor attended as a wit- ness , and one of their high mightinesses very solemnly asks , " Does your honor happen to know how many vice - chancellors there ...
... question is as to in- creasing the inferior judges of the court . The vice - chancellor attended as a wit- ness , and one of their high mightinesses very solemnly asks , " Does your honor happen to know how many vice - chancellors there ...
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... question . They were carried in the commons , against the wish and will of Mr. Perceval , but met their fate in the lords , where they were opposed by Lord Ellenborough , the Lord Chancellor , and Lord Redesdale . They were re- jected ...
... question . They were carried in the commons , against the wish and will of Mr. Perceval , but met their fate in the lords , where they were opposed by Lord Ellenborough , the Lord Chancellor , and Lord Redesdale . They were re- jected ...
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... question remains just as much unanswered , what is the gene- ral character of the Faerie Queene ? -that is , what were the prevailing sentiments , what were the deep feelings , the strong convictions , and earnest promptings , in the ...
... question remains just as much unanswered , what is the gene- ral character of the Faerie Queene ? -that is , what were the prevailing sentiments , what were the deep feelings , the strong convictions , and earnest promptings , in the ...
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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.