The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 23Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1848 - United States |
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... appear to be , however , that the time for reform had arrived ; the whole system of New - York corruption had fallen through ; the safety fund system was down forever ; the corruptions of the old consti- tution had disgusted the people ...
... appear to be , however , that the time for reform had arrived ; the whole system of New - York corruption had fallen through ; the safety fund system was down forever ; the corruptions of the old consti- tution had disgusted the people ...
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... appear to me , that , although there certainly is , in the present condi- tion of the country in relation to it , suf- ficient to excite the most serious atten- tion , there is nothing in the state of pub- lic opinion in the United ...
... appear to me , that , although there certainly is , in the present condi- tion of the country in relation to it , suf- ficient to excite the most serious atten- tion , there is nothing in the state of pub- lic opinion in the United ...
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... appear very odd , and that such a duty fell to the lot of Lecomte , the valet de service . The duke did not insist , but the order was not given to Lecomte . He had been in- troduced into the château by Madame de Feuchères . Everything ...
... appear very odd , and that such a duty fell to the lot of Lecomte , the valet de service . The duke did not insist , but the order was not given to Lecomte . He had been in- troduced into the château by Madame de Feuchères . Everything ...
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... appears that one - eighth of her population are habitually clothed in rags ; that nearly three - fifths never eat wheaten bread ; that very nearly two - thirds wear wooden clogs instead of shoes ; that more than three- fourths cannot ...
... appears that one - eighth of her population are habitually clothed in rags ; that nearly three - fifths never eat wheaten bread ; that very nearly two - thirds wear wooden clogs instead of shoes ; that more than three- fourths cannot ...
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... appear very handsome at the head of his troop on a review day , but who , in a moment of dan- ger , would prove the least resolute National Guard of his company . Somewhat encouraged by this scrutiny , the Doctor returned home , and ...
... appear very handsome at the head of his troop on a review day , but who , in a moment of dan- ger , would prove the least resolute National Guard of his company . Somewhat encouraged by this scrutiny , the Doctor returned home , and ...
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Page 10 - Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
Page 107 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western...
Page 7 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated ; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Page 7 - I think it might be. But, as it is, we have the wolf by the ears, and we can neither hold him, nor safely let him go. Justice is in one scale and self-preservation in the other.
Page 10 - Union, it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations, Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Page 148 - So has it been from the beginning, so will it be to the end. Generation after generation takes to itself the Form of a Body; and forth issuing from Cimmerian Night, on Heaven's mission APPEARS.
Page 147 - I see a glimpse of it!" cries he elsewhere: "there is in man a HIGHER than Love of Happiness: he can do without Happiness, and instead thereof find Blessedness! Was it not to preach forth this same HIGHER that sages and martyrs, the Poet and the Priest, in all times, have spoken and suffered; bearing testimony, through life and through death, of the Godlike that is in Man, and how in the Godlike only has he Strength and Freedom?
Page 337 - was exceedingly disposed to please the king and to do him service." "It could never be hoped," he observes elsewhere, " that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them.
Page 10 - Appeals, too, are constantly made to sectional interests in order to influence the election of the Chief Magistrate, as if it were desired that he should favor a particular quarter of the country instead of fulfilling the duties of his station with impartial justice to all; and the possible dissolution of the Union has at length become an ordinary and familiar subject of discussion.
Page 42 - ... the legal check which it puts into the hands of the judiciary. This is a body which, if rendered independent and kept strictly to their own department, merits great confidence for their learning and integrity. In fact, what degree of confidence would be too much for a body composed of such men as Wythe, Blair and Pendleton? On characters like these, the civium ardor prava jubentium would make no impression.