The American Whig Review, Volume 4George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley Wiley and Putnam, 1846 - Periodicals |
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... present this month an engraved portrait of Mr. Webster . Though beautifully executed both by the original artist and by the engraver , it was of course to be expected , that it would not do full justice to the massiveness and power in ...
... present this month an engraved portrait of Mr. Webster . Though beautifully executed both by the original artist and by the engraver , it was of course to be expected , that it would not do full justice to the massiveness and power in ...
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... present rate of progress , when are we likely to build any edifice at all ? Do we not pull down as fast as we put up ? An old house is better than none . What should we say , or where should we be , if every man were to remodel or ...
... present rate of progress , when are we likely to build any edifice at all ? Do we not pull down as fast as we put up ? An old house is better than none . What should we say , or where should we be , if every man were to remodel or ...
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... present world ; religion re- gards , chiefly , the world to come . Civ- ilization regards society , or individuals only as composing society ; religion regards individuals , or society only as composed of individuals . Each may use the ...
... present world ; religion re- gards , chiefly , the world to come . Civ- ilization regards society , or individuals only as composing society ; religion regards individuals , or society only as composed of individuals . Each may use the ...
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... present is the time of outlay , of seed- sowing ; its harvest lies in the future . What was poor , blind , puritanic Milton , to Charles II . and his licentious cava- liers ? What was the incarcerated and half - maddened Tasso to the ...
... present is the time of outlay , of seed- sowing ; its harvest lies in the future . What was poor , blind , puritanic Milton , to Charles II . and his licentious cava- liers ? What was the incarcerated and half - maddened Tasso to the ...
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... present state of Poland , and of the character of the monster , who has yet found eulogizers in an English lord , and even one of our republicans , who was sent by the State of Ohio to inquire into the condition of the Prussian schools ...
... present state of Poland , and of the character of the monster , who has yet found eulogizers in an English lord , and even one of our republicans , who was sent by the State of Ohio to inquire into the condition of the Prussian schools ...
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Page 76 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain. seal'd in vain.
Page 367 - 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 350 - I am going a long way With these thou seest — if indeed I go (For all my mind is clouded with a doubt) To the island-valley of Avilion; Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadow'd, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crown'd with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Page 416 - ... to give a true account of their gift of reason to the benefit and use of men...
Page 303 - I felt as if there were no question to be put, and therefore admired Emerson as a poet of deep beauty and austere tenderness, but sought nothing from him as a philosopher. It was good, nevertheless, to meet him in the woodpaths, or sometimes in our avenue, with that pure intellectual gleam diffused about his presence like the garment of a shining one ; and he so quiet, so simple, so without pretension, encountering each man alive as if expecting to receive more than he could impart.
Page 112 - In the future appropriation of the territory, south of the fortyninth parallel of north latitude, as provided in the first article of this Treaty, the possessory rights of the Hudson's Bay Company and of all British subjects who may be already in the occupation of land or other property, lawfully acquired within the said Territory, shall be respected.
Page 76 - Welcome folded arms, and fixed eyes, A sigh that piercing mortifies, A look that's fastened to the ground, A tongue chained up without a sound. Fountain-heads and pathless groves, Places which pale passion loves; Moonlight walks when all the fowls Are warmly housed, save bats and owls; A midnight bell, a parting groan.
Page 412 - Fixed, within reach of every human eye ; The sleepless ocean murmurs for all ears ; The vernal field infuses fresh delight Into all hearts. Throughout the world of sense, Even as an object is sublime or fair, That object is laid open to the view Without reserve or veil ; and as a power Is salutary, or an influence sweet, Are each and all enabled to perceive That power, that influence, by impartial law.
Page 310 - 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 4 - 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.