The Edinburgh Review, Band 113A. and C. Black, 1861 |
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... natural obstacles to the completion of the work were not only surmounted , but literally turned into the means of bridling the St. Lawrence . In summer when the navigation was open , the torrent of its waters bore down the ponderous ...
... natural obstacles to the completion of the work were not only surmounted , but literally turned into the means of bridling the St. Lawrence . In summer when the navigation was open , the torrent of its waters bore down the ponderous ...
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... natural ' ( says Dr. Mackay ) that the losing cause in politics should always be associated with lovelier music and poetry than have ever been inspired by success . The defeat of Flodden was a nobler theme for the poets of the fifteenth ...
... natural ' ( says Dr. Mackay ) that the losing cause in politics should always be associated with lovelier music and poetry than have ever been inspired by success . The defeat of Flodden was a nobler theme for the poets of the fifteenth ...
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... natural flow as well as in polish , with a strong tendency to the epigrammatic , continued in fashion while men were much in earnest ; but it lost its power when political life became itself commonplace ; political verse then became ...
... natural flow as well as in polish , with a strong tendency to the epigrammatic , continued in fashion while men were much in earnest ; but it lost its power when political life became itself commonplace ; political verse then became ...
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... natural vent in song , in England as well as in Scotland ; but in the latter country with a warmth of hate , and a tenderness of love , of which the muse of the less demonstrative South affords no examples . ' He might , with full ...
... natural vent in song , in England as well as in Scotland ; but in the latter country with a warmth of hate , and a tenderness of love , of which the muse of the less demonstrative South affords no examples . ' He might , with full ...
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... natural causes need be apprehended . Indeed the gutta percha in pieces of the Dover and Calais cable laid in 1852 , which were taken up during repairs in 1860 , was quite as good as when laid down , and in the same manner pieces of ...
... natural causes need be apprehended . Indeed the gutta percha in pieces of the Dover and Calais cable laid in 1852 , which were taken up during repairs in 1860 , was quite as good as when laid down , and in the same manner pieces of ...
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Seite 514 - Alas! they had been friends in youth; But whispering tongues can poison truth; And constancy lives in realms above; And life is thorny; and youth is vain; And to be wroth with one we love Doth work like madness in the brain.
Seite 1858 - With a, full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.
Seite 331 - The place of justice is a hallowed place; and therefore not only the Bench, but the foot pace and precincts and purprise thereof ought to be preserved without scandal and corruption.
Seite 561 - That in all that Territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of Thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the state contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be and is hereby forever prohibited.
Seite 575 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...
Seite 221 - THE GLACIERS OF THE ALPS : being a Narrative of Excursions and Ascents. An Account of the Origin and Phenomena of Glaciers, and an Exposition of the Physical Principles to which they are related.
Seite 563 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Seite 168 - Though I threw out my speculations to entertain and employ the learned and metaphysical world, yet in other things I do not think so differently from the rest of mankind as you may imagine.
Seite 18 - Receive the HOLY GHOST for the Office and Work of a Priest " in the Church of GOD, now committed unto thee by the Impo
Seite 496 - Well knows he who uses to consider, that our faith and knowledge thrives by exercise, as well as our limbs and complexion. Truth is compared in Scripture to a streaming fountain; if her waters flow not in a perpetual progression, they sicken into a muddy pool of conformity and tradition.