The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1818 |
De dentro do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 57
Página 58
... English critics had objected to the complexion by which the artist has thought proper to distinguish the High- Priest and his adherents , from their brethren , the disciples of Christ . With us , it is seen with one universal feeling of ...
... English critics had objected to the complexion by which the artist has thought proper to distinguish the High- Priest and his adherents , from their brethren , the disciples of Christ . With us , it is seen with one universal feeling of ...
Página 61
... English be one of them , we humbly beg to be informed where the work is to be had , that , by the help of the said translation , we may have the pleasure of opening its treasures to our readers . Lady Morgan , in the passages just ...
... English be one of them , we humbly beg to be informed where the work is to be had , that , by the help of the said translation , we may have the pleasure of opening its treasures to our readers . Lady Morgan , in the passages just ...
Página 67
... English , feast , festivity ; and Louis XIV was not born for nearly twenty years after lady Morgan describes him as a flying Turk.- Some French wag , seeing her taking notes , must have imposed this story on her simplicity . ་ -Lady ...
... English , feast , festivity ; and Louis XIV was not born for nearly twenty years after lady Morgan describes him as a flying Turk.- Some French wag , seeing her taking notes , must have imposed this story on her simplicity . ་ -Lady ...
Página 68
... English cacers require an English translation of her English , and 68 LADY MORGAN'S FRANCE .
... English cacers require an English translation of her English , and 68 LADY MORGAN'S FRANCE .
Página 69
cacers require an English translation of her English , and her rench readers a French translation of her French . GENERAL IGNORANCE . - This chapter would properly be a recapitulation of the greater part of the volume . As to quota- ion ...
cacers require an English translation of her English , and her rench readers a French translation of her French . GENERAL IGNORANCE . - This chapter would properly be a recapitulation of the greater part of the volume . As to quota- ion ...
Outras edições - Ver todos
Termos e frases comuns
action American appeared Babylon beautiful BLAISE PASCAL boiler cacique called character citizens common conduct congress considered court cycloid death defective verb Denterville Descartes discovered dollars duty effect enemy English equally existence expression father favour feelings France French friends gentleman give gout gray fox happiness heart honour human imagination Indians interest Jansenists Jesuits king labour Lady Morgan land language letter manner means ment mind mode moral nation nature Necker never object obliged observed officers opinion Paris Pascal passed Perier persons pleasure political PORT FOLIO Port-Royal possessed present principles produced Provincial Letters published Puy-de-Dôme racter readers received red fox remarks respect sentiment soon soul Spain Spaniards Spanish taxes tense thing thou thought tion truth United verb whole wish word write
Passagens mais conhecidas
Página 400 - They are the more naturally led to this conclusion, as, in the course of their reflections on the subject, they have been induced to think that the power of regulating trade is of such comprehensive extent, and will enter so far into the general system of the Federal Government, that to give it efficacy, and to obviate questions and doubts concerning its precise nature and limits, may require a correspondent adjustment of other parts of the federal system.
Página 173 - ... the earth was given to mankind to support the greatest number of which it is capable, and no tribe or people have a right to withhold from the wants of others more than is necessary for their own support and comfort.
Página 169 - I have the satisfaction to inform you, that an arrangement, which had been commenced by my predecessor, with the British government for the reduction of the naval force, by Great Britain and the United States, on the lakes, has been concluded ; by which it is provided, that neither party shall keep in service on lake Champlain more than one vessel; on lake Ontario, more than one...
Página 168 - When lovely woman stoops to folly, And finds too late that men betray, What charm can soothe her melancholy, What art can wash her guilt away ? The only art her guilt to cover, To hide her shame from every eye, ' To give repentance to her lover, And wring his bosom — is to die.
Página 174 - Congress the right in question. In cases of doubtful construction, especially of such vital interest, it comports with the nature and origin of our institutions, and will contribute much to preserve them, to apply to our constituents for an explicit grant of the power. We may confidently rely, that if it appears to their satisfaction, that the power is necessary, it will always be granted.
Página 199 - It is a good divine that follows his own instructions; I can easier teach twenty what were good to be done than to be one of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.
Página 176 - The faithful fulfillment of it is among the highest proofs of their virtue and capacity for self-government. To dispense with taxes when it may be done with perfect safety is equally the duty of their representatives. In this instance we have the satisfaction to know that they were imposed when the demand was imperious, and have been sustained with exemplary fidelity. I have to add that however gratifying it may be to me regarding the prosperous...
Página 174 - I have bestowed on the subject all the deliberation which its great importance, and a just sense of my duty, required, and the result is a settled conviction in my mind that Congress do not possess the right.
Página 172 - An improvement in the organization and discipline of the militia, is one of the great objects which claim the unremitted attention of Congress. The regular force amounts nearly to the number required by law, and is stationed along the Atlantic and inland frontiers. Of the naval force, it has been necessary to maintain strong squadrons in the Mediterranean and in the Gulf of Mexico. From several...
Página 250 - When icicles hang by the wall And Dick the shepherd blows his nail And Tom bears logs into the hall And milk comes frozen home in pail, When blood is nipp'd and ways be foul, Then nightly sings the staring owl, Tu-whit; Tu-who, a merry note, While greasy Joan doth keel the pot.