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... expression should be preferred , the horror of nature for a void , is not stronger where the empty space is great , than where it is small ; that it has its limit , and is measured by a column of water about thirty - two feet high ...
... expression should be preferred , the horror of nature for a void , is not stronger where the empty space is great , than where it is small ; that it has its limit , and is measured by a column of water about thirty - two feet high ...
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... expression of their features ; but no strength of passion , espe- cially at the moment of its birth , can change the colour of the skin . Miss Edgeworth has gone beyond the courtesy of either party , and proved too much , when she ...
... expression of their features ; but no strength of passion , espe- cially at the moment of its birth , can change the colour of the skin . Miss Edgeworth has gone beyond the courtesy of either party , and proved too much , when she ...
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... expression which we the more readily adopt into our language , as it seems to afford a generic name for the very class of writers to which lady Morgan belongs ; we really know not how we could better express her merits than by calling ...
... expression which we the more readily adopt into our language , as it seems to afford a generic name for the very class of writers to which lady Morgan belongs ; we really know not how we could better express her merits than by calling ...
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... expression ; but it so hap- pens , that of all the triumphal arches in the world , the Porte St. Denis has the least sculpture on it , even in this sense ; and in the more technical meaning in which we and Lady Morgan use the word ...
... expression ; but it so hap- pens , that of all the triumphal arches in the world , the Porte St. Denis has the least sculpture on it , even in this sense ; and in the more technical meaning in which we and Lady Morgan use the word ...
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... expression ) are the vain , feeble , doting coxcomb Lafayette , who , after indulging his vanity by insulting his king and overturning the throne , fled basely from the storm which he had raised , and only returned to public life to ...
... expression ) are the vain , feeble , doting coxcomb Lafayette , who , after indulging his vanity by insulting his king and overturning the throne , fled basely from the storm which he had raised , and only returned to public life to ...
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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.