The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 34Robert Walsh, Eliakim Littell, John Jay Smith E. Littell & T. Holden, 1838 - American periodicals |
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... mean to have boats like this running on either side the 1st and 16th of every month . This is but one company -one ... means , and we dare say the spirit , which more than four centuries since sent out merchant - ships of the burthen ...
... mean to have boats like this running on either side the 1st and 16th of every month . This is but one company -one ... means , and we dare say the spirit , which more than four centuries since sent out merchant - ships of the burthen ...
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... means the first achievement of the kind . When we have spoken of the success of these new boats in strong terms , it has not been with the thought of en- couraging such an impression ; and we certainly do not think it of the least ...
... means the first achievement of the kind . When we have spoken of the success of these new boats in strong terms , it has not been with the thought of en- couraging such an impression ; and we certainly do not think it of the least ...
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... means ; and the consequence will be very fatal to me in the end ; able performances , and I shall be induced , in support for as I rise in rank , people will expect some consider- of an ill - gotten reputation , to be lavish of my life ...
... means ; and the consequence will be very fatal to me in the end ; able performances , and I shall be induced , in support for as I rise in rank , people will expect some consider- of an ill - gotten reputation , to be lavish of my life ...
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... means , I am con- indulge them by appointing other officers to their ships . scious , are delicate in execution , but I can hardly Thus , by his good management and sense of justice , imagine consequences more necessary to be guarded ...
... means , I am con- indulge them by appointing other officers to their ships . scious , are delicate in execution , but I can hardly Thus , by his good management and sense of justice , imagine consequences more necessary to be guarded ...
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... means - a re - military capacity that appeared in their defence was solution equally indomitable in their ... mean spirit of the to the worthy object ever in his view , the prosperity military caste ; and parties were split or united ...
... means - a re - military capacity that appeared in their defence was solution equally indomitable in their ... mean spirit of the to the worthy object ever in his view , the prosperity military caste ; and parties were split or united ...
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Page 339 - Magnanimity in politics is not seldom the truest wisdom; and a great empire and little minds go ill together.
Page 346 - They that see thee shall narrowly look upon thee, and consider thee, saying, Is this the man that made the earth to tremble, that did shake kingdoms ; that made the world as a wilderness, and destroyed the cities thereof ; that opened not the house of his prisoners...
Page 410 - I may have but a minute to speak to you. My dear, be a good man - be virtuous - be religious - be a good man. Nothing else will give you any comfort when you come to lie here.
Page 61 - I call upon the honor of your lordships, to reverence the dignity of your ancestors, and to maintain your own. I call upon the spirit and humanity of my country, to vindicate the national character.
Page 209 - What do we give to our beloved ? A little faith, all undisproved, A little dust, to overweep, And bitter memories, to make The whole earth blasted for our sake. " He giveth His beloved sleep." " Sleep soft, beloved ! " we sometimes say, But have no tune to charm away Sad dreams that through the eyelids creep : But never doleful dream again Shall break the happy slumber, when
Page 221 - We have errors to correct. We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation. Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
Page 346 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth ; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 161 - Almighty's form Glasses itself in tempests; in all time, Calm or convulsed, in breeze, or gale, or storm, Icing the pole, or in the torrid clime Dark-heaving; boundless, endless, and sublime, The image of Eternity, the throne Of the invisible,— even from out thy slime The monsters of the deep are made; each zone Obeys thee; thou goest forth, dread, fathomless, alone.
Page 62 - The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake : the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter - but the King of England cannot enter ! All his forces dare not cross the threshold of the ruined tenement.
Page 61 - To conclude, my lords, if the ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the king, I will not say, that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown ; but I will affirm, that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the king is betrayed ; but I will pronounce, that the kingdom is undone.