The North American Review, Band 77Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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But what we require is a principle to be present with the greatest characters , in
the moment of high resolve , to enkindle all their faculties , to animate them to lay
out all their strength for the common good , and , descending from them , to
propel ...
But what we require is a principle to be present with the greatest characters , in
the moment of high resolve , to enkindle all their faculties , to animate them to lay
out all their strength for the common good , and , descending from them , to
propel ...
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Character and capacity are not mere illusions ; they are a power created by
nature herself , whose hold upon the human heart is not to be thrown off by
arrangements purely conventional . If deprived of their natural place in
government , they ...
Character and capacity are not mere illusions ; they are a power created by
nature herself , whose hold upon the human heart is not to be thrown off by
arrangements purely conventional . If deprived of their natural place in
government , they ...
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... moral elevation . We believe that its freedom promotes manliness of character
and expansion of intellect in all ranks of society , in the only way in which these
qualities can be encouraged and educated , 58 ( July , POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
.
... moral elevation . We believe that its freedom promotes manliness of character
and expansion of intellect in all ranks of society , in the only way in which these
qualities can be encouraged and educated , 58 ( July , POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
.
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It is pervaded by a thread of personal narrative ; and the skeptic par eminence ;
the hero of the story , - has a history and a character , that enlist the reader ' s
strong sympathy , while the interlocutors are sketched with a bold and skilful
pencil .
It is pervaded by a thread of personal narrative ; and the skeptic par eminence ;
the hero of the story , - has a history and a character , that enlist the reader ' s
strong sympathy , while the interlocutors are sketched with a bold and skilful
pencil .
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On the other hand , the Christian camp numbers among its defenders not a few of
the most eminent skeptics of modern times . Such was the character of Bacon ,
Locke , Newton , Milton , Boyle , Pascal . They had no respect for time - hallowed
...
On the other hand , the Christian camp numbers among its defenders not a few of
the most eminent skeptics of modern times . Such was the character of Bacon ,
Locke , Newton , Milton , Boyle , Pascal . They had no respect for time - hallowed
...
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Seite 413 - To you, in David's town, this day Is born of David's line, The Saviour, who is Christ the Lord ; And this shall be the sign.
Seite 282 - ... riches which your wounds have preserved ? Is this the case ? or is it rather a country that tramples upon your rights, disdains your cries, and insults your distresses ? Have you not more than once suggested your wishes, and made known your wants, to congress — wants and wishes which gratitude and policy should have anticipated rather than evaded ? And have you not lately, in the meek language of entreating...
Seite 340 - I entreat you to consider, that when you choose magistrates, you take them from among yourselves, men subject to like passions as you are. Therefore when you see infirmities in us, you should reflect upon your own, and that would make you bear the more with us, and not be severe censurers of the failings of your magistrates, when you have continual experience of the like infirmities in yourselves and others.
Seite 535 - Principles of Geology; or, the Modern Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants considered as illustrative of Geology. Ninth Edition. Woodcuts. 8vo. 18s. - Manual of Elementary Geology ; or, the Ancient Changes of the Earth and its Inhabitants illustrated by its Geological Monuments.
Seite 23 - With aching hands and bleeding feet We dig and heap, lay stone on stone ; We bear the burden and the heat Of the long day, and wish 'twere done. Not till the hours of light return, All we have built do we discern.
Seite 370 - No man's life shall be taken away; no man's honor or good name shall be stained ; no man's person shall be arrested, restrained, banished, dismembered, nor any...
Seite 422 - Fog everywhere. Fog up the river, where it flows among green aits and meadows; fog down the river, where it rolls defiled among the tiers of shipping and the waterside pollutions of a great (and dirty) city.
Seite 25 - The bridegroom sea Is toying with the shore, his wedded bride, And in the fulness of his marriage joy, He decorates her tawny front with shells — Retires a space to see how fair she looks, Then proud, runs up to kiss her.
Seite 282 - Tell them that though you were the first, and would wish to be the last, to encounter danger, though despair itself can never drive you into dishonor, it may drive you from the field; that the wound, often irritated and never healed, may at length become incurable; and that the slightest mark of indignity from Congress...
Seite 198 - What then? notwithstanding, every way, whether in pretence or in truth, Christ is preached; and I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice.
Bibliografische Informationen
| Titel | The North American Review, Band 77 Bände 181-183 von American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Herausgeber | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Verlag | O. Everett, 1853 |
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