The Quarterly review, Том 67Murray, 1841 |
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... never heard of Jared Sparks , or Timothy Dwight ? Has he never heard of Buckminster , Griscom , Ames , Wirt , Brown , Fitch , Flint , Frisbie , and Silliman ? ' Now it is most assuredly no matter of boast ; for many of the writers on ...
... never heard of Jared Sparks , or Timothy Dwight ? Has he never heard of Buckminster , Griscom , Ames , Wirt , Brown , Fitch , Flint , Frisbie , and Silliman ? ' Now it is most assuredly no matter of boast ; for many of the writers on ...
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... never failed to work in him . For as his mind rolled along , and began to glow from its own action , all the exuviæ of the clown seemed to shed themselves spontaneously . His attitude , by degrees , became erect and lofty . The spirit ...
... never failed to work in him . For as his mind rolled along , and began to glow from its own action , all the exuviæ of the clown seemed to shed themselves spontaneously . His attitude , by degrees , became erect and lofty . The spirit ...
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... never have been such fools as to be awed by what reads very like buffoonery or impertinence ; or to cite the failure of Burke , who , when he flung the dagger on the floor of the House , produced nothing but a smothered laugh , and a ...
... never have been such fools as to be awed by what reads very like buffoonery or impertinence ; or to cite the failure of Burke , who , when he flung the dagger on the floor of the House , produced nothing but a smothered laugh , and a ...
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... never did exist , and it is very much to be doubted whether it ever will . Were I invested with the trust to legislate for mankind , it is very probable the first act of my authority would be to throw all the re- strictive and ...
... never did exist , and it is very much to be doubted whether it ever will . Were I invested with the trust to legislate for mankind , it is very probable the first act of my authority would be to throw all the re- strictive and ...
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... never secure safety and independence in this . . . . . But I shall be told , " this may lead to war . " I ask , “ are we now at peace ? " Certainly not , unless retiring from insult be peace ; unless shrinking under the lash be peace ...
... never secure safety and independence in this . . . . . But I shall be told , " this may lead to war . " I ask , “ are we now at peace ? " Certainly not , unless retiring from insult be peace ; unless shrinking under the lash be peace ...
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Сторінка 8 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak, unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger ? Will it be the next week, or the next year ? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house...
Сторінка 27 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Сторінка 42 - ... him where to strike. The fatal blow is given! and the victim passes, without a struggle or a motion, from the repose of sleep to the repose of death...
Сторінка 8 - Treason!" cried the speaker —"Treason, treason," echoed from every part of the house.
Сторінка 9 - There is no retreat, but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable, and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace ! but there is no peace.
Сторінка 20 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator ; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment, Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on that floor.
Сторінка 522 - ... from the northwest angle of Nova Scotia, viz., that angle which is formed by a line drawn due north from the source of St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Сторінка 46 - Massachusetts, instead of South Carolina? Sir, does he suppose it in his power to exhibit a Carolina name so bright as to produce envy in my bosom?
Сторінка 16 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote.
Сторінка 17 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly, through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it. We may not live to the time when this Declaration shall be made good. We may die ; die colonists ; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold.