The Quarterly review, Том 67 |
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Сторінка 118
... them failing ; — when he would inquire for himself , place , one on each side of
him , two parties of zealous , fluent , irritable talkers , both naturally inclined to
recriminate on each other , both , at the least , incautious as to the accuracy of
their ...
... them failing ; — when he would inquire for himself , place , one on each side of
him , two parties of zealous , fluent , irritable talkers , both naturally inclined to
recriminate on each other , both , at the least , incautious as to the accuracy of
their ...
Сторінка 208
... was a novelty , the principle at least was of scriptural authority ; coëval with the
Presbyterian establishment ; laid down in its Second Book of Discipline ; and if
not expressly enacted , at least recognised by statute : that even if it were an ...
... was a novelty , the principle at least was of scriptural authority ; coëval with the
Presbyterian establishment ; laid down in its Second Book of Discipline ; and if
not expressly enacted , at least recognised by statute : that even if it were an ...
Сторінка 254
... that the profession and pledge against intervention raised him to the foreign
office , his whole proceedings have been intervention - - nothing but intervention
- intervention too in its least justifiable forms , and for the most unjustifiable
objects ...
... that the profession and pledge against intervention raised him to the foreign
office , his whole proceedings have been intervention - - nothing but intervention
- intervention too in its least justifiable forms , and for the most unjustifiable
objects ...
Сторінка 394
Europe , with the exception of two of its least civilised provinces , Spain and the
Turkish empire , has now enjoyed a peace of twenty - five years ; - a longer
period of repose from the crimes and miseries of war than has blessed mankind ,
since ...
Europe , with the exception of two of its least civilised provinces , Spain and the
Turkish empire , has now enjoyed a peace of twenty - five years ; - a longer
period of repose from the crimes and miseries of war than has blessed mankind ,
since ...
Сторінка 411
Music , or rather singing , which has always been among the chief methods of
teaching , or at least of influence and guidance , in our infant - schools , is now
introduced very generally into our national and other schools for older children .
Music , or rather singing , which has always been among the chief methods of
teaching , or at least of influence and guidance , in our infant - schools , is now
introduced very generally into our national and other schools for older children .
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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.