The North American Review, Volume 112O. Everett, 1871 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 249
... Ramsey , as the controlling influence in the Albany & Susquehanna management , neither desired to surrender the independence of his road , nor , in view of the recent experience of others , did he impose implicit faith in either the ...
... Ramsey , as the controlling influence in the Albany & Susquehanna management , neither desired to surrender the independence of his road , nor , in view of the recent experience of others , did he impose implicit faith in either the ...
Page 250
... Ramsey . Whatever the cause , the direction at the time of the completion of the road was divided not unevenly . This condi- tion of affairs was very unsatisfactory to Mr. Ramsey . He maintained that at the previous election he and his ...
... Ramsey . Whatever the cause , the direction at the time of the completion of the road was divided not unevenly . This condi- tion of affairs was very unsatisfactory to Mr. Ramsey . He maintained that at the previous election he and his ...
Page 251
... Ramsey party ; and here they felt secure , for the law authorized the town com- missioners , who held this stock as trustees , to sell it only for cash and at its par value , and forbade them to sell it for less unless specially ...
... Ramsey party ; and here they felt secure , for the law authorized the town com- missioners , who held this stock as trustees , to sell it only for cash and at its par value , and forbade them to sell it for less unless specially ...
Page 252
... Ramsey party heavily . It now occurred to Ramsey that the subscrip- tion - books had never been closed , and that twelve thousand shares of the capital stock of the company were as yet un- issued . On the 5th he took the subscription ...
... Ramsey party heavily . It now occurred to Ramsey that the subscrip- tion - books had never been closed , and that twelve thousand shares of the capital stock of the company were as yet un- issued . On the 5th he took the subscription ...
Page 253
... Ramsey undertook to relieve them of it . That this subscription , made by directors in secret on the eve of an election , and with a view of affecting that election , should have subsequently been held legal is open to criticism ; its ...
... Ramsey undertook to relieve them of it . That this subscription , made by directors in secret on the eve of an election , and with a view of affecting that election , should have subsequently been held legal is open to criticism ; its ...
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Page 212 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurled, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 213 - Hope humbly then; with trembling pinions soar, Wait the great teacher Death, and God adore. What future bliss he gives not thee to know, But gives that hope to be thy blessing now. Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest. The soul, uneasy and confined, from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come.
Page 214 - Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile Man that mourns, As the rapt Seraph that adores and burns; To him no high, no low, no great, no...
Page 62 - The general assembly shall pass laws to correct abuses and prevent unjust discrimination and extortion in the rates of freight and passenger tariffs on the different railroads in this state, and enforce such laws by adequate penalties, to the extent, if necessary for that purpose, of forfeiture of their property and franchises.
Page 216 - Teach me, like thee, in various nature wise, To fall with dignity, with temper rise ; Form'd by thy converse, happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe ; Correct with spirit, eloquent with ease, Intent to reason, or polite to please.
Page 212 - AWAKE, my St John ! leave all meaner things To low ambition, and the pride of kings. Let us (since life can little more supply Than just to look about us, and to die...
Page 212 - Heaven from all creatures hides the book of Fate, All but the page prescribed, their present state: From brutes what men, from men what spirits know: Or who could suffer being here below?
Page 213 - Where slaves once more their native land behold, No fiends torment, no Christians thirst for gold. To Be, contents his natural desire, He asks no Angel's wing, no Seraph's fire; But thinks, admitted to that equal sky, His faithful dog shall bear him company.
Page 289 - Lordships, which was unnecessary, but there are many whom it may be needful to remind, that an advocate by the sacred duty which he owes his Client, knows in the discharge of that office but one person in the world, that Client and none other. To save that Client by all expedient means, to protect that Client at all hazards and costs to all others, and among others to himself, is the highest and most unquestioned of his duties; and he must not regard the alarm, the suffering, the torment, the destruction...
Page 369 - And friend slew friend not knowing whom he slew; And some had visions out of golden youth, And some beheld the faces of old ghosts Look in upon the battle; and in the mist Was many a noble deed, many a base...