The North American Review, Volume 54University of Northern Iowa, 1842 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... colonies of Greece , after giving form , expression , birth , to the whole literature , character , and national insti- tutions of the people to whom he belonged , have come down to us through a period of three thousand years , during ...
... colonies of Greece , after giving form , expression , birth , to the whole literature , character , and national insti- tutions of the people to whom he belonged , have come down to us through a period of three thousand years , during ...
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... colonies a century later , and between the houses of Bourbon and of Austria nearly down to our own times . But the selfish ambition of Philip the Good ( as history has nicknamed him ) , and the lust of conquest in Charles the Rash ( or ...
... colonies a century later , and between the houses of Bourbon and of Austria nearly down to our own times . But the selfish ambition of Philip the Good ( as history has nicknamed him ) , and the lust of conquest in Charles the Rash ( or ...
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... colony , she is represented to have made a systematic assault upon the prin- ciples preached in the pulpits , and administered in the government , of Massachusetts . That assault was rendered effective and formidable by her genius and ...
... colony , she is represented to have made a systematic assault upon the prin- ciples preached in the pulpits , and administered in the government , of Massachusetts . That assault was rendered effective and formidable by her genius and ...
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... colony being permitted to mingle in the deliberations and proceedings . The tribunal , thus constituted , was armed with the entire political and moral power of the State , and was , for this reason , uncontrolled 26 - No. 114 . VOL ...
... colony being permitted to mingle in the deliberations and proceedings . The tribunal , thus constituted , was armed with the entire political and moral power of the State , and was , for this reason , uncontrolled 26 - No. 114 . VOL ...
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... colonies ; " that it was by this one people , through their representatives , and for them , as one , that Independence was declared ; that the subsequent " Ar- ticles of Confederation , " in their full recognition of the princi- ple of ...
... colonies ; " that it was by this one people , through their representatives , and for them , as one , that Independence was declared ; that the subsequent " Ar- ticles of Confederation , " in their full recognition of the princi- ple of ...
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Page 454 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 274 - All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players. They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being seven ages. At first the infant, Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms.
Page 278 - Sing a song of sixpence, A pocket full of rye; Four and twenty blackbirds Baked in a pie. When the pie was opened, The birds began to sing; Wasn't that a dainty dish To set before the king?
Page 215 - And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges, stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger as he that was born among them...
Page 275 - With spectacles on nose, and pouch on side ; His youthful hose well saved, a world too wide For his shrunk shank ; and his big, manly voice, Turning again toward childish treble, pipes And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all, That ends this strange, eventful history, Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ; Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans every thing.
Page 510 - THE MEDICAL FORMULARY: being a Collection of Prescriptions, derived from the writings and practice of many of the most eminent physicians of America and Europe. Together with the usual Dietetic Preparations and Antidotes for Poisons. To which is added an Appendix, on the Endermic u-se of Medicines, and on the use of Ether and Chloroform.
Page 274 - Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then a soldier, Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard, Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel, Seeking the bubble reputation Even in the cannon's mouth. And then the justice, In fair round belly with good capon...
Page 327 - And let me speak to the yet unknowing world How these things came about : so shall you hear Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts, Of accidental judgments, casual slaughters, Of deaths put on by cunning and forced cause, And, in this upshot, purposes mistook Fall'n on the inventors' heads : all this can I Truly deliver.
Page 274 - Little Jack Horner Sat in a corner Eating a Christmas pie; He put in his thumb, And pulled out a plum, And said, "What a good boy am I!
Page 481 - The cause of government was ably vindicated by Lord North, a statesman of spotless integrity, a consummate master of debate, who could wield with equal dexterity the arms of reason and of ridicule.