The United States Democratic Review, Volume 19Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1846 - United States Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840. |
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... mind but that of his own nation , lays hold of things at random , as they are presented to his view , and without any clear conception of their fitness , and without tracing the effect to the cause , is apt to condemn and ridicule what ...
... mind but that of his own nation , lays hold of things at random , as they are presented to his view , and without any clear conception of their fitness , and without tracing the effect to the cause , is apt to condemn and ridicule what ...
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... mind , and congenial with the feelings of an Englishman . It will be per- ceived that rank is not confined to the nobility . Every individual in the em- pire holds rank - is a peer in his own circle - and just as tenacious to main- tain ...
... mind , and congenial with the feelings of an Englishman . It will be per- ceived that rank is not confined to the nobility . Every individual in the em- pire holds rank - is a peer in his own circle - and just as tenacious to main- tain ...
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... mind to make another's woes or another's wrongs , whether real or imaginary , its own . We justly complain of the taunt- ing , vituperative and contemptuous spirit which breathes in European publica- tions , and which comes to our ...
... mind to make another's woes or another's wrongs , whether real or imaginary , its own . We justly complain of the taunt- ing , vituperative and contemptuous spirit which breathes in European publica- tions , and which comes to our ...
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... mind of an imaginative and educated man , seeking to describe his " thoughts . " But the main charm of the poem is the nice , and at the same time , bold art of its rhythm . Here is no merely nega- tive merit , but much of originality ...
... mind of an imaginative and educated man , seeking to describe his " thoughts . " But the main charm of the poem is the nice , and at the same time , bold art of its rhythm . Here is no merely nega- tive merit , but much of originality ...
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... mind is fettered by superstition and bound up in the chains of religious bigotry , it is not to be expected that it should act with the directness and en- ergy which it manifests when freed from such embarrassing restraints , and left ...
... mind is fettered by superstition and bound up in the chains of religious bigotry , it is not to be expected that it should act with the directness and en- ergy which it manifests when freed from such embarrassing restraints , and left ...
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Page 285 - Twas thine own genius gave the final blow, And helped to plant the wound that laid thee low : So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 320 - ... and the moneys arising from the loans creating such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which they were obtained, or to repay the debt so contracted, and to no other purpose whatever.
Page 335 - The Legislature shall have no power to pass any act granting any special charter for banking purposes; but corporations or associations may be formed for such purposes under general laws.
Page 320 - No moneys shall ever be paid out of the treasury of this State, or any of its funds, or any of the funds under its management, except in pursuance of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act...
Page 320 - In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the State may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in war; but the money arising from the contracting of such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever.
Page 285 - That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high. Had Echo, with so sweet a grace, Narcissus' loud complaints returned, Not for reflection of his face, But of his voice, the boy had burned.
Page 320 - ... and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Page 285 - In vain for him the officious wife prepares The fire fair-blazing, and the vestment warm ; In vain his little children, peeping out Into the mingling storm, demand their sire, With tears of artless innocence. Alas ! Nor wife, nor children, more shall he behold, Nor friends, nor sacred home.
Page 335 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and...
Page 153 - From the point on the forty-ninth parallel of north latitude, where the boundary laid down in existing Treaties and Conventions between...