The Ordeal: A Critical Journal of Politicks and Literature, Volume 1Joseph Tinker Buckingham This short-lived magazine was concerned with politics and literature; it devoted several sections to politics, and also gave attention to reviews of recent publications, poetry, and the theater. Cf. American perioidicals, 1741-1900. |
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... reason , of rational and practical phi losophy , are past ; solid reasonings are never read ; and satire must find its way to the consciences of men when other resources are insufficient . But the satirist himself is often considered in ...
... reason , of rational and practical phi losophy , are past ; solid reasonings are never read ; and satire must find its way to the consciences of men when other resources are insufficient . But the satirist himself is often considered in ...
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... reason , and will have a certain effect ; but here discussion must entertain as well as instruct ; the multitude must be conducted to the point by the torch of fancy and not by the clue of logical investigation . Events of great ...
... reason , and will have a certain effect ; but here discussion must entertain as well as instruct ; the multitude must be conducted to the point by the torch of fancy and not by the clue of logical investigation . Events of great ...
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... reason for holding , that there is still a consid- erable difference between the national taste of Germany and of this country . The piece before us , has not only been a favourite acting play for these six and twenty years , but it is ...
... reason for holding , that there is still a consid- erable difference between the national taste of Germany and of this country . The piece before us , has not only been a favourite acting play for these six and twenty years , but it is ...
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... reason , sense and pro- priety in nature . Tell a woman at this day that a wide hooped petti- coat , or an extreme long waist , would much improve her exterior , and she would laugh in your face ; yet these absurd fashions , were ...
... reason , sense and pro- priety in nature . Tell a woman at this day that a wide hooped petti- coat , or an extreme long waist , would much improve her exterior , and she would laugh in your face ; yet these absurd fashions , were ...
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... reason or decorum . We are willing to contemplate the subject on the grounds he has assumed , and our inquiries , we ... reasons for determining in fa- vour of the embargo . We are willing also to admit the measure to have been wise , so ...
... reason or decorum . We are willing to contemplate the subject on the grounds he has assumed , and our inquiries , we ... reasons for determining in fa- vour of the embargo . We are willing also to admit the measure to have been wise , so ...
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Page 263 - May 1, 1810, provided that in case either Great Britain or France shall, before the third day of March next, so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Page 296 - Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U — — niversity of Gottingen, — — niversity of Gottingen.
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Page 319 - A fool quite angry is quite innocent : Alas ! 'tis ten times worse when they repent. One dedicates in high heroic prose, And ridicules beyond a hundred foes : One from all Grub-street will my fame defend, And, more abusive, calls himself my friend.
Page 360 - The' unconscious bullet to the furnace bear ; — Or gaily tittering, tip the match with fire, Prime the big mortar, bid the shell aspire ; Applaud with tiny hands and laughing eyes, • And watch the bright destruction as it flies. Now the fierce forges gleam with angry glare — The windmill * waves his woven wings in air ; Swells the proud sail, the...
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