The New York Review, Volume 1Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell G. Dearborn & Company, 1837 - Bibliography |
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... object . And the perfection of the moral character is not in a stoical apathy so hypocritically vaunted , and so untruly too , be- cause impossible , but in a just equilibrium of all the passions . I wish the pathologists then would ...
... object . And the perfection of the moral character is not in a stoical apathy so hypocritically vaunted , and so untruly too , be- cause impossible , but in a just equilibrium of all the passions . I wish the pathologists then would ...
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... object he was prepared to enrol among the most important achievements of his long and busy life ; and among what he deemed the splendid trophies to his fame , which he was desirous should perpetuate his memory to posterity , he placed ...
... object he was prepared to enrol among the most important achievements of his long and busy life ; and among what he deemed the splendid trophies to his fame , which he was desirous should perpetuate his memory to posterity , he placed ...
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... object is to draw over us the substance , as they have already done the forms , of the British government . The main body of our citizens , however , remain true to their republican principles ; the whole landed interest is republican ...
... object is to draw over us the substance , as they have already done the forms , of the British government . The main body of our citizens , however , remain true to their republican principles ; the whole landed interest is republican ...
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... object of the Senate's alterations , was to affect the substance . The point however , is of little importance , nor should we have touched at all the question of his courage , but for the fact that his biogra- pher repels the charge of ...
... object of the Senate's alterations , was to affect the substance . The point however , is of little importance , nor should we have touched at all the question of his courage , but for the fact that his biogra- pher repels the charge of ...
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... object of these addresses was not merely to produce in the young men a disposition to obey the laws and return to their studies , but to induce the principal rioters to give up their names . The address of these men -- the two first ...
... object of these addresses was not merely to produce in the young men a disposition to obey the laws and return to their studies , but to induce the principal rioters to give up their names . The address of these men -- the two first ...
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Page 354 - In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land : whom the Lord of Hosts shall bless, saying, " Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Page 185 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 343 - The wrath of God came upon them, and slew the fattest of them, and smote down the chosen men of Israel.
Page 296 - I was empowered to pay most liberally for his exertions ; and, would you believe it ! he was so absurd as to say ' I can earn as much as will supply my wants without writing for any party ; the assistance you offer is therefore unnecessary to me...
Page 440 - His eyes — how they twinkled! his dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard on his chin was as white as the snow...
Page 359 - Thus will I make mount Seir most desolate, and cut off from it him that passeth out and him that returneth.
Page 75 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's, and truth's; then if thou fall'st, O Cromwell, Thou fall'st a blessed martyr!
Page 162 - ... creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep. All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night : how often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to other's note, Singing their great Creator ? oft in bands While they keep watch, or nightly rounding walk. With heav'nly touch of instrumental sounds In full harmonic number join'd, their songs Divide the night, and lift our...
Page 49 - That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people, are and of right ought to be a sovereign and selfgoverning association under the control of no power other than that of our God and the General Government of the Congress to the maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual co-operation our lives our fortunes and our most sacred honor.
Page 296 - By inscribing this slight performance to you, I do not mean so much to compliment you as myself. It may do me some honour to inform the public, that I have lived many years in intimacy with you. It may serve the interests of mankind also to inform them, that the greatest wit may be found in a character, without impairing the most unaffected piety.