The New York Review, Volume 1Francis Lister Hawks, Caleb Sprague Henry, Joseph Green Cogswell G. Dearborn & Company, 1837 - Bibliography |
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... true , the inquiry naturally suggests itself , why , of all his contemporaries , Mr. Jefferson should have enjoyed the peculiar love , or felt the peculiar hatred of those who knew him ? If it could with propriety be said that the times ...
... true , the inquiry naturally suggests itself , why , of all his contemporaries , Mr. Jefferson should have enjoyed the peculiar love , or felt the peculiar hatred of those who knew him ? If it could with propriety be said that the times ...
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... true of men of both the political parties of a former day . Was the first president of the United States less conspicu- ons or less useful than the third ? Was the third an abler or a better man than the fourth ? How then does it happen ...
... true of men of both the political parties of a former day . Was the first president of the United States less conspicu- ons or less useful than the third ? Was the third an abler or a better man than the fourth ? How then does it happen ...
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... true greatness , and he reaped the inevitable consequences . The account which our author affords us on the subject of Mr. Jefferson's religious opinions is , it must be confessed , scanty enough . After an allusion to his intimacy in ...
... true greatness , and he reaped the inevitable consequences . The account which our author affords us on the subject of Mr. Jefferson's religious opinions is , it must be confessed , scanty enough . After an allusion to his intimacy in ...
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... true , even though Mr. Jeffer- son disbelieved it ; we will say that men whose minds were at least equal to his , and whose lives were better , have believed it , after such a patient investigation as Mr. Jefferson had neither leisure ...
... true , even though Mr. Jeffer- son disbelieved it ; we will say that men whose minds were at least equal to his , and whose lives were better , have believed it , after such a patient investigation as Mr. Jefferson had neither leisure ...
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... true . " See Ana , See Ana , p . 463 . A word now as to his proselyting spirit . The favorite pro- ject of Mr. Jefferson's latter days , was , as is well known , the establishment , in his native state , of a literary institution ...
... true . " See Ana , See Ana , p . 463 . A word now as to his proselyting spirit . The favorite pro- ject of Mr. Jefferson's latter days , was , as is well known , the establishment , in his native state , of a literary institution ...
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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.