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more austere and dangerous parts of their original institutions - to liberate the mass of the population from the fetters of an imme- morial despotism - and to assimilate the manners of the mountaineer to those of his fellow countrymen ...
more austere and dangerous parts of their original institutions - to liberate the mass of the population from the fetters of an imme- morial despotism - and to assimilate the manners of the mountaineer to those of his fellow countrymen ...
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... institutions , has proceeded but slowly , and the princi- pal occupation of the Highlanders at the present day ... institution was so clan towards their chief , superseded all other obligations . To defend him , whoever might be the ...
... institutions , has proceeded but slowly , and the princi- pal occupation of the Highlanders at the present day ... institution was so clan towards their chief , superseded all other obligations . To defend him , whoever might be the ...
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... institution , that it is impossible to regard it with ra- tional complacency , or to reflect without pleasure that it no longer exists . Yet we would not have our readers suppose us insensible to the generous enthusiasm which ...
... institution , that it is impossible to regard it with ra- tional complacency , or to reflect without pleasure that it no longer exists . Yet we would not have our readers suppose us insensible to the generous enthusiasm which ...
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... institutions of an enlightened policy , of revenge ; but the love of plunder ap- where power , instead of trusting to the pas- pears in inany instances to have formed the sions , which can never betray , steers its true incitement . To ...
... institutions of an enlightened policy , of revenge ; but the love of plunder ap- where power , instead of trusting to the pas- pears in inany instances to have formed the sions , which can never betray , steers its true incitement . To ...
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... institutions , could not have great influence among a people who existed only in union , and whose every enterprise was a conspiracy . It is acknowledged , also , that the attempt of the legislature to termi- nate , by an abrupt and ...
... institutions , could not have great influence among a people who existed only in union , and whose every enterprise was a conspiracy . It is acknowledged , also , that the attempt of the legislature to termi- nate , by an abrupt and ...
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Էջ 411 - An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hues with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene.
Էջ 96 - Alas! it is not when we sleep soft and wake merrily ourselves, that we think on other people's sufferings. Our hearts are waxed light within us then, and we are for righting our ain wrangs and fighting our ain battles.
Էջ 148 - From the view taken of this subject, founded on all the information that we have been able to obtain, there is good cause to be satisfied with the course heretofore pursued by the United States, in regard to this contest, and to conclude, that it is proper to adhere to it, especially in the present state of affairs.
Էջ 419 - There is a tide in the affairs of men, That, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune ; Omitted, all the voyage of their life Is bound in shallows and in miseries.
Էջ 96 - O, madam, if ever ye kend what it was to sorrow for and with a sinning and a suffering creature, whose mind is sae tossed that she can be neither ca'd fit to live or die, have some compassion on our misery ! — Save an honest house from dishonour, and an unhappy girl, not eighteen years of age, from...
Էջ 433 - Muhometan nation, it is declared by the parties, that no pretext arising from religious opinions, shall ever produce an interruption of the harmony existing between the two countries.
Էջ 69 - The American Bible Society, of which the sole object shall be to encourage a wider circulation of the Holy Scriptures without note or comment.
Էջ 148 - ... proper to adhere to it, especially, in the present state of affairs. I have great satisfaction in stating, that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers, continue on the most friendly basis. In our domestic concerns we have ample • MUM- of satisfaction.
Էջ 147 - Jackson to enter Florida in pursuit of the Seminoles care was taken not to encroach on the rights of Spain. I regret to have to add that in executing this order facts were disclosed respecting the conduct of the officers of Spain in authority there in encouraging the war, furnishing munitions of war and other supplies to carry it on, and in other acts not less marked which evinced their participation in the hostile purposes of that combination and justified the confidence with which it inspired the...
Էջ 411 - With his fierce footsteps, yield in chasms a fearful vent " To the broad column which rolls on, and shows More like the fountain of an infant sea Torn from the womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world...