The North American Review, Հատոր 106Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1868 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... established " on temperance principles . " The repeal of the usury laws was discussed , as also the expediency of passing a law regulating the hours of labor , known as the " Ten - Hour Law . ” literature , also , the Athens of America ...
... established " on temperance principles . " The repeal of the usury laws was discussed , as also the expediency of passing a law regulating the hours of labor , known as the " Ten - Hour Law . ” literature , also , the Athens of America ...
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... established in that year , it naturally fixed its terminus in Boston . " The reasons for this choice were , nearness to and convenience of access from the lower British Provinces and Lower Canada ; a shorter distance from Europe ; and ...
... established in that year , it naturally fixed its terminus in Boston . " The reasons for this choice were , nearness to and convenience of access from the lower British Provinces and Lower Canada ; a shorter distance from Europe ; and ...
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... establish selling agencies in New York . The Skinners went there in 1846 , the Lawrences in 1851 , and other houses of necessity followed . Then came the California trade , which gave such an immense commercial impetus to New York , and ...
... establish selling agencies in New York . The Skinners went there in 1846 , the Lawrences in 1851 , and other houses of necessity followed . Then came the California trade , which gave such an immense commercial impetus to New York , and ...
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... then was heard of no more . Then came up the Southern man in place of the Western man , and lines of steamers were established to run to Richmond , to Charleston , to Savannah , to New Orleans , and every other 1868. ] 11 Boston .
... then was heard of no more . Then came up the Southern man in place of the Western man , and lines of steamers were established to run to Richmond , to Charleston , to Savannah , to New Orleans , and every other 1868. ] 11 Boston .
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... establish such a system amid the ebbs and floods of a democratic form of government is not easy . An intelligent despot might do it at once , and what an intelligent despot might do an intelligent people can do . The difficulty lies at ...
... establish such a system amid the ebbs and floods of a democratic form of government is not easy . An intelligent despot might do it at once , and what an intelligent despot might do an intelligent people can do . The difficulty lies at ...
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Էջ 130 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
Էջ 663 - I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
Էջ 100 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Էջ 322 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Էջ 188 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Էջ 554 - Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.
Էջ 146 - It is ordered, that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbours, to see, first that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavour to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws : upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect...
Էջ 72 - But the world is habitually unjust in its judgments of such men; unjust on many grounds, of which this one may be stated as the substance : It decides, like a court of law, by dead statutes; and not positively but negatively, less on what is done right, than on what is or is not done wrong.
Էջ 72 - ... one may be stated as the substance : It decides, like a court of law, by dead statutes ; and not positively but negatively, less on what is done right, than on what is or is not done wrong. Not the few inches of deflection from the mathematical orbit, which are so easily measured, but the ratio of these to the whole diameter, constitutes the real aberration. This orbit may be a planet's, its diameter the breadth of the solar system ; or it may be a city hippodrome ; nay the circle of a gin-horse,...
Էջ 122 - I think I have said to you before that, if my fortunes and humour served me to think of that state, I should certainly, among all persons on earth, make your choice ; because I never saw that person whose conversation I entirely valued but hers ; this was the utmost I ever gave way to.