The American Whig Review, Հատոր 4George Hooker Colton, James Davenport Whelpley Wiley and Putnam, 1846 |
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... position in the Texan territory , where , we ask , was the necessity that the very first position of our forces should have been taken on the farther side of the Nueces ? Did not the President know that every inch of ground beyond the ...
... position in the Texan territory , where , we ask , was the necessity that the very first position of our forces should have been taken on the farther side of the Nueces ? Did not the President know that every inch of ground beyond the ...
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... position on the west bank of that river , provided the President had allowed it to remain there . Corpus Christi , and a narrow strip of country on the west bank of the Nueces , though not a part of the ancient province of Texas , had ...
... position on the west bank of that river , provided the President had allowed it to remain there . Corpus Christi , and a narrow strip of country on the west bank of the Nueces , though not a part of the ancient province of Texas , had ...
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... position which these commanders assumed , under in- structions from their Government ? Each in succession issued a proclamation , or sent a communication to General Tay- lor . That of Ampudia recited the explicit demands of his ...
... position which these commanders assumed , under in- structions from their Government ? Each in succession issued a proclamation , or sent a communication to General Tay- lor . That of Ampudia recited the explicit demands of his ...
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... position opposite Matamoras , in his brief , soldier- ly way of writing , he sums up the case in this wise : " The attitude of the Mex- icans is so far decidedly hostile . " He conducted himself accordingly . " On our side , " said he ...
... position opposite Matamoras , in his brief , soldier- ly way of writing , he sums up the case in this wise : " The attitude of the Mex- icans is so far decidedly hostile . " He conducted himself accordingly . " On our side , " said he ...
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... position on the west bank of the Nueces . What we want to know is : what had happened , on or about the 13th of January , to create such an " urgent necessity " for directing his position to be changed from the Nueces to the Rio Grande ...
... position on the west bank of the Nueces . What we want to know is : what had happened , on or about the 13th of January , to create such an " urgent necessity " for directing his position to be changed from the Nueces to the Rio Grande ...
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Էջ 544 - And the serpent said unto the woman, ye shall not surely die, for God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.
Էջ 387 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Էջ 324 - Ah, forsooth, and is it your worship indeed?" cried the good dame. "Yea, truly is it, and in the very image of my old gossip, Goodman Brown, the grandfather of the silly fellow that now is. But— would your worship believe it?— my broomstick hath strangely disappeared, stolen, as I suspect, by that unhanged witch, Goody Cory, and that, too, when I was all anointed with the juice of smallage, and cinquefoil, and wolf's bane"— "Mingled with fine wheat and the fat of a new-born babe," said the...
Էջ 437 - Before the angel, and of him to ask Chose rather : he, she knew, would intermix Grateful digressions, and solve high dispute With conjugal caresses ; from his lip Not words alone pleased her.
Էջ 324 - Poor little Faith!" thought he, for his heart smote him. "What a wretch am I to leave her on such an errand! She talks of dreams, too. Methought as she spoke there was trouble in her face, as if a dream had warned her what work is to be done to-night. But no, no; 'twould kill her to think it. Well, she's a blessed angel on earth; and after this one night I'll cling to her skirts and follow her to heaven.
Էջ 326 - A stern, a sad, a darkly meditative, a distrustful, if not a desperate man did he become from the night of that fearful dream.
Էջ 324 - There may be a devilish Indian behind every tree," said Goodman Brown to himself; and he glanced fearfully behind him as he added, "What if the devil himself should be at my very elbow!
Էջ 16 - Spanish government ; statements of which, soliciting the interposition of the government of the United States, have been presented to the department of state, or to the minister of the United States in Spain since the date of the convention of 1802, and until the signature of this treaty.
Էջ 91 - Marry ; it is a thing within my vow : But, if I may have leave to serve the princess, To see the virtues of her lord and her, I shall have hope to live.
Էջ 132 - Columbia River, the navigation of the said branch shall be free and open to the Hudson's Bay Company, and to all British subjects trading with the same, to the point where the said branch meets the main stream of the Columbia, and thence down the said main stream to the ocean, with free access into and through the said river or rivers, it being understood that all the usual portages along the line thus described shall, in like manner, be free and open.