The North American Review, Volume 95Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1862 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... produce an agreeable effect , especially as related to other objects . - The economical relations of the subject render it one of great importance . Less than two years ago , nearly two mil- lions of dollars were shipped in one day from ...
... produce an agreeable effect , especially as related to other objects . - The economical relations of the subject render it one of great importance . Less than two years ago , nearly two mil- lions of dollars were shipped in one day from ...
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... produce , select , and enjoy that workmanship which is common . Not many can so much as see , still fewer can possess , the great works of man's hand , pictorial or sculptu- ral ; all may be environed with the beautiful . The highest ...
... produce , select , and enjoy that workmanship which is common . Not many can so much as see , still fewer can possess , the great works of man's hand , pictorial or sculptu- ral ; all may be environed with the beautiful . The highest ...
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... produce a pleasurable effect , especial- ly of a relative sort . Throw together a mass of discolored materials ... produced has been the decoration of a temple - front , the best painting the decoration of a room . Raphael's best ...
... produce a pleasurable effect , especial- ly of a relative sort . Throw together a mass of discolored materials ... produced has been the decoration of a temple - front , the best painting the decoration of a room . Raphael's best ...
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... producing false and lifeless art , whereas , if they and others were to give thought and heart to the subject , their toil might be education and joy to them , to all ? True seriousness , true benevolence , should not overlook ...
... producing false and lifeless art , whereas , if they and others were to give thought and heart to the subject , their toil might be education and joy to them , to all ? True seriousness , true benevolence , should not overlook ...
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... produce at least a semblance of joy and beauty , -the joy of delirium and the beauty of death . Ornamental art smiles to us in every playful line and cheerful color ; we have attempted to explain why . With the - happy life inherent in ...
... produce at least a semblance of joy and beauty , -the joy of delirium and the beauty of death . Ornamental art smiles to us in every playful line and cheerful color ; we have attempted to explain why . With the - happy life inherent in ...
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Page 292 - An ordinance, to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her, under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America." — We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the...
Page 496 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us, in convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the constitution of the United States of America...
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Page 12 - To preserve the commerce of neutrals from all unnecessary " obstruction, her Majesty is willing, for the present, to waive a " part of the belligerent rights appertaining to her by the Law of
Page 127 - The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge ; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Page 61 - In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD • and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD...
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Page 509 - Mississippi, and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free as well to the inhabitants of said State, as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said State of Iowa.
Page 398 - ... bringest an assuaging balm ; eloquent opium ! that with thy potent rhetoric stealest away the purposes of wrath ; and to the guilty man for one night...
Page 37 - Upon this footing Messrs. Mason and Slidell, who are expressly stated by Mr. Seward to have been sent as pretended ministers plenipotentiary from the southern States to the courts of St. James and of Paris, must have been sent, and would have been, if at all, received ; and the reception of these gentlemen upon this footing could not have been justly regarded, according to" the law of nations, as a hostile or unfriendly act towards the United States.