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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Page 64
... truths , that God is to be worshipped in spirit and everywhere , and that man is the true temple , forbid the costly and beautiful in Christian architecture , with equal force these truths prohibit the plainest house of prayer . The ...
... truths , that God is to be worshipped in spirit and everywhere , and that man is the true temple , forbid the costly and beautiful in Christian architecture , with equal force these truths prohibit the plainest house of prayer . The ...
Page 65
... truth of the proverb , to what does beauty owe its beauty if not to its own ornate qualities ? We hardly need pause to notice other fallacies , such as those which assume the name of simplicity , economy , utility . The human body , the ...
... truth of the proverb , to what does beauty owe its beauty if not to its own ornate qualities ? We hardly need pause to notice other fallacies , such as those which assume the name of simplicity , economy , utility . The human body , the ...
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... truth , so changeful are the aspects of sea and sky , that , every instant , we have everywhere a new uni- verse , revealing itself suddenly , and then vanishing , never pre- cisely to reappear . If there be any place where they would ...
... truth , so changeful are the aspects of sea and sky , that , every instant , we have everywhere a new uni- verse , revealing itself suddenly , and then vanishing , never pre- cisely to reappear . If there be any place where they would ...
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... truth , and smothering all life . Painted imitations of wood and stone are enough to mention as illustrations . There are exceptions to the general rule , doubtless , that could be justified by worthy reasons ; gilding is thought to be ...
... truth , and smothering all life . Painted imitations of wood and stone are enough to mention as illustrations . There are exceptions to the general rule , doubtless , that could be justified by worthy reasons ; gilding is thought to be ...
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... truth as possible , consistently with its principles . To this end , each nation should draw from the storehouse of its own familiar scenery . " O thou sculptor , painter , poet ! Take this lesson to thy heart : That is best which lieth ...
... truth as possible , consistently with its principles . To this end , each nation should draw from the storehouse of its own familiar scenery . " O thou sculptor , painter , poet ! Take this lesson to thy heart : That is best which lieth ...
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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...
Page 16 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag.
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...
Page 389 - The pleasure given by wine is always mounting, and tending to a crisis, after which it declines: that from opium, when once generated, is stationary for eight or ten hours...
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.