The Great Western Magazine and Anglo-American Journal of Literature, Science, Art, Commercial and Political Economy, Statistics, &c, Volume 1Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1842 - United States |
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... Nature and Character of the Federal Government of America . . 338 The Blighted Flower . By Robert Howe Gould .378 The Doom of Beauty . By Isaac Clarke Pray 380 Science and Art : The Editor's Study . - Literature : The True Nature and ...
... Nature and Character of the Federal Government of America . . 338 The Blighted Flower . By Robert Howe Gould .378 The Doom of Beauty . By Isaac Clarke Pray 380 Science and Art : The Editor's Study . - Literature : The True Nature and ...
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... natural history of man - noblemen all by nature , and , as it were , taught by the Great Spirit whom they worship , till their demeanour , in many respects , becomes even exemplary for those who boast of their opportunities for moral ...
... natural history of man - noblemen all by nature , and , as it were , taught by the Great Spirit whom they worship , till their demeanour , in many respects , becomes even exemplary for those who boast of their opportunities for moral ...
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... nature more beautiful and sublime , inasmuch as it approaches the highest mag- nificence of art ? Here , too , on either side , let it be recollected , are the villages of the red - men . As the steamboat ( the first that ever tried the ...
... nature more beautiful and sublime , inasmuch as it approaches the highest mag- nificence of art ? Here , too , on either side , let it be recollected , are the villages of the red - men . As the steamboat ( the first that ever tried the ...
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... nature , indolent , or living a life of luxury - and knowing no danger except that which arises from the hostilities of neighbouring tribes , find total extermination of their enemies to be the only lasting security of their own happi ...
... nature , indolent , or living a life of luxury - and knowing no danger except that which arises from the hostilities of neighbouring tribes , find total extermination of their enemies to be the only lasting security of their own happi ...
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... nature , as well as from conventional position ; which should confirm them in habits of benevolence and in the ... natural sorrows . For though many sources of grief would still continue fresh and open , as sickness , death , loss of ...
... nature , as well as from conventional position ; which should confirm them in habits of benevolence and in the ... natural sorrows . For though many sources of grief would still continue fresh and open , as sickness , death , loss of ...
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Page 218 - The breakers were right beneath her bows, She drifted a dreary wreck, And a whooping billow swept the crew Like icicles from her deck. She struck where the white and fleecy waves Looked soft as carded wool, But the cruel rocks, they gored her side Like the horns of an angry bull.
Page 365 - Monday in May next, a convention of delegates who shall have been appointed by the several states, be held at Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation, and reporting to Congress, and the several legislatures, such...
Page 217 - SPEAK ! speak ! thou fearful guest ! Who, with thy hollow breast Still in rude armor drest, Comest to daunt me ! Wrapt not in Eastern balms, But with thy fleshless palms Stretched, as if asking alms. Why dost thou haunt me ? " Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes seemed to rise, As when the Northern skies Gleam in December; And, like the water's flow Under December's snow, Came a dull voice of woe From the heart's chamber. " I was a Viking old ! My deeds, though manifold, No Skald in song...
Page 288 - A Dictionary of Science, Literature, and Art : Comprising the History, Description, and Scientific Principles of every Branch of Human Knowledge ; with the Derivation and Definition of all the Terms in General Use. Edited by WT BRANDE, FRSL and E.
Page 356 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Page 220 - THE day is cold, and dark, and dreary ; It rains, and the wind is never weary ; The vine still clings to the mouldering wall, But at every gust the dead leaves fall, And the day is dark and dreary.
Page 357 - In this state of extreme danger, we have no alternative left but an abject submission to the will of those overbearing tyrants, or a total separation from the crown and government of Great Britain...
Page 358 - Rhode Island, and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia, to be free, sovereign and independent States; that he treats with them as such, and for himself, his heirs and successors, relinquishes all claims to the Government, propriety and territorial rights of the same, and every part thereof.
Page 377 - Every State shall abide by the determinations of the United States in Congress assembled, on all questions which by this Confederation are submitted to them. And the articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual...
Page 270 - EARLY, my God, without delay, I haste to seek thy face, My thirsty spirit faints away, Without thy cheering grace. 2 So pilgrims, on the scorching sand, Beneath a burning sky, Long for a cooling stream at hand, And they must drink or die.