The North American Review, Volume 102O. Everett, 1866 - North American review Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... human visitors , are cleverly hinted at . It differs essentially from the former picture in some effects , resulting from the fact that it is the best work , in important respects , of its author , while the Andes is one of its ...
... human visitors , are cleverly hinted at . It differs essentially from the former picture in some effects , resulting from the fact that it is the best work , in important respects , of its author , while the Andes is one of its ...
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... human character or emotion , it is realism that considers and decides upon the appropriate gesture and expression of the figures ; it is naturalism that paints di- rectly from nature , or from recollection of nature , the colors and ...
... human character or emotion , it is realism that considers and decides upon the appropriate gesture and expression of the figures ; it is naturalism that paints di- rectly from nature , or from recollection of nature , the colors and ...
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... human face exactly as it looks , in shadow , color , contour , or a tree as it looks on a summer day , in twinkling light , flickering shadow , outline of varying sharpness against the sky , such language the people can un- derstand ...
... human face exactly as it looks , in shadow , color , contour , or a tree as it looks on a summer day , in twinkling light , flickering shadow , outline of varying sharpness against the sky , such language the people can un- derstand ...
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... humanity of the North accounts for this . There must have been some influences at work here which may powerfully affect the future , as they have affected the past . The influences so potent in retaining slavery , against the opinions ...
... humanity of the North accounts for this . There must have been some influences at work here which may powerfully affect the future , as they have affected the past . The influences so potent in retaining slavery , against the opinions ...
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... human neighborhood , she made her lair , Rested , and with her menials wrought her trade , And lived , and left her empty body there . Then the sparse people that were scattered near Gathered upon that island , everywhere Compassed ...
... human neighborhood , she made her lair , Rested , and with her menials wrought her trade , And lived , and left her empty body there . Then the sparse people that were scattered near Gathered upon that island , everywhere Compassed ...
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Page 358 - But for those first affections, Those shadowy recollections, Which, be they what they may, Are yet the fountain light of all our day, Are yet a master light of all our seeing; Uphold us, cherish, and have power to make Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence: truths that wake, To perish never...
Page 261 - Well, well, Master Kingston," quoth he, "I see the matter against me how it is framed; but if I had served God as diligently as I have done the king, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs.
Page 359 - Though love repine, and reason chafe, There came a voice without reply, — "Tis man's perdition to be safe, When for the truth he ought to die.
Page 495 - ... reprisals, aggression, or hostility of any kind, by the one republic against the other, until the government of that which deems itself aggrieved shall have maturely considered, in the spirit of peace and good neighborship, whether it would not be better that such difference should be settled by the arbitration of commissioners appointed on each side, or by that of a friendly nation.
Page 489 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented...
Page 488 - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 44 - ... of carrying it on, until the producers have been educated up to the level of those with whom the processes are traditional. A protecting duty, continued for a reasonable time, will sometimes be the least inconvenient mode in which the nation can tax itself for the support of such an experiment.
Page 489 - River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River; thence down along the middle of that river to the forty-fifth degree of north latitude...
Page 616 - Whether it be lawful to resist the supreme magistrate, if the commonwealth cannot be otherwise preserved ?" He maintained the affirmative, and this collegiate exercise furnished a very significant index to his subsequent political career.
Page 454 - If I decide this case in favor of my own government, I must disavow its most cherished principles, and reverse and forever abandon its essential policy. The country cannot afford the sacrifice. If I maintain those principles, and adhere to that policy, I must surrender the case itself.