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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... once to other work than his own , - engineering , me- chanical occupation , struggles for money in mart or counting- house , some task to which the divine inspiration avails 1866. ] T The Conditions of Art in America .
... once to other work than his own , - engineering , me- chanical occupation , struggles for money in mart or counting- house , some task to which the divine inspiration avails 1866. ] T The Conditions of Art in America .
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... once repel and seem absurd , to paint a picture twelve feet long that shall be impressive , to design a building covering eight thousand square feet which shall be well adapted to its pur- pose and not offensively ugly , -all these are ...
... once repel and seem absurd , to paint a picture twelve feet long that shall be impressive , to design a building covering eight thousand square feet which shall be well adapted to its pur- pose and not offensively ugly , -all these are ...
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... once seemed about to be the nation's last , must come every good thing that a nation needs , or the people will have falsified their hopes and failed to secure the due reward of their sufferings and labors . The future must be not only ...
... once seemed about to be the nation's last , must come every good thing that a nation needs , or the people will have falsified their hopes and failed to secure the due reward of their sufferings and labors . The future must be not only ...
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... once in seven years . Some grown - up youths had never heard a prayer or sermon before mine . " Such books as those of Kirke and Olmsted give a sad pic- ture of the religious and moral degradation of these people . This religious ...
... once in seven years . Some grown - up youths had never heard a prayer or sermon before mine . " Such books as those of Kirke and Olmsted give a sad pic- ture of the religious and moral degradation of these people . This religious ...
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... once reorganized , will have the pow- er to legislate as iniquitously as did the planters of Jamaica , with no superior Parliament to revise their actions . That con- scientious scruples , or considerations of interest , would restrain ...
... once reorganized , will have the pow- er to legislate as iniquitously as did the planters of Jamaica , with no superior Parliament to revise their actions . That con- scientious scruples , or considerations of interest , would restrain ...
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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.