The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 116A. Constable, 1862 |
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... passing that portion of the coast , the country would be found to open up more favourably inland . But , after encountering great hardships and the loss of several of his horses , he rounded the Great Bight only to behold the same ...
... passing that portion of the coast , the country would be found to open up more favourably inland . But , after encountering great hardships and the loss of several of his horses , he rounded the Great Bight only to behold the same ...
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... passed away since we left the last water , and it was very doubtful when we might find any more . Six hundred miles of country had to be traversed before I could hope to obtain the slightest aid or assistance of any kind , whilst I knew ...
... passed away since we left the last water , and it was very doubtful when we might find any more . Six hundred miles of country had to be traversed before I could hope to obtain the slightest aid or assistance of any kind , whilst I knew ...
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... passed this dreadful night , every moment appearing to be protracted to an hour , and it seemed as if the daylight would never appear . About midnight the wind ceased , and it became bitterly cold and frosty . I had nothing on but a ...
... passed this dreadful night , every moment appearing to be protracted to an hour , and it seemed as if the daylight would never appear . About midnight the wind ceased , and it became bitterly cold and frosty . I had nothing on but a ...
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... passed over Mr. Eyre's head , and evidently burst before they pro- ceeded many miles inland . At particular points , too , flights of parrots were observed , birds which are rarely seen at a con- siderable distance from water . From ...
... passed over Mr. Eyre's head , and evidently burst before they pro- ceeded many miles inland . At particular points , too , flights of parrots were observed , birds which are rarely seen at a con- siderable distance from water . From ...
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... passed up the Murray and the Darling , merely making a descent , at intervals , on the Torrens basin , to ascertain the existence of an eastern arm . On each of these occasions a shore was seen , similar in many respects to A further ...
... passed up the Murray and the Darling , merely making a descent , at intervals , on the Torrens basin , to ascertain the existence of an eastern arm . On each of these occasions a shore was seen , similar in many respects to A further ...
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Page 552 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 393 - Flow thro' our deeds and make them pure, That we may lift from out of dust A voice as unto him that hears, A cry above the...
Page 552 - seem to be pursuing," as you say, I have not meant to leave any one in doubt. I would save the Union. I would save it the shortest way under the Constitution. The sooner the national authority can be restored the nearer the Union will be "the Union as it was.
Page 127 - Their first step was to circulate among the Members of the House of Commons a paper entitled ' The Case of the Protestant Dissenters with reference to the Corporation and Test Acts,' in which they more especially laboured to distinguish their case from that of the Roman Catholics.
Page 562 - And the Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State ; and the Union shall be perpetual. Nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them, unless such alteration be agreed to, in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 552 - I would do it; if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the Colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save this Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 134 - At length, I well remember, after a conversation in the open air, at the root of an old tree at Holwood, just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston, I resolved to give notice, on a fit occasion, in the House of Commons, of my intention to bring the subject forward.