The Quarterly Review, Volume 111John Murray, 1862 - English literature |
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... English and foreign , have spent much time and money in producing different designs for these breaks ; but three descriptions of them have been principally adopted in practice , those of Messrs . Newall , Fay , and Chambers . Without ...
... English and foreign , have spent much time and money in producing different designs for these breaks ; but three descriptions of them have been principally adopted in practice , those of Messrs . Newall , Fay , and Chambers . Without ...
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... English people , and which furnishes the most amusing portion of her foreign diaries . She was at Rome when the French agitator , Basseville , was murdered by the Conservative mob , in 1793. In 1798 , when Berthier occupied the Eternal ...
... English people , and which furnishes the most amusing portion of her foreign diaries . She was at Rome when the French agitator , Basseville , was murdered by the Conservative mob , in 1793. In 1798 , when Berthier occupied the Eternal ...
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... English history . Very few men would have had the presence of mind and readiness of wit to address so rhetorical an argument to an agitated young Princess at such a moment ; but no one will deny that the hero of the tale might have been ...
... English history . Very few men would have had the presence of mind and readiness of wit to address so rhetorical an argument to an agitated young Princess at such a moment ; but no one will deny that the hero of the tale might have been ...
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... English history , and the subject- matter of books of general information , with less waste of time and greater facility of illustration than the generality of untrained masters ' ( Rep . i . p . 103 ) . Mr. Arnold describes them as ...
... English history , and the subject- matter of books of general information , with less waste of time and greater facility of illustration than the generality of untrained masters ' ( Rep . i . p . 103 ) . Mr. Arnold describes them as ...
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... English grammar is not satisfactory , and , though much time is given to the subject , it is not taught with sufficient energy and skill in a large proportion of schools which in other respects are efficiently conducted . 5. To know the ...
... English grammar is not satisfactory , and , though much time is given to the subject , it is not taught with sufficient energy and skill in a large proportion of schools which in other respects are efficiently conducted . 5. To know the ...
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Page 253 - 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 241 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 342 - But what to those who find ? Ah ! this Nor tongue nor pen can show : The love of Jesus, what it is, None but his loved ones know.
Page 491 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Page 250 - But this momentous question, like a firebell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Page 245 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Page 323 - Thou dost conduct Thy people Through torrents of temptation ; Nor will we fear, while Thou art near, The fire of tribulation : The world, with sin and Satan, In vain our march opposes ; By Thee we shall break through them all, And sing the song of Moses.
Page 241 - I now reiterate these sentiments ; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in anywise endangered by the now incoming administration.
Page 241 - I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment, however, I have not seen— has passed Congress, to the effect that the federal government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service.
Page 254 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...