The Quarterly Review, Volume 111John Murray, 1862 - English literature |
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... influence which may some day , unless proper precautions are observed , become alarming . To the tender mercies of this heterogeneous society of com- panies are our 163 millions of travelling public handed over , a helpless mass . They ...
... influence which may some day , unless proper precautions are observed , become alarming . To the tender mercies of this heterogeneous society of com- panies are our 163 millions of travelling public handed over , a helpless mass . They ...
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... influence which we cannot pretend to fathom , out of the newspapers altogether . And yet reporters were present , a number of eminent scientific witnesses were brought forward , and the evidence evidence was of a character more ...
... influence which we cannot pretend to fathom , out of the newspapers altogether . And yet reporters were present , a number of eminent scientific witnesses were brought forward , and the evidence evidence was of a character more ...
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... influence - the victim of so much sinister design that she should have won love and respect - that calumny should have glanced harmless from beside her , is surely enough to prove her real merit , even after all allowance for the exag ...
... influence - the victim of so much sinister design that she should have won love and respect - that calumny should have glanced harmless from beside her , is surely enough to prove her real merit , even after all allowance for the exag ...
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... influence , on all important occasions , in order to persuade her friend into submission to her father . That such unpalatable advice should have been given and received without any inter- ruption of their cordial relations , does ...
... influence , on all important occasions , in order to persuade her friend into submission to her father . That such unpalatable advice should have been given and received without any inter- ruption of their cordial relations , does ...
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laid her obstinacy at her mother's door . Others detected the influence of the clever , handsome , intriguing Duchess of Olden- burg , sister of the Czar , whose proceedings in England were the subject of much comment among professed ...
laid her obstinacy at her mother's door . Others detected the influence of the clever , handsome , intriguing Duchess of Olden- burg , sister of the Czar , whose proceedings in England were the subject of much comment among professed ...
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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 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 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 347 - DISCIPLINE THROW away Thy rod, Throw away Thy wrath : 0 my God, Take the gentle path. For my heart's desire Unto Thine is bent : 1 aspire To a full consent. Not a word or look I affect to own, But by book, And Thy book alone.
Page 270 - Canada, acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into and entitled to all the advantages of this Union; but no other colony shall be admitted into the same unless such admission be agreed to by nine states.
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...
Page 186 - ... we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end — to which indeed all history points — the realisation of the unity of mankind. Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics of the different nations of the earth, but rather a unity the result and product of those very national varieties and antagonistic qualities.
Page 250 - But this momentous question, like a fire-bell 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.