The United States Democratic Review, Volume 16J.& H.G. Langley, 1845 - United States Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840. |
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... respect to persons . One will mount , and another will descend , and that is all . " Nothing , therefore , will be gained by substituting one domination for another . The end to be aimed at , is to subvert all domina- tion , to abolish ...
... respect to persons . One will mount , and another will descend , and that is all . " Nothing , therefore , will be gained by substituting one domination for another . The end to be aimed at , is to subvert all domina- tion , to abolish ...
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... respect by the village ; no wonder , therefore , that the stranger was henceforth looked upon as a person of doubtful character . His mode of life also did not help to alter this opinion of my countrymen . For a few pieces of gold the ...
... respect by the village ; no wonder , therefore , that the stranger was henceforth looked upon as a person of doubtful character . His mode of life also did not help to alter this opinion of my countrymen . For a few pieces of gold the ...
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... respect , both in the nephew in the evening to the " Golden village and surrounding country . Since Stag , " the village tavern . Although the memory of man , they could not call the nephew was still a very young man , to mind having ...
... respect , both in the nephew in the evening to the " Golden village and surrounding country . Since Stag , " the village tavern . Although the memory of man , they could not call the nephew was still a very young man , to mind having ...
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... respect- fully if he is present - he who remains covered must be the Emperor . " With these words , he took Almanzor by the hand , and went with him to the audi- ence chamber . The nearer he came , the louder beat his heart , and his ...
... respect- fully if he is present - he who remains covered must be the Emperor . " With these words , he took Almanzor by the hand , and went with him to the audi- ence chamber . The nearer he came , the louder beat his heart , and his ...
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... respect . The favor- able judgment of the people was con- firmed by the severer criticism of the ministry - his eloquence was alike ac- ceptable to both . A commanding pre- sence , a deep sonorous voice , a manner earnest but graceful ...
... respect . The favor- able judgment of the people was con- firmed by the severer criticism of the ministry - his eloquence was alike ac- ceptable to both . A commanding pre- sence , a deep sonorous voice , a manner earnest but graceful ...
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Page 188 - So live, that when thy summons comes to join The innumerable caravan, that moves To that mysterious realm, where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not, like the quarry slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave, Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 185 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 523 - ... where the inhabitants of both countries used at any time heretofore to fish. And also that the inhabitants of the United States shall have liberty to take fish of every kind on such part of the coast of Newfoundland as British fishermen shall use (but not to dry or cure the same on that island) and also on the coasts, bays, and creeks of all other of His Britannic Majesty's dominions in America...
Page 345 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun,— the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods— rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 521 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it ; and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Page 607 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven: Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.
Page 188 - These are the gardens of the desert, these The unshorn fields, boundless and beautiful, For which the speech of England has no name — The prairies. I behold them for the first, And my heart swells, while the dilated sight Takes in the encircling vastness.
Page 87 - Whither, midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 357 - Thanks to the human heart by which we live, Thanks to its tenderness, its joys, and fears ; To me the meanest flower that blows can give Thoughts that do often lie too deep for tears.
Page 374 - ... threw out her hand to warn him back. Was it his mother? But he had no power to retreat one step, nor to resist, even in thought, when the minister and good old Deacon Gookin seized his arms and led him to the blazing rock. Thither came also the slender form of a veiled female, led between Goody...