The Southern literary messenger, Volumes 24-251857 |
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... give assistance against a superior force of the enemy or to send timely warning of his approach ; as will appear from the following order issued August 6th , 1776 , to Capt . Thos . Lilly : " Sir : You are to proceed with the Brig ...
... give assistance against a superior force of the enemy or to send timely warning of his approach ; as will appear from the following order issued August 6th , 1776 , to Capt . Thos . Lilly : " Sir : You are to proceed with the Brig ...
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... give a clear exposition of the important issue invol- ved in the Presidential Election , and to indicate the positions of contending par- ties . Of course he sides with the anti- slavery movement and desires the success of the ...
... give a clear exposition of the important issue invol- ved in the Presidential Election , and to indicate the positions of contending par- ties . Of course he sides with the anti- slavery movement and desires the success of the ...
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... give but little heed to what he had said . As , with his companions , wearied and dispirited , he slowly rode along on his . way back to Granthill , Burnot's words had recurred to him , and occasion- ed some uneasiness . But he ...
... give but little heed to what he had said . As , with his companions , wearied and dispirited , he slowly rode along on his . way back to Granthill , Burnot's words had recurred to him , and occasion- ed some uneasiness . But he ...
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... give , for the most part , a general and brief summary of events of the next few months . Upon an investigation , Tor- rey's affairs were found to be in far worse condition than he had been led to suspect . His guardian , it was evident ...
... give , for the most part , a general and brief summary of events of the next few months . Upon an investigation , Tor- rey's affairs were found to be in far worse condition than he had been led to suspect . His guardian , it was evident ...
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... give them an instance of the moral interest derivable from monuments to the good and great among the dead , it was to the name of Buckminster that he referred as a spell to lend solemn attrac- tion to the scene . In that community he ...
... give them an instance of the moral interest derivable from monuments to the good and great among the dead , it was to the name of Buckminster that he referred as a spell to lend solemn attrac- tion to the scene . In that community he ...
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Page 88 - Those who quit their proper character, to assume what does not belong to them, are, for the greater part, ignorant both of the character they leave, and of the character they assume.
Page 213 - WE knew it would rain, for all the morn. A spirit on slender ropes of mist Was lowering its golden buckets down Into the vapory amethyst Of marshes and swamps and dismal fens — Scooping the dew that lay in the flowers, Dipping the jewels out of the sea, To sprinkle them over the land in showers.
Page 475 - I deemed that if they were put under a sort of cover I might gain my end ; and happening to have a mask in the house, I told them all to stand and speak boldly from under cover of the mask. " I began with the youngest (Anne, afterwards Acton Bell), and asked what a child like her most wanted ; she answered, 'Age and experience.
Page 91 - But the power of Congress over the person or property of a citizen can never be a mere discretionary power under our Constitution and form of Government. The powers of the Government and the rights and privileges of the citizen are regulated and plainly defined by the Constitution itself.
Page 343 - The days of our age are threescore years and ten; and though men be so strong that they come to fourscore years : yet is their strength then but labour and sorrow; so soon passeth it away, and we are gone.
Page 90 - And if the Constitution recognizes the right of property of the master in a slave, and makes no distinction between that description of property and other property owned by a citizen, no tribunal, acting under the authority of the United States, whether it be legislative, executive, or judicial, has a right to draw such a distinction, or deny to it the benefit of the provisions and guarantees which have been provided for the protection of private property against the encroachments of the government.
Page 479 - HELEN, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicean barks of yore, That gently, o'er a perfumed sea, The weary, way-worn wanderer bore To his own native shore. On desperate seas long wont to roam, Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face, , Thy Naiad airs have brought me home To the glory that was Greece And the grandeur that was Rome.
Page 475 - A circumstance now occurs to my mind which I may as well mention. When my children were very young, when, as far as I can remember, the oldest was about ten years of age, and the youngest about four, thinking that they knew more than I had yet discovered, in order to make them speak with less timidity, I deemed that if they were put...
Page 420 - The light clear element which the isle wears Is heavy with the scent of lemon-flowers, Which floats like mist laden with unseen showers. And falls upon the eyelids like faint sleep ; And from the moss violets and jonquils peep, And dart their arrowy odour through the brain, Till you might faint with that delicious pain.
Page 174 - On thy fair bosom, silver lake, The wild swan spreads his snowy sail, And round his breast the ripples break, As down he bears before the gale.