The United States Democratic Review, Volume 5; Volume 36J.& H.G. Langley, 1855 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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Page 36
... write ! oh , terribly ! and is now , perhaps , at the head of her class in the slaughter - house school of fiction - with a single swoop of her pen getting beyond nature , and committing murder in the wilderness of impossibilities upon ...
... write ! oh , terribly ! and is now , perhaps , at the head of her class in the slaughter - house school of fiction - with a single swoop of her pen getting beyond nature , and committing murder in the wilderness of impossibilities upon ...
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... writer of ordinary romance . But even this last is not the bell - dame of the tribe . She is only a feeble imitator , in some respects , of an exemplar now ripe in years , and whose fame rests upon an older , broader , and deeper basis ...
... writer of ordinary romance . But even this last is not the bell - dame of the tribe . She is only a feeble imitator , in some respects , of an exemplar now ripe in years , and whose fame rests upon an older , broader , and deeper basis ...
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... write for effect , but heartily despises those who do . His ambition is vast , but of a quiet kind . He will not go with the crowd to literary " smash ; " and , having no power to stop them immediately , seems , unwisely , to have ...
... write for effect , but heartily despises those who do . His ambition is vast , but of a quiet kind . He will not go with the crowd to literary " smash ; " and , having no power to stop them immediately , seems , unwisely , to have ...
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... writer - a volume * Life of George Washington . By Washington Irving . New - York : G. P. Put- 1855 . nam . complete in itself , though embracing but one third of 66 [ July , Irving's Life of Washington . PORTRAITS OF HON C H PEASLEE, 46.
... writer - a volume * Life of George Washington . By Washington Irving . New - York : G. P. Put- 1855 . nam . complete in itself , though embracing but one third of 66 [ July , Irving's Life of Washington . PORTRAITS OF HON C H PEASLEE, 46.
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... writing , the poetry of which is equal to the sentiment : " Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such as do a TOLERATION hatch , Lest that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice To poison all with heresy and vice . " The primitive ...
... writing , the poetry of which is equal to the sentiment : " Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such as do a TOLERATION hatch , Lest that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice To poison all with heresy and vice . " The primitive ...
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Page 72 - A landed interest, a manufacturing interest, a mercantile interest, a moneyed interest, with many lesser interests, grow up of necessity in civilized nations, and divide them into different classes, actuated by different sentiments and views.
Page 419 - But our love it was stronger by far than the love Of those who were older than we -- Of many far wiser than we -- And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee...
Page 62 - ... the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men, have assumed dominion over the faith of others, setting up their own opinions and modes of thinking as the only true and infallible, and as such...
Page 55 - Philadelphia for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of Confederation and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, when agreed to in Congress and confirmed by the States, render the federal Constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union.
Page 63 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge or affect their civil capacities.
Page 208 - I CELEBRATE myself, and sing myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you.
Page 54 - In determining questions in the United States, in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected...
Page 63 - ... to suffer the civil magistrate to intrude his powers into the field of opinion and to restrain the profession or propagation of principles on supposition of their ill tendency is a dangerous fallacy, which at once destroys all religious liberty...
Page 419 - A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling My beautiful Annabel Lee; So that her highborn kinsmen came And bore her away from me.
Page 74 - The two great points of difference, between a democracy and a republic, are, first, the delegation of the government, in the latter to a small number of citizens elected by the rest ; secondly, the greater number of citizens, and greater sphere of country, over which the latter may be extended.