American Quarterly Review, Volume 3Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1828 - American literature |
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... Missionaries , during a resi- dence of thirty years in the Society Islands , have discovered no- thing among the traditions or customs of the people , from which their origin can be deduced . Mr. Sparks suggests , that nothing will ...
... Missionaries , during a resi- dence of thirty years in the Society Islands , have discovered no- thing among the traditions or customs of the people , from which their origin can be deduced . Mr. Sparks suggests , that nothing will ...
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... missionaries had penetrated , in the ardour of their zeal , to Hindostan and Tartary . From their false estimates of the distances they had travelled , it was assumed by Columbus , that fifteen of the twenty - four hours into which the ...
... missionaries had penetrated , in the ardour of their zeal , to Hindostan and Tartary . From their false estimates of the distances they had travelled , it was assumed by Columbus , that fifteen of the twenty - four hours into which the ...
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... missionaries , that by this display of wealth the Court of Peking attempts to impress its subjects in Mongolia with magnificent ideas of its power . But the author of the work before us believes that the Emperor puts greater confidence ...
... missionaries , that by this display of wealth the Court of Peking attempts to impress its subjects in Mongolia with magnificent ideas of its power . But the author of the work before us believes that the Emperor puts greater confidence ...
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... missionaries , where , shortly afterwards , they receiv- ed the visits of three Mandarins of the office of foreign affairs , specially attached to the Russian mission at Peking . Mr. Timkowski and his companions , employed the first ...
... missionaries , where , shortly afterwards , they receiv- ed the visits of three Mandarins of the office of foreign affairs , specially attached to the Russian mission at Peking . Mr. Timkowski and his companions , employed the first ...
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... missionaries suffered in 1805 , arose , as it appears by the new intelligence collected by the author of the work under examination , from the in- discretion of the Jesuits , who had sent to the court of Rome , a map of a Chinese ...
... missionaries suffered in 1805 , arose , as it appears by the new intelligence collected by the author of the work under examination , from the in- discretion of the Jesuits , who had sent to the court of Rome , a map of a Chinese ...
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Page 324 - Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands : so that not only this our craft is in danger to be set at nought ; but also that the temple of the great goddess Diana should be despised, and her magnificence should be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worshippeth.
Page 324 - Moreover ye see and hear, that not alone at Ephesus, but almost throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods, which are made with hands...
Page 162 - To receive him with suitable pomp and distinction, the sovereigns had ordered their throne to be placed in public, under a rich canopy of brocade of gold, in a vast and splendid saloon. Here the king and queen awaited his arrival, seated in state, with the prince Juan beside them ; and attended by the dignitaries of their court and the principal nobility of Castile...
Page 431 - There is something charming to me in the conduct of Washington," writes Adams to a friend, "a gentleman of one of the first fortunes upon the continent, leaving his delicious retirement, his family and friends, sacrificing his ease and hazarding all in the cause of his country. His views are noble and disinterested. He declared, when he accepted the mighty trust, that he would lay before us an exact account of his expenses and not accept a shilling of pay.
Page 161 - As he drew near the place, many of the more youthful courtiers, and hidalgos of gallant bearing, together with a vast concourse of the populace, came forth to meet and welcome him. His entrance into this noble city has been compared to one of those triumphs which the Romans were accustomed to decree to conquerors.
Page 109 - Tis in the gentle moonlight ; 'Tis floating midst Day's setting glories ; Night, Wrapped in her sable robe, with silent step Comes to our bed, and breathes it in our ears : Night, and the dawn, bright day, and thoughtful eve, All time, all bounds, the limitless expanse, As one vast mystic instrument, are touched By an unseen, living Hand, and conscious chords Quiver with joy in this great jubilee.
Page 170 - ... reveries of past ages, the indications of an unknown world ; as soothsayers were said to read predictions in the stars, and to foretell events from the visions of the night. " His soul," observes a Spanish writer, " was superior to the age in which he lived.
Page 52 - Or if neither of these ways will serve, yet I do seriously, and upon good grounds, affirm it possible to make a flying chariot, in which a man may sit, and give such a motion unto it, as shall convey him through the air. And this perhaps might be made large enough to carry divers men at the same time, together with food for their viaticum, and commodities for traffic.
Page 88 - I never addressed myself, in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise.
Page 161 - ... the remarkable man by whom it had been discovered. There was a sublimity in this event that mingled a solemn feeling with the public joy. It was looked upon as a vast and signal dispensation of Providence, in reward for the piety of the monarchs ; and the majestic and venerable appearance of the discoverer, so different from the youth and buoyancy generally expected from roving enterprise, seemed in harmony with the grandeur and dignity of his achievement.