American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... civil war or foreign invasion . " The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus , when temple and tower Went to the ground ; and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet , had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin ...
... civil war or foreign invasion . " The great Emathian conqueror bid spare The house of Pindarus , when temple and tower Went to the ground ; and the repeated air Of sad Electra's poet , had the power To save the Athenian walls from ruin ...
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... civil polity , he seems most to delight in description of social scenes and the concerns of private life . Had he been de- voted to painting , he would probably have committed the error of Titian , and have sought gratification in ...
... civil polity , he seems most to delight in description of social scenes and the concerns of private life . Had he been de- voted to painting , he would probably have committed the error of Titian , and have sought gratification in ...
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... civil life into the depart- ments of the army . The true criterion to judge by , when past services do not enter into the competition , is , to consider whether the candidate for office has a just pretension to the character of a ...
... civil life into the depart- ments of the army . The true criterion to judge by , when past services do not enter into the competition , is , to consider whether the candidate for office has a just pretension to the character of a ...
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... civil liberty , Congress would not have consented to the vesting of such powers in the military department , as those which the enclosed resolves convey to the Continental Commander - in - chief , if the situation of public affairs did ...
... civil liberty , Congress would not have consented to the vesting of such powers in the military department , as those which the enclosed resolves convey to the Continental Commander - in - chief , if the situation of public affairs did ...
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... civil way of requesting my resignation , as unqualified for the office I hold . My commis- sion was conferred unsolicited , and received with pleasure only as a means of serving my country . With equal pleasure I resign it , when I can ...
... civil way of requesting my resignation , as unqualified for the office I hold . My commis- sion was conferred unsolicited , and received with pleasure only as a means of serving my country . With equal pleasure I resign it , when I can ...
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