The Western Journal, Volume 7M. Tarver and T.F. Risk, 1851 |
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... causes which have led to this extraordinary de- cline in the commerce of New Orleans : ' With the picture of the past before us , it is impossible to resist the conviction , that had New Orleans been true to herself , she could not now ...
... causes which have led to this extraordinary de- cline in the commerce of New Orleans : ' With the picture of the past before us , it is impossible to resist the conviction , that had New Orleans been true to herself , she could not now ...
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... caused by the extra projection of the other . I con- sider it important that a connection be made directly with the river , and see nothing to prevent it . Such an arrangement with a good boat will be found to facilitate the working of ...
... caused by the extra projection of the other . I con- sider it important that a connection be made directly with the river , and see nothing to prevent it . Such an arrangement with a good boat will be found to facilitate the working of ...
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... cause me extreme injury . If , citizens , you will please publish my letter , you will render me an important service . I have the honor to be & c . French , than the massacre of the colony of the Atala . 51 ATALA From the French of M ...
... cause me extreme injury . If , citizens , you will please publish my letter , you will render me an important service . I have the honor to be & c . French , than the massacre of the colony of the Atala . 51 ATALA From the French of M ...
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... cause most tears . There are dramas of which no one would wish to be the author , and which lacerate the heart far otherwise than the Aeneid . He who puts the soul to torture is not a great writer . True tears are those which flow from ...
... cause most tears . There are dramas of which no one would wish to be the author , and which lacerate the heart far otherwise than the Aeneid . He who puts the soul to torture is not a great writer . True tears are those which flow from ...
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... caused by the title of my large work : Genius of Chris- tianity , & c . Perhaps it has been imagined that it was my object to excite party spirit , and that in this book I would treat the revo- lution and the philosophers severely . At ...
... caused by the title of my large work : Genius of Chris- tianity , & c . Perhaps it has been imagined that it was my object to excite party spirit , and that in this book I would treat the revo- lution and the philosophers severely . At ...
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Page 414 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same : Unerring NATURE, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art.
Page 136 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 339 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves: Which show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my gospel.
Page 119 - While the same sunbeam shines upon The guilty and the guiltless one, And hymns of joy proclaim through. Heaven The Triumph of a soul Forgiven...
Page 194 - Alas ! our young affections run to waste, Or water but the desert ; whence arise But weeds of dark luxuriance, tares of haste, Rank at the core, though tempting to the eyes, Flowers whose wild odours breathe but agonies, And trees whose gums are poison ; such the plants Which spring beneath her steps as Passion flies O'er the world's wilderness, and vainly pants For some celestial fruit forbidden to our wants.
Page 198 - For we have heard him say, that this Jesus of Nazareth shall destroy this place, and shall change the customs which Moses delivered us. 15 And all that sat in' the council, looking steadfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.
Page 276 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Page 344 - And the second angel poured out his vial upon the sea ; and it became as the blood of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea.
Page 195 - By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Page 276 - Lives of great men all remind us We can make our lives sublime, And, departing, leave behind us, Footprints on the sands of time; Footprints, that perhaps another, Sailing o'er life's solemn main, A forlorn and shipwrecked brother, Seeing, shall take heart again.