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This opinion was plausible and it required the strongest kind of evidence -
palpable demonstration to change it : nor was the fact generally admitted , that
the commerce of New Orleans did not keep pace with the increase of
commodities in the ...
This opinion was plausible and it required the strongest kind of evidence -
palpable demonstration to change it : nor was the fact generally admitted , that
the commerce of New Orleans did not keep pace with the increase of
commodities in the ...
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... of the Mississippi river and its tributaries . We are aware that objections are
urged against New Orleans as a suitable point for the distribution of many kinds
of merchandise ; and it must be admitted , that in some respects these objections
are ...
... of the Mississippi river and its tributaries . We are aware that objections are
urged against New Orleans as a suitable point for the distribution of many kinds
of merchandise ; and it must be admitted , that in some respects these objections
are ...
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I may be allowed to say in conclusion , that from personal and careful
examination no tract of country , on this continent , is better , if so well calculated
for the kind of improvement which you contemplate , as this , none holds out
greater ...
I may be allowed to say in conclusion , that from personal and careful
examination no tract of country , on this continent , is better , if so well calculated
for the kind of improvement which you contemplate , as this , none holds out
greater ...
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As if , however , in compensation for the absence of other favors , nature , in her
wise economy , has adorned the entire face of the country with a luxuriant
verdure of different kinds of grama grass , affording the most nutritious
sustenance for ...
As if , however , in compensation for the absence of other favors , nature , in her
wise economy , has adorned the entire face of the country with a luxuriant
verdure of different kinds of grama grass , affording the most nutritious
sustenance for ...
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... and the combination of these different kinds of beauty , individually produce the
quality of brilliancy , and the joint effect of all arises almost to grandeur . Brilliancy
is a startling element , which excites the feeling of astonishment , in each of his ...
... and the combination of these different kinds of beauty , individually produce the
quality of brilliancy , and the joint effect of all arises almost to grandeur . Brilliancy
is a startling element , which excites the feeling of astonishment , in each of his ...
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Page 416 - 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 138 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 341 - 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 121 - 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 196 - 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 200 - 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 278 - Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.
Page 346 - 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 197 - By the blast of God they perish, and by the breath of his nostrils are they consumed.
Page 278 - 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.