The American Whig Review, Volume 1; Volume 7Wiley and Putnam, 1848 |
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... least , equal to the amount of these claims . There cannot be a doubt that it was worth a great deal more , and that equal justice would have required the payment of a considerable balance to Mex- ico , on account of the cession . It ...
... least , equal to the amount of these claims . There cannot be a doubt that it was worth a great deal more , and that equal justice would have required the payment of a considerable balance to Mex- ico , on account of the cession . It ...
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... least , in its inception - and this cannot be in more States than one . If this be so , the nega- tion , in the proposition , of the power , as to its exercise within the limits of a single State , would seem to be meaningless ; and the ...
... least , in its inception - and this cannot be in more States than one . If this be so , the nega- tion , in the proposition , of the power , as to its exercise within the limits of a single State , would seem to be meaningless ; and the ...
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... least , a dozen of these " various subjects " which might be mentioned , in entire con- sistency with the reasoning and admission of the Report , and coming within the doc- trine ; but we shall name only one . How , then , for instance ...
... least , a dozen of these " various subjects " which might be mentioned , in entire con- sistency with the reasoning and admission of the Report , and coming within the doc- trine ; but we shall name only one . How , then , for instance ...
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... least , conclusive argument against the existence of a power , that it is not exercised ; espe- cially in a case like this , where the necessity of its exercise , in the infant growth of a continent of States , must be so infrequent ...
... least , conclusive argument against the existence of a power , that it is not exercised ; espe- cially in a case like this , where the necessity of its exercise , in the infant growth of a continent of States , must be so infrequent ...
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... least esteem the motives which inspired , and admire the resolution which completed the sacrifice . The progress of civilization kept equal pace with the progress of religion ; not only the useful , but the agreeable arts were in ...
... least esteem the motives which inspired , and admire the resolution which completed the sacrifice . The progress of civilization kept equal pace with the progress of religion ; not only the useful , but the agreeable arts were in ...
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Page 57 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Page 45 - No State shall, without the Consent of Congress, . . . enter into any Agreement or Compact with another State, or with a foreign Power, . . .
Page 114 - Then goes he to the length of all his arm ; And with his other hand thus o'er his brow, He falls to such perusal of my face As he would draw it.
Page 177 - I consider as an echo of the former, co-existing with the conscious will, yet still as identical with the primary in the kind of its agency, and differing only in degree and in the mode of its operation. It dissolves, diffuses, dissipates, in order to recreate; or where this process is rendered impossible, yet still at all events it Struggles to idealize and to unify. It is essentially vital, even as all objects (as objects) are essentially fixed and dead.
Page 176 - What is poetry? — is so nearly the same question with, what is a poet? — that the answer to the one is involved in the solution of the other.
Page 178 - Fair was she to behold, that maiden of seventeen summers. Black were her eyes as the berry that grows on the thorn by the wayside, Black, yet how softly they gleamed beneath the brown shade of her tresses!
Page 489 - Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams...
Page 176 - Finally, GOOD SENSE is the BODY of poetic genius, FANCY itS DRAPERY, MOTION itS LIFE, and IMAGINATION the SOUL that is everywhere, and in each; and forms all into one graceful and intelligent whole.
Page 548 - WHEN maidens such as Hester die Their place ye may not well supply, Though ye among a thousand try With vain endeavour. A month or more hath she been dead, Yet cannot I by force be led To think upon the wormy bed And her together. A springy motion in her gait, A rising step, did indicate Of pride and joy no common rate That...
Page 548 - Those metaphors solace me not, nor sweeten the unpalatable draught of mortality. I care not to be carried with the tide, that smoothly bears human life to eternity; and reluct at the inevitable course of destiny. I am in love with this green earth; the face of town and country; the unspeakable rural solitudes, and the sweet security of streets.