The United States Democratic Review, Volume 29J.& H.G. Langley, 1851 - United States Vols. 1-3, 5-8 contain the political and literary portions; v. 4 the historical register department, of the numbers published from Oct. 1837 to Dec. 1840. |
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Page 34
... with kindness , and won my whole heart with bonbons and sugar - plums , which , being entirely novel to me , I must confess I had the weakness to relish with insatiable gusto . Lenora , who had brown hair 34 [ July , Reedyrill .
... with kindness , and won my whole heart with bonbons and sugar - plums , which , being entirely novel to me , I must confess I had the weakness to relish with insatiable gusto . Lenora , who had brown hair 34 [ July , Reedyrill .
Page 36
... heart sunk within me . When I was lost in the wilderness I had experienced the timidity and fears natural to child- hood , but now a sense of drear and utter helplessness came over me , and the tears mounted into my eyes , but I would ...
... heart sunk within me . When I was lost in the wilderness I had experienced the timidity and fears natural to child- hood , but now a sense of drear and utter helplessness came over me , and the tears mounted into my eyes , but I would ...
Page 45
... heart , " MY SON ! " Oh ! my long lost - my first born ! I divined it , I knew it — and these beads confirm the instinct of a parent's heart . God , I thank thee ! " and the hot tears fell like rain on my bewildered brow as he clasped ...
... heart , " MY SON ! " Oh ! my long lost - my first born ! I divined it , I knew it — and these beads confirm the instinct of a parent's heart . God , I thank thee ! " and the hot tears fell like rain on my bewildered brow as he clasped ...
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... heart . " The truth , with the conviction of intuition , flashed upon me at once . I saw it all — the meaning of the mystery in Kahtoli's manner , the blue - eyed spirit of my dreams , and the faint unlinked memories , disjecta membra ...
... heart . " The truth , with the conviction of intuition , flashed upon me at once . I saw it all — the meaning of the mystery in Kahtoli's manner , the blue - eyed spirit of my dreams , and the faint unlinked memories , disjecta membra ...
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... heart by breaking his own neck , in attempting to ride up a flight of stairs on horseback for a wager of five hundred dollars . She did not long survive him , and left two orphan girls without a cent in the world . These Aunt Eliza ...
... heart by breaking his own neck , in attempting to ride up a flight of stairs on horseback for a wager of five hundred dollars . She did not long survive him , and left two orphan girls without a cent in the world . These Aunt Eliza ...
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Page 357 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains...
Page 7 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and in cases where, in the judgment of the Legislature, the objects of the corporation cannot be attained under general laws. All general laws and special acts passed pursuant to this section, may be altered from time to time or repealed.
Page 9 - The Legislature shall not, in any manner, create any debt or debts, liability or liabilities, which shall, singly or in the aggregate with any previous debts or liabilities, exceed the sum of three hundred thousand dollars, except in case of war to repel invasion or suppress insurrection...
Page 9 - ... no such law shall take effect until, at a general election, it shall have been submitted to the people and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election...
Page 357 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 358 - How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations ! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God...
Page 7 - ... sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within eighteen years from the time of the contracting thereof.
Page 136 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Page 9 - ... such law shall be applied only to the specific object therein stated, or to the payment of the debt thereby created...
Page 494 - A clergyman or priest cannot, without the consent of the person making the confession, be examined as to any confession made to him in his professional character in the course of discipline enjoined by the church to which he belongs.