American Quarterly Review, Volume 6Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829 - Serial publications |
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... once more in the heat of battle , on occasion of the capture of Valdivia , when a ball passed through his hat , and grazed the crown of his head . But a few days after this , he was again desperately wounded in an attack upon Chiloe , a ...
... once more in the heat of battle , on occasion of the capture of Valdivia , when a ball passed through his hat , and grazed the crown of his head . But a few days after this , he was again desperately wounded in an attack upon Chiloe , a ...
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... once formed a part of the bed of the adjoining ocean . Were it not for the stupendous back ground , which gives to every other object a comparatively diminutive outline , the sand - hills might sometimes be called mountains . The long ...
... once formed a part of the bed of the adjoining ocean . Were it not for the stupendous back ground , which gives to every other object a comparatively diminutive outline , the sand - hills might sometimes be called mountains . The long ...
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... once seen by chance , like the first mentioned , and which has also baffled every attempt to discover it a second time with sufficient force to ensure egress , it being supposed that any person entering singly would be immediately slain ...
... once seen by chance , like the first mentioned , and which has also baffled every attempt to discover it a second time with sufficient force to ensure egress , it being supposed that any person entering singly would be immediately slain ...
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... once , owing to the nature of the ground , suffered a momentary reverse , their front squadrons being totally routed by the tremendous shock of the entire Spanish line . But the latter incautiously suf- fered themselves to be scattered ...
... once , owing to the nature of the ground , suffered a momentary reverse , their front squadrons being totally routed by the tremendous shock of the entire Spanish line . But the latter incautiously suf- fered themselves to be scattered ...
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... once more , the potent magician , whose wand is the truncheon of military command , that has ruled the fields of vic- tory from Caracas to Potosi , and called republics into being only to vanish again at his nod . During the early years ...
... once more , the potent magician , whose wand is the truncheon of military command , that has ruled the fields of vic- tory from Caracas to Potosi , and called republics into being only to vanish again at his nod . During the early years ...
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Page 267 - That all the lands within the territory so ceded to the United States, and not reserved for or appropriated to any of the before-mentioned purposes, or disposed of in bounties to the officers and soldiers of the American Army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit...
Page 267 - American army, shall be considered as a common fund for the use and benefit of such of the United States as have become, or shall become members of the confederation or federal alliance of the said states, Virginia inclusive, according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure, and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose, and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Page 62 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 500 - Mason, a man of the first order of wisdom among those who acted on the theatre of the revolution, of expansive mind, profound judgment, cogent in argument, learned in the lore of our former constitution, and earnest for the republican change on democratic principles.
Page 508 - I should have shut up the Queen in a Convent, putting harm out of her power, and placed the king in his station, investing him with limited powers, which I verily believe he would have honestly exercised, according to the measure of his understanding.
Page 49 - The spinsters and the knitters in the sun, And the free maids that weave their thread with bones, Do use to chant it ; it is silly sooth, And dallies with the innocence of love, Like the old age.
Page 494 - It appearing, in the course of these debates, that the colonies of New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and South Carolina were not yet matured for falling from the parent stem ; but that they were fast advancing to that state...
Page 500 - Virginia which followed, he sustained the new constitution in all its parts, bearing off the palm against the logic of George Mason, and the fervid declamation of Mr. Henry. With these consummate powers, were united a pure and spotless virtue, which no calumny has ever attempted to sully. Of the powers and polish of his pen, and of the wisdom of his administration in the highest office of the nation, I need say nothing. They have spoken, and will forever speak for themselves.
Page 40 - Shakespeare had no such advantage; he came to London a needy adventurer and lived for a time by very mean employments. Many works of genius and learning have been performed in states of life that appear very little favourable to thought or to...
Page 509 - The torpitude of digestion a little passed, she flutters half an hour through the streets, by way of paying visits, and then to the spectacles. These finished, another half hour is devoted to dodging out of the doors of her very sincere friends, and away to supper.