The North American Review, Band 106Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1868 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... character boldly constructed in 1837. The result need not be dwelt upon . Boston proved herself not worthy of success in the race , and she lost the prize . She did all she could to limit the field of her enterprise , - to encourage her ...
... character boldly constructed in 1837. The result need not be dwelt upon . Boston proved herself not worthy of success in the race , and she lost the prize . She did all she could to limit the field of her enterprise , - to encourage her ...
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... character of the traffic , iron rails were usually worn out in the course of a few months . Two 21 - feet steel rails laid on May 2d , 1862 , at the Chalk Farm Bridge , side by side with two ordinary iron rails , were , after outlasting ...
... character of the traffic , iron rails were usually worn out in the course of a few months . Two 21 - feet steel rails laid on May 2d , 1862 , at the Chalk Farm Bridge , side by side with two ordinary iron rails , were , after outlasting ...
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... character , where the country admits of good gradients , may be judged of from the fact that the distance between Calcutta and Delhi , which is 1,020 miles , may now be travelled in thirty - seven hours . First - class fares average ...
... character , where the country admits of good gradients , may be judged of from the fact that the distance between Calcutta and Delhi , which is 1,020 miles , may now be travelled in thirty - seven hours . First - class fares average ...
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... Character and Conduct of that great Genius and the most deservedly celebrated Stella , in a Series of Letters to his Lordship . ( By Patrick De- LANY . ) London . 1754 . 4. An Essay upon the Life , Writings , and Character of Dr ...
... Character and Conduct of that great Genius and the most deservedly celebrated Stella , in a Series of Letters to his Lordship . ( By Patrick De- LANY . ) London . 1754 . 4. An Essay upon the Life , Writings , and Character of Dr ...
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... character as with his personal appearance . The stern aspect , the " muddy complexion , " the heavy features , the double chin in old age , are remembered ; but his fine figure in youth and his bright blue eyes- " azure as the heavens ...
... character as with his personal appearance . The stern aspect , the " muddy complexion , " the heavy features , the double chin in old age , are remembered ; but his fine figure in youth and his bright blue eyes- " azure as the heavens ...
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Seite 130 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
Seite 663 - I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
Seite 100 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Seite 322 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Seite 188 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Seite 554 - Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.
Seite 146 - It is ordered, that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbours, to see, first that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavour to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws : upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect...
Seite 72 - But the world is habitually unjust in its judgments of such men; unjust on many grounds, of which this one may be stated as the substance : It decides, like a court of law, by dead statutes; and not positively but negatively, less on what is done right, than on what is or is not done wrong.
Seite 72 - ... one may be stated as the substance : It decides, like a court of law, by dead statutes ; and not positively but negatively, less on what is done right, than on what is or is not done wrong. Not the few inches of deflection from the mathematical orbit, which are so easily measured, but the ratio of these to the whole diameter, constitutes the real aberration. This orbit may be a planet's, its diameter the breadth of the solar system ; or it may be a city hippodrome ; nay the circle of a gin-horse,...
Seite 122 - I think I have said to you before that, if my fortunes and humour served me to think of that state, I should certainly, among all persons on earth, make your choice ; because I never saw that person whose conversation I entirely valued but hers ; this was the utmost I ever gave way to.