The North American Review, Volume 24Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1827 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... observation , that the important advantages of a greater sup- ply of water , by a length shorter by nine miles , of a tunnel shorter by two and a half miles , render the Deep Creek route superior to the other ; though the final surveys ...
... observation , that the important advantages of a greater sup- ply of water , by a length shorter by nine miles , of a tunnel shorter by two and a half miles , render the Deep Creek route superior to the other ; though the final surveys ...
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... observation , may be found , upon scientific and se- vere investigation , to present obstacles not easy to be surmounted . The Caledonian canal terminates in bold and deep estuaries , and is fed through its course by copious streams ...
... observation , may be found , upon scientific and se- vere investigation , to present obstacles not easy to be surmounted . The Caledonian canal terminates in bold and deep estuaries , and is fed through its course by copious streams ...
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... observe that three routes have been investigated , and are set forth with all their advantages and disadvantages , positive and relative , leaving Congress to determine which route is entitled to the preference . The eastern route ...
... observe that three routes have been investigated , and are set forth with all their advantages and disadvantages , positive and relative , leaving Congress to determine which route is entitled to the preference . The eastern route ...
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... , on some charges of treachery brought against him from Connecti- cut , obeyed the mandate and pleaded his cause before the Gen- 6 eral Court , observing to his judges that though 30 [ Jan. Winthrop's History of New England .
... , on some charges of treachery brought against him from Connecti- cut , obeyed the mandate and pleaded his cause before the Gen- 6 eral Court , observing to his judges that though 30 [ Jan. Winthrop's History of New England .
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... observing to his judges that though some had dis- suaded him , assuring him that the English would put him to death , or keep him in prison , yet , he being innocent of any ill intention against the English , he knew them to be so just ...
... observing to his judges that though some had dis- suaded him , assuring him that the English would put him to death , or keep him in prison , yet , he being innocent of any ill intention against the English , he knew them to be so just ...
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Page 361 - To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained ? The distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished, if those limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed, are of equal obligation.
Page 110 - American Ornithology or the Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson, with Figures Drawn, Engraved, and Coloured from Nature by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 4 volumes.
Page 362 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the Legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
Page 128 - ... nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all...
Page 471 - To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less subtile and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and passionate.
Page 170 - Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
Page 361 - The power and duty of the judiciary to disregard an unconstitutional act of Congress, or of any State Legislature, were declared in an argument approaching to the precision and certainty of a mathematical demonstration.
Page 121 - ... but man, and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes and ocean, deep below him; he appears indifferent to the little localities...
Page 128 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly...
Page 351 - It was declared by the amendment, that the judicial power of the United States should not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States, by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.