De Bow's Review and Industrial Resources, Statistics, Etc: Devoted to Commerce, Agriculture, Manufactures, Volume 10J. D. B. DeBow., 1851 - Industries |
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... whole dispute to the North , and that in their passage Congress has been recreant in its duty to the Southern Others do not discover such violation of duty as would jus- tify resistance . Probably , however , a vast majority of the ...
... whole dispute to the North , and that in their passage Congress has been recreant in its duty to the Southern Others do not discover such violation of duty as would jus- tify resistance . Probably , however , a vast majority of the ...
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... whole perspective of the theory is gone ; -confusion takes the place of order , doubt of precision , fallacy of facts ; -the reasoning process breaks down , and all attempts to emerge from the mental chaos are in vain . The great aim to ...
... whole perspective of the theory is gone ; -confusion takes the place of order , doubt of precision , fallacy of facts ; -the reasoning process breaks down , and all attempts to emerge from the mental chaos are in vain . The great aim to ...
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... Yet this writer , the whole practical effect of whose work , whatever he may have thought or intended , is to show the ab- independence , and having gone through a farce of abolishing CHANCELLOR HARPER'S MEMOIR ON SLAVERY : 47.
... Yet this writer , the whole practical effect of whose work , whatever he may have thought or intended , is to show the ab- independence , and having gone through a farce of abolishing CHANCELLOR HARPER'S MEMOIR ON SLAVERY : 47.
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... whole tendency of their efforts is to aggravate present suffering , and to cut off the chance of future improvement , and in all their bearings and results , have produced , and are likely to produce , nothing but " pure , unmixed ...
... whole tendency of their efforts is to aggravate present suffering , and to cut off the chance of future improvement , and in all their bearings and results , have produced , and are likely to produce , nothing but " pure , unmixed ...
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... whole ground under the surface , and is covered by superficial patches of hard or soft slate stone , or shale , other minerals being rarely found near it . Blacksmiths in its neighborhood dig it up , and work it in their furnaces . It ...
... whole ground under the surface , and is covered by superficial patches of hard or soft slate stone , or shale , other minerals being rarely found near it . Blacksmiths in its neighborhood dig it up , and work it in their furnaces . It ...
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Page 221 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons; to plunge into the infection of hospitals; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Page 264 - And that there is all nature cries aloud Through all her works, he must delight in virtue ; And that which he delights in must be happy.
Page 112 - Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl'd, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.
Page 512 - I thank God, there are no free schools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have, these hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best of government. God keep us from both...
Page 48 - Thence to the gates cast round thine eye, and see What conflux issuing forth, or entering in, Praetors, proconsuls to their provinces Hasting, or on return, in robes of state ; Lictors and rods, the ensigns of their power, Legions and cohorts, turms of horse and wings ; Or embassies from regions far remote, In various habits, on the Appian road...
Page 513 - He was a man Who stole the livery of the court of heaven, To serve the devil in...
Page 427 - Dove-like sat'st brooding on the vast Abyss, And mad'st it pregnant : what in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support...
Page 650 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page 632 - The homestead of a family, not to exceed two hundred acres of land (not included in a town or city), or any town or city lot or lots, in value not to exceed two thousand dollars, shall not be subject to forced sale for any debts hereafter contracted ; nor. shall the owner, if a married man, be at liberty to alienate the same, unless by the consent of the wife, in such manner as the legislature may hereafter point out.
Page 226 - Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house? Shall we gather strength by irresolution and inaction? Shall we acquire the means of effectual resistance, by lying supinely on our backs, and hugging the delusive phantom of hope, until our enemies shall have bound us hand and foot?