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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... edition of the ear- lier part of the History very desirable ; and when a transcript of the new found volume was completed , my resolution was fixed , that it should not be printed without a perfect revision of the Journal . Notes ...
... edition of the ear- lier part of the History very desirable ; and when a transcript of the new found volume was completed , my resolution was fixed , that it should not be printed without a perfect revision of the Journal . Notes ...
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... edition , we would not be understood to speak lightly of the industry or accuracy of the former editor . Independently of the important assistance , which Mr Savage states himself in the above extract to have derived from the printed ...
... edition , we would not be understood to speak lightly of the industry or accuracy of the former editor . Independently of the important assistance , which Mr Savage states himself in the above extract to have derived from the printed ...
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... editions in that as well as other parts of Europe . Dr Knox , whose judgment in a question of practical education is entitled to much respect , in comparing it with the other Lexicons in use at the time when he wrote , observes , though ...
... editions in that as well as other parts of Europe . Dr Knox , whose judgment in a question of practical education is entitled to much respect , in comparing it with the other Lexicons in use at the time when he wrote , observes , though ...
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... edition of which he super- intended ) , and seems to have been first published in 1654. It was more particularly intended for the Old and New Testaments , Homer , Hesiod , Musæus , Theognis , Pythagoras , and other Gnomic authors ...
... edition of which he super- intended ) , and seems to have been first published in 1654. It was more particularly intended for the Old and New Testaments , Homer , Hesiod , Musæus , Theognis , Pythagoras , and other Gnomic authors ...
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... editions , and we may presume that Schrevelius has never appeared in a form so accurate and complete . Without going into an inquiry , as to the merits of this Lexicon , compared with other manuals of more recent date , the judgment of ...
... editions , and we may presume that Schrevelius has never appeared in a form so accurate and complete . Without going into an inquiry , as to the merits of this Lexicon , compared with other manuals of more recent date , the judgment of ...
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Page 172 - 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 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 364 - 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 252 - Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Page 363 - 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 353 - 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.
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 171 - When, in the progress of society, land of the second degree of fertility is taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences on that of the first quality, and the amount of that rent will depend on the difference in the quality of these two portions of land.
Page 231 - Lord of the boundless realm of air! In thy imperial name, The hearts of the bold and ardent dare, The dangerous path, of fame Beneath the shade of thy golden wings, The Roman legions bore, From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs, Their pride, to the polar shore.
Page 358 - When, then, a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights...