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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... Italian cities , to Vienna . Some difficulty had arisen at this time with the em- peror of Russia , from the arrest of Kosloff , the Russian consul general in this country , in consequence of which Mr Harris , our Chargé d'Affaires at ...
... Italian cities , to Vienna . Some difficulty had arisen at this time with the em- peror of Russia , from the arrest of Kosloff , the Russian consul general in this country , in consequence of which Mr Harris , our Chargé d'Affaires at ...
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... Italy . He speaks , in a conversation quoted by Mr Wheaton , of his desire to visit that classic land , and of the feelings with which he should set foot on its shores . ' His enthusiasm , however , was very moderate . He was not an ...
... Italy . He speaks , in a conversation quoted by Mr Wheaton , of his desire to visit that classic land , and of the feelings with which he should set foot on its shores . ' His enthusiasm , however , was very moderate . He was not an ...
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... Italy , at the time when the action of the Æneid is supposed to have taken place , no more resembled Greece in the time of the Trojan war , than the Aztecs 1827. ] 139 Phi Beta Kappa Orations . Society of the Phi Beta Kappa By James A ...
... Italy , at the time when the action of the Æneid is supposed to have taken place , no more resembled Greece in the time of the Trojan war , than the Aztecs 1827. ] 139 Phi Beta Kappa Orations . Society of the Phi Beta Kappa By James A ...
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... Italy in the middle ages ; for it is into the characters of his contemporaries , that most of the soul of his poetry is breathed . The Paradise Lost is built on materials , which purport to be drawn from Scripture history ; but how ...
... Italy in the middle ages ; for it is into the characters of his contemporaries , that most of the soul of his poetry is breathed . The Paradise Lost is built on materials , which purport to be drawn from Scripture history ; but how ...
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... Italian one in folio , and a German one , reprinted from the Paris copy , at Vienna , in 1822 , under the editorial superintendence of Kritsch ; who justly observes , that the Lexicon , as now published , is very different from the ...
... Italian one in folio , and a German one , reprinted from the Paris copy , at Vienna , in 1822 , under the editorial superintendence of Kritsch ; who justly observes , that the Lexicon , as now published , is very different from the ...
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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...