The American Whig Review, Band 5Wiley and Putnam, 1847 |
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... least' in some quarters, that this war was brought on originally by his own fault, and, in part certainly, for objects unworthy of the nation, and utterly repugnant to its sense of justice and honor. If he knew how wide-spread and deep ...
... least' in some quarters, that this war was brought on originally by his own fault, and, in part certainly, for objects unworthy of the nation, and utterly repugnant to its sense of justice and honor. If he knew how wide-spread and deep ...
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... least in some quarters , that this war was brought on originally by his own fault , and , in part certainly , for objects unwor- thy of the nation , and utterly repugnant to its sense of justice and honor . If he knew how wide - spread ...
... least in some quarters , that this war was brought on originally by his own fault , and , in part certainly , for objects unwor- thy of the nation , and utterly repugnant to its sense of justice and honor . If he knew how wide - spread ...
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... least , to view this mat- ter in its true light . The very labor which he has thought it necessary to be- stow on his defence , is some proof of his apprehensions lest the popular sentiment aginst him might be growing too formida- ble ...
... least , to view this mat- ter in its true light . The very labor which he has thought it necessary to be- stow on his defence , is some proof of his apprehensions lest the popular sentiment aginst him might be growing too formida- ble ...
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... least under the lead of this Ad- ministration , but to fight our way out of it . As long as we have war , we must support the war - we must support the Administration in the necessary prosecu tion of the war . Congress must give the ...
... least under the lead of this Ad- ministration , but to fight our way out of it . As long as we have war , we must support the war - we must support the Administration in the necessary prosecu tion of the war . Congress must give the ...
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... least so far as our readers are concerned , that they shall fall into no error of this sort . Let it be kept distinctly in view all the while , that our unredressed claims on Mexico had no- thing to do with the origin of this war . They ...
... least so far as our readers are concerned , that they shall fall into no error of this sort . Let it be kept distinctly in view all the while , that our unredressed claims on Mexico had no- thing to do with the origin of this war . They ...
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Seite 135 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Seite 54 - IT is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Seite 122 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day ; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale...
Seite 403 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven ; And so, from hour to hour, we ripe and ripe, And then, from hour to hour, we rot and rot ; And thereby hangs a tale.
Seite 529 - WE are the sweet flowers, Born of sunny showers, (Think, whene'er you see us, what our beauty saith ;) Utterance, mute and bright, Of some unknown delight, We fill the air with pleasure, by our simple breath : All who see us love us, — We befit all places : Unto sorrow we give smiles, — and unto graces, graces.
Seite 547 - I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound" This rodomontade, as Horace Walpole terms it reached the ears of George II.
Seite 174 - THERE is in souls a sympathy with sounds; And as the mind is pitch'd the ear is pleased With melting airs, or martial, brisk, or grave : Some chord in unison with what we hear Is touch'd within us, and the heart replies.
Seite 39 - Now there was a day when the sons of GOD came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan came also among them. And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence comest thou ? Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, From going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.
Seite 518 - He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers...