American Quarterly Review, Том 1Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827 |
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... England . By JOHN ELIOT , D. D. 3. - Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans . Philadelphia . 1817 . 4. - Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence . By JOHN SANDERSON . 6 vols ...
... England . By JOHN ELIOT , D. D. 3. - Delaplaine's Repository of the Lives and Portraits of Distinguished Americans . Philadelphia . 1817 . 4. - Biography of the Signers of the Declaration of Inde- pendence . By JOHN SANDERSON . 6 vols ...
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... England boasts several such , with which most American literati are familiar . Bos- well's Johnson is sui generis ... England race : -the book superabounds with clergymen , whose labours and qualities were either trite or jejune . Dr ...
... England boasts several such , with which most American literati are familiar . Bos- well's Johnson is sui generis ... England race : -the book superabounds with clergymen , whose labours and qualities were either trite or jejune . Dr ...
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... England ; and of the num- ber of lawyers and other laymen , who have taken public part in theological discussions and disputes . It is calculated that hardly a clergyman has lived in Connecticut , within the last seventy years , who has ...
... England ; and of the num- ber of lawyers and other laymen , who have taken public part in theological discussions and disputes . It is calculated that hardly a clergyman has lived in Connecticut , within the last seventy years , who has ...
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... England , by the Endeavour of Cotton Mather , " boasts that no less than ten of the Mathers were serving the Lord and his people in the ministry of the gospel of Christ . Cotton was a shrewd and sage counsellor , as the following advice ...
... England , by the Endeavour of Cotton Mather , " boasts that no less than ten of the Mathers were serving the Lord and his people in the ministry of the gospel of Christ . Cotton was a shrewd and sage counsellor , as the following advice ...
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... England . His hobby was the discovery of the ten tribes of Israel ; a pursuit in which he took incredible pains ; and addressed voluminous epistles , in Latin , to Rabbis , Jesuits in Mexico , Greek bishops in Palestine , Moravian ...
... England . His hobby was the discovery of the ten tribes of Israel ; a pursuit in which he took incredible pains ; and addressed voluminous epistles , in Latin , to Rabbis , Jesuits in Mexico , Greek bishops in Palestine , Moravian ...
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Страница 61 - The graces taught in the schools, the costly ornaments and studied contrivances of speech, shock and disgust men, when their own lives, and the fate of their wives, their children, and their country, hang on the decision of the hour. Then, words have lost their power, rhetoric is vain, and all elaborate oratory contemptible.
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Страница 398 - Lest this declaration should disquiet the minds of our friends and fellow-subjects in any part of the empire, we assure them that we mean not to dissolve that union which has so long and so happily subsisted between us, and which we sincerely wish to see restored.
Страница 63 - If we cherish the virtues and the principles of our fathers, Heaven will assist us to carry on the work of human liberty and human happiness. Auspicious omens cheer us. Great examples are before us. Our own firmament now shines brightly upon our path. WASHINGTON is in the clear upper sky.
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