American Quarterly Review, Том 1Carey, Lea & Carey, 1827 |
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... human instruction . " Truth of matter , method , and clearness of diction , " are his laws of History ; of which , however , the first has been so frequently and notori- ously violated , that , though it may still be " philosophy teach ...
... human instruction . " Truth of matter , method , and clearness of diction , " are his laws of History ; of which , however , the first has been so frequently and notori- ously violated , that , though it may still be " philosophy teach ...
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... Human Under- standing . We have strong doubts whether he then compre- hended his author ; but he afterwards proved himself , in his celebrated treatise on the Freedom of the Human Will , as deep a thinker and close a reasoner , in ...
... Human Under- standing . We have strong doubts whether he then compre- hended his author ; but he afterwards proved himself , in his celebrated treatise on the Freedom of the Human Will , as deep a thinker and close a reasoner , in ...
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... human composition extant , from which so good an understand- ing may be obtained of the gospel plan of salvation by Christ , - the terms on which this salvation may be had , and the temper and character necessary to the enjoyment of it ...
... human composition extant , from which so good an understand- ing may be obtained of the gospel plan of salvation by Christ , - the terms on which this salvation may be had , and the temper and character necessary to the enjoyment of it ...
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... Human Species , his Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity , and his three volumes of Sermons , —all of which have been re- published and sanctioned in Europe - are among the most va- luable and successful efforts of American ...
... Human Species , his Lectures on the Evidences of Christianity , and his three volumes of Sermons , —all of which have been re- published and sanctioned in Europe - are among the most va- luable and successful efforts of American ...
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... human dignity and happiness , -than was ever before accomplished by any body of men . We feel regret , even in postponing the celebration - slight and imperfect as ours must be of the names we have marked for the purpose , in the an ...
... human dignity and happiness , -than was ever before accomplished by any body of men . We feel regret , even in postponing the celebration - slight and imperfect as ours must be of the names we have marked for the purpose , in the an ...
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Страница 62 - The clear conception, outrunning the deductions of logic, the high purpose, the firm resolve, the dauntless spirit, speaking on the tongue, beaming from the eye, informing every feature, and urging the whole man onward, right onward to his object, — this, this is eloquence ; or rather it is something greater and higher than all eloquence, it is action, noble, sublime, godlike action.
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.
Страница 61 - When public bodies are to be addressed on momentous occasions, when great interests are at stake and strong passions excited, nothing is valuable, in speech, farther than it is connected with high intellectual and moral endowments. Clearness, force, and earnestness, are the qualities which produce conviction. True eloquence, indeed, does not consist in speech. It cannot be brought from far. Labor and learning may toil for it; but they will toil in vain. Words and phrases may be marshalled in every...
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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.
Страница 15 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
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