American Eclectic and Museum of Literature, Science, and Art, Том 1John Holmes Agnew E. Littell, 1843 |
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... human affairs , and passes in review before us the most prominent actors in the momentous scenes then displayed on the thea- tre of life . It is most ludicrously erroneous , how- ever , in its statements in respect to the govern- ment ...
... human affairs , and passes in review before us the most prominent actors in the momentous scenes then displayed on the thea- tre of life . It is most ludicrously erroneous , how- ever , in its statements in respect to the govern- ment ...
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... human conduct can be made apparent .'- ( ix . 104. ) A similar and still more painful example of bad taste is to be found in the very next page . All the springs , ' says he , which the world can furnish to sustain the fortunes of an ...
... human conduct can be made apparent .'- ( ix . 104. ) A similar and still more painful example of bad taste is to be found in the very next page . All the springs , ' says he , which the world can furnish to sustain the fortunes of an ...
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... human affairs , that when we wish to retrace the revolutions of a people , and to investigate the causes of their grandeur or misfortune , we are insensibly conduct- ed step by step to their cradle .'- ( ii . 536. ) The historian has ...
... human affairs , that when we wish to retrace the revolutions of a people , and to investigate the causes of their grandeur or misfortune , we are insensibly conduct- ed step by step to their cradle .'- ( ii . 536. ) The historian has ...
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... human wisdom , an universal frenzy seizes mankind ; reason , experience , prudence , are alike blinded , and the very persons who are to perish in the storm are the first to We must , however , preface our observa- raise its fury ...
... human wisdom , an universal frenzy seizes mankind ; reason , experience , prudence , are alike blinded , and the very persons who are to perish in the storm are the first to We must , however , preface our observa- raise its fury ...
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... human conduct . Why then have mon sense of our readers whether any rea- recourse to ' causes inscrutable to human wisdom ? Why call down a divinity , when the knot can be disentangled by mortal skill ? Assume , if you will , that ...
... human conduct . Why then have mon sense of our readers whether any rea- recourse to ' causes inscrutable to human wisdom ? Why call down a divinity , when the knot can be disentangled by mortal skill ? Assume , if you will , that ...
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Страница 381 - For so work the honey bees : Creatures that, by a rule in nature, teach The act of order to a peopled kingdom. They have a king and officers of sorts : Where some, like magistrates, correct at home ; Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad ; Others, like soldiers, armed in their stings, Make boot upon the summer's velvet buds ; Which pillage they with merry march bring...
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Страница 120 - ... serene, I still might press thy silent heart, And where thy smiles have been. While e'en thy chill, bleak corse I have, Thou seemest still mine own, But there I lay thee in thy grave — And I am now alone! I do not think, where'er thou art, Thou hast forgotten me; And I perhaps may soothe this heart, In thinking too of thee : Yet there was round thee such a dawn Of light ne'er seen before, As fancy never could have drawn. And never can restore.
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