The North American Review, Volumen106Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1868 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... individual changes , streets which were fashionable in 1837 are fashionable now ; the same families not seldom live in the same houses ; the wealthy names then are wealthy names still , and the men of note then are men of note now . The ...
... individual changes , streets which were fashionable in 1837 are fashionable now ; the same families not seldom live in the same houses ; the wealthy names then are wealthy names still , and the men of note then are men of note now . The ...
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... individuals . If internal improvements have not every chance in their favor , if to succeed they need to be mutually sustaining and interacting , the study of them must be comprehensive ; one cannot be properly considered without ...
... individuals . If internal improvements have not every chance in their favor , if to succeed they need to be mutually sustaining and interacting , the study of them must be comprehensive ; one cannot be properly considered without ...
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... individual life that vibrate in the hearts of the Livornese and the Lom- bard woman , of the lover who sees his bride in the patriotic colors , of the maiden who will be a sister of charity that she may follow her lover through all ...
... individual life that vibrate in the hearts of the Livornese and the Lom- bard woman , of the lover who sees his bride in the patriotic colors , of the maiden who will be a sister of charity that she may follow her lover through all ...
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... individuals previ- ously unused to anything of the sort may have had a bad effect . At all events , there have been , from time to time , painful expos- ures , and , no doubt , many disgraceful pecuniary transactions unfortunately not ...
... individuals previ- ously unused to anything of the sort may have had a bad effect . At all events , there have been , from time to time , painful expos- ures , and , no doubt , many disgraceful pecuniary transactions unfortunately not ...
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... individuals who make use of the earnings of the line , the line itself , and the property belonging to it , as their own , and who indirectly , no doubt , do a great deal more harm by setting a bad example to the companies ' under ...
... individuals who make use of the earnings of the line , the line itself , and the property belonging to it , as their own , and who indirectly , no doubt , do a great deal more harm by setting a bad example to the companies ' under ...
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Página 130 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
Página 663 - I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
Página 100 - I will further tell you, that all my endeavours, from a boy, to distinguish myself, were only for want of a great title and fortune, that I might be used like a Lord by those who have an opinion of my parts — whether right or wrong, it is no great matter, and so the reputation of wit or great learning does the office of a blue ribbon, or of a coach and six horses.
Página 322 - JOHN GILPIN was a citizen Of credit and renown, A trainband captain eke was he Of famous London town. John Gilpin's spouse said to her dear, Though wedded we have been These twice ten tedious years, yet we No holiday have seen. To-morrow is our wedding-day, And we will then repair Unto the Bell at Edmonton All in a chaise and pair.
Página 188 - Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life at a pin's fee; And for my soul, what can it do to that, Being a thing immortal as itself?
Página 554 - Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.
Página 146 - It is ordered, that the selectmen of every town, in the several precincts and quarters where they dwell, shall have a vigilant eye over their brethren and neighbours, to see, first that none of them shall suffer so much barbarism in any of their families, as not to endeavour to teach, by themselves or others, their children and apprentices, so much learning, as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue, and knowledge of the capital laws : upon penalty of twenty shillings for each neglect...
Página 72 - But the world is habitually unjust in its judgments of such men; unjust on many grounds, of which this one may be stated as the substance : It decides, like a court of law, by dead statutes; and not positively but negatively, less on what is done right, than on what is or is not done wrong.
Página 72 - ... one may be stated as the substance : It decides, like a court of law, by dead statutes ; and not positively but negatively, less on what is done right, than on what is or is not done wrong. Not the few inches of deflection from the mathematical orbit, which are so easily measured, but the ratio of these to the whole diameter, constitutes the real aberration. This orbit may be a planet's, its diameter the breadth of the solar system ; or it may be a city hippodrome ; nay the circle of a gin-horse,...
Página 122 - I think I have said to you before that, if my fortunes and humour served me to think of that state, I should certainly, among all persons on earth, make your choice ; because I never saw that person whose conversation I entirely valued but hers ; this was the utmost I ever gave way to.