The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge, Volumen1George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana D. Appleton, 1859 |
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Página 232 - I believe, towards the close of the last century, and the beginning of the present, sent out more living writers, in its proportion, than any other school.
Página 113 - If the Lieutenant-Governor or Colonel Dalrymple, or both together, have authority to remove one regiment, they have authority to remove two, and nothing short of the total evacuation of the town by all the regular troops will satisfy the public mind or preserve the peace of the province.
Página 113 - He is a man of refined policy, steadfast integrity, exquisite humanity, genteel erudition, obliging, engaging manners, real as well as professed piety, and a universal good character, unless it should be admitted that he is too attentive to the public, and not enough so to himself and his family.
Página 114 - he was no bigot, and could hear a prayer from a gentleman of piety and virtue, who was at the same time a friend to his country.
Página 91 - I wish I had given you a complete history, from the beginning to the end, of the behavior of my compatriots. No mortal tale can equal it. I will tell you in future, but you shall keep it secret. The fidgets, the whims, the caprice, the vanity, the superstition, the irritability of some of us is enough to — Yours.
Página 406 - Alpha and Omega." The first and last letters of the Greek alphabet — the A and Z.
Página 113 - Adams, I believe, has the most thorough understanding of liberty, and her resources in the temper and character of the people, though not in the law and constitution ; as well as the most habitual, radical love of it, of any of them, as well as the most correct, genteel, and artful pen.
Página 236 - ... soil does not appear to be a matter of indifference. For the more finely the bones are reduced to powder, and the more intimately they are mixed with the soil, the more easily they are assimilated.
Página 366 - Is thought to be a night when witches, devils, and other mischief-making beings, are all abroad on their baneful, midnight errands ; particularly those aerial people, the Fairies, are *aid on that night, to hold a grand anniversary.
Página 395 - The new Assembly Room at Almack's ' was opened the night before last, and they say is very magnificent, but it was empty ; half the town is ill with colds, and many were afraid to go, as the house is scarcely built yet. Almack advertised that it was built with hot bricks and boiling water — think what a rage there must be for public places, if this notice, instead of terrifying, could draw anybody thither. They tell me the ceilings were dropping with wet — but can you believe me, when I assure...