The North American Review, Volumen48O. Everett, 1839 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... tion of the various districts of ancient Italy , the first people who demand our attention , are the Siculi or Siceli . The origin of this , as of all the other tribes of the country , has been variously accounted for . But the most ...
... tion of the various districts of ancient Italy , the first people who demand our attention , are the Siculi or Siceli . The origin of this , as of all the other tribes of the country , has been variously accounted for . But the most ...
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... tion . They built in the valleys and on the heights ; and ruins of their edifices have been found upon the summits of rocky and almost inaccessible mountains . The Sabines founded several colonies by the same rite to which they owed ...
... tion . They built in the valleys and on the heights ; and ruins of their edifices have been found upon the summits of rocky and almost inaccessible mountains . The Sabines founded several colonies by the same rite to which they owed ...
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... tion and fable . The Euganei first dwelt in that tract which lies between the Rhætian Alps and the sea . They were driven from this by the Veneti , and compelled to take up their abode where we still find them in the days of Augustus ...
... tion and fable . The Euganei first dwelt in that tract which lies between the Rhætian Alps and the sea . They were driven from this by the Veneti , and compelled to take up their abode where we still find them in the days of Augustus ...
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... tion . The Carthaginians followed in their steps , and , prose- cuting their conquest with a barbarity that has no parallel , obtained a general command over the most important parts of the island . The Etruscan possessions were for the ...
... tion . The Carthaginians followed in their steps , and , prose- cuting their conquest with a barbarity that has no parallel , obtained a general command over the most important parts of the island . The Etruscan possessions were for the ...
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... tion . They only who are new in command find satisfaction in the vain ostentation of power . It is not enough for them , that their subjects wear the chain ; they must feel it too , and that at every step . But the experienced despot is ...
... tion . They only who are new in command find satisfaction in the vain ostentation of power . It is not enough for them , that their subjects wear the chain ; they must feel it too , and that at every step . But the experienced despot is ...
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Página 275 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Página 276 - So the people shouted when the priests blew with the trumpets. And it came to pass, when the people heard the sound of the trumpet, and the people shouted with a great shout, that the wall fell down flat, so that the people went up into the city, every man straight before him, and they took the city.
Página 230 - It shall not be quenched night nor day; the smoke thereof shall go up for ever: from generation to generation it shall lie waste; none shall pass through it for ever and ever.
Página 244 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Página 252 - The pride of thine heart hath deceived thee, thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, whose habitation is high ; that saith in his heart, Who shall bring me down to the ground ? Though thou exalt thyself as the eagle, and though thou set thy nest among the stars, thence will I bring thee down, saith the Lord.
Página 550 - ... whenever they see the least attempt to wrest from them by force, or shuffle from them by chicane, what they think the only advantage worth living for. This fierce spirit of liberty is stronger in the English colonies probably than in any other people of the earth...
Página 232 - The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, And the satyr shall cry to his fellow ; The screech owl also shall rest there, And find for herself a place of rest.
Página 236 - Also Edom shall be a desolation : every one that goeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss at all the plagues thereof. As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the Lord, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
Página 502 - I can call heaven and earth to witness that, when the Bishop laid his hand upon me, I gave myself up to be a martyr for Him who hung upon the Cross for me. Known unto Him are all future events and contingencies. I have thrown myself blindfold, and, I trust, without reserve, into His Almighty hands...
Página 514 - His delivery of the latter was so improved by frequent repetitions that every accent, every emphasis, every modulation of voice was so perfectly well turned and well placed that, without being interested in the subject, one could not help being pleased with the discourse, a pleasure of much the same kind with that received from an excellent piece of music.