The American Whig Review, Volume 3Wiley and Putnam, 1846 - Periodicals |
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... leave to the Senate itself the decision of a question involving a departure , hitherto , as he is informed , without example , from that usage . ” This reply furnished a new topic of opposition . Mr. Rowan , of Kentucky , proposed ...
... leave to the Senate itself the decision of a question involving a departure , hitherto , as he is informed , without example , from that usage . ” This reply furnished a new topic of opposition . Mr. Rowan , of Kentucky , proposed ...
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... leaves on his hands and knees towards us , keeping the trunks of the trees inter- posed , as that animal would have done when attempting a surprise . Even Fitz was terrified by this strange manœuvre , and with the instinct of the ...
... leaves on his hands and knees towards us , keeping the trunks of the trees inter- posed , as that animal would have done when attempting a surprise . Even Fitz was terrified by this strange manœuvre , and with the instinct of the ...
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... leave the horse at the chaparal , but having the news about us , the traitor went to look for him in the Bend , and that's what made his trail so round - a- bouting , as Bill says ! " " That war ther way it come . " " But , Bill , you ...
... leave the horse at the chaparal , but having the news about us , the traitor went to look for him in the Bend , and that's what made his trail so round - a- bouting , as Bill says ! " " That war ther way it come . " " But , Bill , you ...
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... leave the capital . But they refused to march , and assembling again , drew up another remonstrance- complained of ... Leaving 50,000 in Piedmont to watch the passes of the Alps , Melas bore down with 70,000 on the gorges of the ...
... leave the capital . But they refused to march , and assembling again , drew up another remonstrance- complained of ... Leaving 50,000 in Piedmont to watch the passes of the Alps , Melas bore down with 70,000 on the gorges of the ...
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... leaving the remainder to protect the city . Ga- zan's division he put under Soult , with orders to keep along the ridge of the Ap- pennines , while he , at the head of Gar- danne's division , kept along the sea - coast below , the ...
... leaving the remainder to protect the city . Ga- zan's division he put under Soult , with orders to keep along the ridge of the Ap- pennines , while he , at the head of Gar- danne's division , kept along the sea - coast below , the ...
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Page 119 - True, I talk of dreams ; Which are the children of an idle brain, Begot of nothing but vain fantasy, Which is as thin of substance as the air, And more inconstant than the wind, who wooes Even now the frozen bosom of the north, And, being anger'd, puffs away from thence, Turning his face to the dew-dropping south.
Page 122 - And ever against eating cares Lap me in soft Lydian airs Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce In notes, with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out, With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Page 164 - She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors: "Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
Page 118 - Sweet, rouse yourself ; and the weak wanton Cupid Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold, And, like a dew-drop from the lion's mane, Be shook to air.
Page 124 - Harmonious numbers; as the wakeful bird Sings darkling, and in shadiest covert hid Tunes her nocturnal note...
Page 186 - TRIUMPHAL arch, that fill'st the sky When storms prepare to part, I ask not proud Philosophy To teach me what thou art — Still seem as to my childhood's sight, A midway station given For happy spirits to alight Betwixt the earth and heaven.
Page 398 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Page 186 - O'er mountain, tower, and town, Or mirror'd in the ocean vast, A thousand fathoms down ! ' ;" '""' As fresh in yon horizon dark, As young thy beauties seem, As when the eagle from the ark First sported in thy beam. For, faithful to its sacred page, Heaven still rebuilds thy span, Nor lets the type grow pale with age That first spoke peace to man.
Page 82 - European powers to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety...
Page 122 - Teach us, sprite or bird, What sweet thoughts are thine ; I have never heard Praise of love or wine That panted forth a flood of rapture so divine.