The American Monthly Magazine, Volumen3;Volumen9M. Bancroft, J. Wiley, and G. and C. and H. Carvill, 1837 |
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... thing else we cannot make use of ? We think it has , and we look on the state of things existing here as a proof that a very general diffusion of wealth in an educated community has a tendency to check and keep in check the two opposite ...
... thing else we cannot make use of ? We think it has , and we look on the state of things existing here as a proof that a very general diffusion of wealth in an educated community has a tendency to check and keep in check the two opposite ...
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... things are not lost , their embryons descend , and in each generation are more easily and largely developed . From father to son the taught man becomes more teachable ; the proofs of this abound in ... thing THE EDUCATION OF THE BLOOD . 5.
... things are not lost , their embryons descend , and in each generation are more easily and largely developed . From father to son the taught man becomes more teachable ; the proofs of this abound in ... thing THE EDUCATION OF THE BLOOD . 5.
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the whole mass ; still it is a small thing in itself , a mere extra dime of knowledge which all might have acquired ... things which they cannot act on at all ; a man knows , for instance , when he is to read a paper to a public meeting ...
the whole mass ; still it is a small thing in itself , a mere extra dime of knowledge which all might have acquired ... things which they cannot act on at all ; a man knows , for instance , when he is to read a paper to a public meeting ...
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... thing animate or inanimate half so lovely and divine . Old Tarleton called for cigars , and Emily rose to depart ... things fell on an unobservant ear . At last , when he found that I made no re- ply to a question which he had put to me ...
... thing animate or inanimate half so lovely and divine . Old Tarleton called for cigars , and Emily rose to depart ... things fell on an unobservant ear . At last , when he found that I made no re- ply to a question which he had put to me ...
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... thing better to do , suppose you join our party for the day . We go to the heights of Abraham , thence to the falls of the Chaudière , and in the after- noon we have an invitation to visit the English frigate in the stream . " " Dear ...
... thing better to do , suppose you join our party for the day . We go to the heights of Abraham , thence to the falls of the Chaudière , and in the after- noon we have an invitation to visit the English frigate in the stream . " " Dear ...
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Página 99 - He was chubby and plump ; a right jolly old elf; And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word but went straight to his work, And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk, And laying his finger aside of his nose, And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose. He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle, And away they all flew like the down of a thistle , But I heard him exclaim,...
Página 204 - A general diffusion of the advantages of education being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, to promote this important object, the legislature are authorized, and it shall be their duty, to require the several towns to make suitable provision, at their own expense, for the support and maintenance of public schools...
Página 204 - The legislature shall, as soon as conveniently may be, provide, by law, for the establishment of schools throughout the State, in such manner that the poor may be taught gratis.
Página 511 - ... heads all in nightcaps, and full of the foolishest dreams. Riot cries aloud, and staggers and swaggers in his rank dens of shame; and the Mother, with streaming hair, kneels over her pallid dying infant, whose cracked lips only her tears now moisten. — All these heaped and huddled together, with nothing but a little carpentry and masonry between them; — crammed in, like salted fish in their barrel; — or weltering, shall I say, like an Egyptian pitcher of tamed vipers, each struggling to...
Página 99 - And mamma in her kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled our brains for a long winter's nap— When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter, I sprang from my bed to see what was the matter.
Página 519 - The battles, sieges, fortunes that he has passed," ought to have come back upon him. He ought to have remembered that, from the earliest achievement in which he displayed that military genius which has placed him foremost in the annals of modern warfare, down to that last and surpassing combat which has made his name imperishable — from Assaye to Waterloo — the Irish soldiers, with whom your armies are filled, were the inseparable auxiliaries to the glory with which his unparalleled successes...
Página 99 - Gave the lustre of midday to objects below, When, what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer, With a little old driver, so lively and quick, I knew in a moment it must be St Nick.
Página 105 - His bow'd head on his hands, and shook as 'twere With a convulsion — then arose again, And with his teeth and quivering hands did tear What he had written, but he shed no tears. And he did calm himself, and fix his brow Into a kind of quiet : as he paused, The Lady...
Página 619 - He has the most extraordinary genius of a boy I ever saw. He was reading a poem to his mother when I went in. I made him read on ; it was the description of a shipwreck. His passion rose with the storm. He lifted up hU eyes and hands. ' There's the mast gone,' says he; 'crash it goes! — they will all perish !' After his agitation, he turns to me. ' That is too melancholy,' says he ; ' I had better read you something more amusing.