Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 1Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, James Henley Thornwell, William Gilmore Simms Wiley & Putnam, 1842 |
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... ; " the Enquirer , " which takes it for granted , that the first step towards the attain- ment of truth , is to look keenly about one , and to set on foot a prompt and fearless search as to its whereabouts ; 1842. ] 11 The Newspaper Press .
... ; " the Enquirer , " which takes it for granted , that the first step towards the attain- ment of truth , is to look keenly about one , and to set on foot a prompt and fearless search as to its whereabouts ; 1842. ] 11 The Newspaper Press .
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... ment in the United States . Religion , with us , is voluntarily supported , and depends for its success on a deep and living sense of duty , and not on political enactments . Is it true of the State ? It is equally idle to imagine so ...
... ment in the United States . Religion , with us , is voluntarily supported , and depends for its success on a deep and living sense of duty , and not on political enactments . Is it true of the State ? It is equally idle to imagine so ...
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... ment ; to advocate popular rights ; to be , in a word , in all respects , the champiou of the people ; its chosen protector from internal and external foes ; its pioneer in removing difficulties and leading the way to peace , happiness ...
... ment ; to advocate popular rights ; to be , in a word , in all respects , the champiou of the people ; its chosen protector from internal and external foes ; its pioneer in removing difficulties and leading the way to peace , happiness ...
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... ment than any other cause . The same has been adopted , to some extent , in the principal cities of our own country , by the employment of sub - editors and of correspondents who are paid for their services . There is another branch of ...
... ment than any other cause . The same has been adopted , to some extent , in the principal cities of our own country , by the employment of sub - editors and of correspondents who are paid for their services . There is another branch of ...
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... ment or their qualifications , assert the freedom of the press , the dignity of the press , and the power of the press , and em- ploy it , like men standing on an elevation above the crowd , and quite at their ease , to propagate all ...
... ment or their qualifications , assert the freedom of the press , the dignity of the press , and the power of the press , and em- ploy it , like men standing on an elevation above the crowd , and quite at their ease , to propagate all ...
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Page 288 - Let Fate do her worst ; there are relics of joy, Bright dreams of the past, which she cannot destroy ; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and care, And bring back the features that joy used to wear. Long, long be my heart with such memories filled ! Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 261 - Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resentment, the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame.
Page 455 - That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes. From the cool cisterns of the midnight air, My spirit drank repose; The fountain of perpetual peace flows there, — From those deep cisterns flows. O holy Night! from thee I learn to bear What man has borne before! Thou layest thy finger on the lips of Care, And they complain no more.
Page 261 - There have been spectacles more dazzling to the eye, more gorgeous with jewellery and cloth of gold, more attractive to grown-up children, than that which was then exhibited at Westminster; but, perhaps, there never was a spectacle so well calculated to strike a highly cultivated, a reflecting, an imaginative mind.
Page 455 - Stoop o er me from above ; The calm, majestic presence of the Night, As of the one I love. I heard the sounds of sorrow and delight, The manifold, soft chimes, That fill the haunted chambers of the Night, Like some old poet's rhymes.
Page 457 - Once as I told in glee Tales of the stormy sea, Soft eyes did gaze on me, Burning yet tender ; And as the white stars shine On the dark Norway pine, On that dark heart of mine Fell their soft splendor.
Page 261 - There were gathered together, from all parts of a great, free, enlightened, and prosperous realm, grace and female loveliness, wit and learning, the representatives of every science and of every art. There were seated around the queen the fair-haired young daughters of the house of Brunswick. There the ambassadors of great kings and commonwealths gazed with admiration on a spectacle which no other country in the world could present.
Page 457 - Three weeks we westward bore, And when the storm was o'er, Cloud-like we saw the shore Stretching to leeward; There for my lady's bower Built I the lofty tower, Which, to this very hour, Stands looking seaward.
Page 261 - Every step in the proceedings carried the mind either backward, through many troubled centuries, to the days when the foundations of our constitution were laid; or far away, over boundless seas and deserts, to dusky nations living under strange stars, worshipping strange gods, and writing strange characters, from right to left.
Page 457 - Thus, seamed with many scars, Bursting these prison bars, Up to its native stars My soul ascended! There from the flowing bowl Deep drinks the warrior's soul, Skoal! to the Northland! skoal!