Southern Quarterly Review, Volume 8Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, James Henley Thornwell, William Gilmore Simms Wiley & Putnam, 1845 |
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... possessed by our naval com- manders , -- not , indeed , generally possessed by the officers in any naval service in the world . The French will find it difficult to replace Admiral D'Urville ; and the English have uniformly conferred ...
... possessed by our naval com- manders , -- not , indeed , generally possessed by the officers in any naval service in the world . The French will find it difficult to replace Admiral D'Urville ; and the English have uniformly conferred ...
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... a love of literature and natural history , Mr. Tappan adds a taste for the fine arts , and possesses great industry and applica- tion . The illustrations of these volumes , by Mr. Drayton and 4 [ July , The Exploring Expedition .
... a love of literature and natural history , Mr. Tappan adds a taste for the fine arts , and possesses great industry and applica- tion . The illustrations of these volumes , by Mr. Drayton and 4 [ July , The Exploring Expedition .
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... possesses a national college and military academy , with several private seminaries of Captain Wilkes has erroneously adopted the French orthography , in writing Chili . The Spaniards , the inhabitants themselves , and the Span- ish ...
... possesses a national college and military academy , with several private seminaries of Captain Wilkes has erroneously adopted the French orthography , in writing Chili . The Spaniards , the inhabitants themselves , and the Span- ish ...
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... possessed redeem- ing qualities . They were as humane as they were brave , and no example occurred , while they were in power , of any one being put to death for political offences , or from party animosity . Years after , when the fury ...
... possessed redeem- ing qualities . They were as humane as they were brave , and no example occurred , while they were in power , of any one being put to death for political offences , or from party animosity . Years after , when the fury ...
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... possess . No savage mistrust or fear were seen here . They found on the island a Tahitian missionary . About two hundred people were counted , belonging , for the most part , to Tahiti and Anaa , or Chain Island . They were at Ravaka on ...
... possess . No savage mistrust or fear were seen here . They found on the island a Tahitian missionary . About two hundred people were counted , belonging , for the most part , to Tahiti and Anaa , or Chain Island . They were at Ravaka on ...
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Page 154 - And the waters prevailed exceedingly upon the earth ; and all the high hills that were under the whole heaven were covered.
Page 153 - In the selfsame day entered Noah, and Shem, and Ham, and Japheth, the sons of Noah, and Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort.
Page 464 - 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. 2. The arts and sciences shall be promoted in one or more seminaries of learning.
Page 486 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 154 - Noah's wife, and the three wives of his sons with them, into the ark; they, and every beast after his kind, and all the cattle after their kind, and every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind, and every fowl after his kind, every bird of every sort. And they went in unto Noah into the ark, two and two of all flesh, wherein is the breath of life.
Page 374 - In questions of power then let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the claims of the Constitution.
Page 269 - Nothing can exceed the beauty of these waters and their safety. Not a shoal exists within the Straits of Juan de Fuca, Admiralty inlet, or Hood's canal, that can in any way interrupt their navigation by a 74-gun ship.
Page 255 - TIME rolls his ceaseless course. The race of yore Who danced our infancy upon their knee, And told our marvelling boyhood legends store, Of their strange ventures happ'd by land or sea, How are they blotted from the things that be ! How few, all weak and withered of their force, Wait, on the verge of dark eternity, Like stranded wrecks, the tide returning hoarse, To sweep them from our sight! Time rolls his ceaseless course.
Page 260 - Rural Economy, in its Relations with Chemistry, Physics and Meteorology ; or Chemistry applied to Agriculture. By JB BOUSSINGAULT, Member of the Institute of France, etc., etc.
Page 372 - Amendments thereto, they constituted a General Government for special purposes, delegated to that Government certain definite powers, reserving each State to itself the residuary mass of right to their own self-government; and that whensoever the General Government assumes undelegated powers, its acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force...