Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 25Jno. R. Thompson, 1857 - Literature |
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... royal city , there is a resident clergy , of not less than twenty thousand , who are levied on for the supply of as many teachers as may be needed for the instruction of all the pupils in attendance . The only branches professedly ...
... royal city , there is a resident clergy , of not less than twenty thousand , who are levied on for the supply of as many teachers as may be needed for the instruction of all the pupils in attendance . The only branches professedly ...
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... royal harem , shut out from the vulgar gaze of common mortals , and tended by scores of fair young maidens only less lovely than herself , this beauteous flower grew up to maturity , the delight of her doating sire , the crowning glory ...
... royal harem , shut out from the vulgar gaze of common mortals , and tended by scores of fair young maidens only less lovely than herself , this beauteous flower grew up to maturity , the delight of her doating sire , the crowning glory ...
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... royal eti- quette , as to betroth herself to her ancient lover , and promise to meet him in the grotto every day at noon , when they might renew their plighted vows , and bask , for a brief space , in the glorious light of each other's ...
... royal eti- quette , as to betroth herself to her ancient lover , and promise to meet him in the grotto every day at noon , when they might renew their plighted vows , and bask , for a brief space , in the glorious light of each other's ...
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... royal master had retired for the night ; but now that he never slept , they were thrown out of employ , or were considered of very little importance . This low ap- preciation of their services put them in high dudgeon , and they ...
... royal master had retired for the night ; but now that he never slept , they were thrown out of employ , or were considered of very little importance . This low ap- preciation of their services put them in high dudgeon , and they ...
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... royal consort , in his own palace , shut out from the gaze of all other curious eyes , and for the other two , the stars were to be allowed to feast their eyes with the rapturous sight of her surpassing beauty , and to bask in the ...
... royal consort , in his own palace , shut out from the gaze of all other curious eyes , and for the other two , the stars were to be allowed to feast their eyes with the rapturous sight of her surpassing beauty , and to bask in the ...
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Page 369 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 96 - In the silence of the night, How we shiver with affright At the melancholy menace of their tone! For every sound that floats From the rust within their throats Is a groan.
Page 212 - For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favor is life : weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.
Page 320 - And the Raven, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting On the pallid bust of Pallas just above my chamber door; And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon's that is dreaming, . And the lamp-light o'er him streaming throws his shadow on the floor: And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the floor Shall be lifted — nevermore...
Page 84 - There is, however, a circumstance attending these colonies, which, in my opinion, fully counterbalances this difference, and makes the spirit of liberty still more high and haughty than in those to the northward. It is that in Virginia and the Carolinas they have a vast multitude of slaves. Where this is the case in any part of the world, those who are free are by far the most proud and jealous of their freedom.
Page 369 - Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Page 90 - And if the Constitution recognizes the right of property of the master in a slave, and makes no distinction between that description of property and other property owned by a citizen, no tribunal, acting under the authority of the United States, whether it be legislative, executive, or judicial, has a right to draw such a distinction, or deny to it the benefit of the provisions and guarantees which have been provided for the protection of private property against the encroachments of the government.
Page 91 - It is a total absence of power everywhere within the dominion of the United States, and places the citizens of a Territory, so far as these rights are concerned, on the same footing with citizens of the States, and guards them as firmly and plainly against any inroads which the General Government might attempt, under the plea of implied or incidental powers.
Page 302 - Nisi furto sint parata. [We, the Fairies, blithe and antic, Of dimensions not gigantic, Though the moonshine mostly keep us, Oft in orchards frisk and peep us. Stolen sweets are always sweeter, Stolen kisses much completer, Stolen looks are nice in chapels, Stolen, stolen be your apples.
Page 90 - Now, as we have already said in an earlier part of this opinion, upon a different point, the right of property in a slave is distinctly and expressly affirmed in the Constitution. The right to traffic in it, like an ordinary article of merchandise and property, was guaranteed to the citizens of the United States in every State that might desire it, for twenty years.