Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 25Jno. R. Thompson, 1857 - Literature |
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... tion and reproduction has been going on from all eternity , and can never cease . The system to which our earth belongs , is composed of a great central mountain , called Pra - su - má - ru - ràt , four continents and sixteen hundred ...
... tion and reproduction has been going on from all eternity , and can never cease . The system to which our earth belongs , is composed of a great central mountain , called Pra - su - má - ru - ràt , four continents and sixteen hundred ...
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... tion and tremulousness than Bob Acres on the field of honour . Instead of march- ing up to the encounter with the bold bearing of a hero of many wars , he goes into the presence of his soul's delight , with unsteady steps , flushed ...
... tion and tremulousness than Bob Acres on the field of honour . Instead of march- ing up to the encounter with the bold bearing of a hero of many wars , he goes into the presence of his soul's delight , with unsteady steps , flushed ...
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... tion reciprocal . She must love some- thing by the necessity of her nature , and why may she not love you , if you are worthy to be loved ? With this , however , I have nothing to do ; I only engage to teach you how to court her . Nor ...
... tion reciprocal . She must love some- thing by the necessity of her nature , and why may she not love you , if you are worthy to be loved ? With this , however , I have nothing to do ; I only engage to teach you how to court her . Nor ...
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... tion , may so develope the philosophy of courtship , that all my readers may de- duce readily the rules which should govern their procedure in the search for a wife . I shall abuse no confidence which has been reposed in me by too ...
... tion , may so develope the philosophy of courtship , that all my readers may de- duce readily the rules which should govern their procedure in the search for a wife . I shall abuse no confidence which has been reposed in me by too ...
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... tion of Carteret the elder , and taking the young man's arm one fine morning , he drew him into conversation ; and with the smiling courtesy of the old school gentleman rallied him upon his vagaries . Carteret replied at random , and ...
... tion of Carteret the elder , and taking the young man's arm one fine morning , he drew him into conversation ; and with the smiling courtesy of the old school gentleman rallied him upon his vagaries . Carteret replied at random , and ...
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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.