Southern Quarterly Review, 16. kötetDaniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell Wiley & Putnam, 1850 |
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... palace . The whole building stood upon an elevated platform of brick work , laid on the earthen mound . Within , it was divided into fifteen chambers or halls , many of them over 100 feet in length , none more than 35 feet broad . They ...
... palace . The whole building stood upon an elevated platform of brick work , laid on the earthen mound . Within , it was divided into fifteen chambers or halls , many of them over 100 feet in length , none more than 35 feet broad . They ...
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... palace had been originally destroyed by fire , and so fiercely had the flames raged , that the slabs , thoroughly calcined by the heat , required now , after a burial of 2500 years , but a brief exposure to the atmosphere to fall to ...
... palace had been originally destroyed by fire , and so fiercely had the flames raged , that the slabs , thoroughly calcined by the heat , required now , after a burial of 2500 years , but a brief exposure to the atmosphere to fall to ...
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... palace was closed , and the attendants were silent and sad . The Pasha must be dying . The inhabi- tants could not at first believe the good news ; but finally commenced to breathe freely , and were congratulating each other publicly on ...
... palace was closed , and the attendants were silent and sad . The Pasha must be dying . The inhabi- tants could not at first believe the good news ; but finally commenced to breathe freely , and were congratulating each other publicly on ...
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... palace . In fact beyond both , mounds are still found . If we take those of Jeraiyah on the N. and Keshaf on the S. this will give us a city about 60 miles or three day's journey in length , and into which Jonah might enter one day's ...
... palace . In fact beyond both , mounds are still found . If we take those of Jeraiyah on the N. and Keshaf on the S. this will give us a city about 60 miles or three day's journey in length , and into which Jonah might enter one day's ...
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... and treasures toge- ther in his palace , set fire to the building and with them perished in the flames . This occurred about 876 , B. C. After some years of disturbance , Phul , mentioned in 24 [ Oct. , Layard's Nineveh .
... and treasures toge- ther in his palace , set fire to the building and with them perished in the flames . This occurred about 876 , B. C. After some years of disturbance , Phul , mentioned in 24 [ Oct. , Layard's Nineveh .
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384. oldal - To a poet nothing can be useless. Whatever is beautiful and whatever is dreadful must be familiar to his imagination; he must be conversant with all that| is awfully vast or elegantly little.
315. oldal - Liberty, I am told, is a divine thing. Liberty when it becomes the ' Liberty to die by starvation...
239. oldal - I like, as a thing that the reader's first fancy may strike, An old-fashioned title-page, such as presents A tabular view of the volume's contents : A glance at a few of our literary progenies (Mrs. Malaprop's word) from the tub of Diogenes; A vocal and musical medley, that is A series of jokes by a.
320. oldal - There is not a horse in England, able and willing to work, but has due food and lodging ; and goes about sleek-coated, satisfied in heart. And you say, It is impossible. Brothers, I answer, if for you it be impossible, what is to become of you ? It is impossible for us to believe it to be impossible. The human brain, looking at these sleek English horses, refuses to believe in such impossibility for English men.
492. oldal - They form a portion of that immense mass of legislation which embraces everything within the territory of a State not surrendered to the General Government, all which can be most advantageously exercised by the States themselves. Inspection laws, quarantine laws, health laws, of every description, as well as laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries, etc., are component parts of this mass.
5. oldal - He has left the land where nature is still lovely, where, in his mind's eye, he can rebuild the temple or the theatre, half doubting whether they would have made a more grateful impression upon the senses than the ruin before him. He is now at a loss to give any form to the rude heaps upon which he is gazing.
464. oldal - The first inquiry is, whether, under the Constitution of the United States, the federal government has the power to compel the several States to receive, and suffer to remain in association with its citizens, every person or class of persons whom it may be the policy or pleasure of the United States to admit.
123. oldal - ... with churchyard elms, and crossing hedge-rows — all seen under bright skies, and in good weather : — there is much beauty, as every one will acknowledge, in such a scene.
144. oldal - Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
460. oldal - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.