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1. oldal
... received on our insurance in the purchase of works of established reputation in the leading branches of literature and science ; and though our library is still very imperfect in some departments , and though we have to regret the loss ...
... received on our insurance in the purchase of works of established reputation in the leading branches of literature and science ; and though our library is still very imperfect in some departments , and though we have to regret the loss ...
9. oldal
... received facts of history , if not less questionable , are at least less questioned , from the ab- sence of materials on which a new theory of events may be founded . A long interval occurs , with respect to which , although much learn ...
... received facts of history , if not less questionable , are at least less questioned , from the ab- sence of materials on which a new theory of events may be founded . A long interval occurs , with respect to which , although much learn ...
13. oldal
... received accounts dis- appeared altogether from the field of authentic history ; and how- ever much we might regret to have our faith in the beautiful legends shaken , no one could doubt the advantage of defining what might be looked ...
... received accounts dis- appeared altogether from the field of authentic history ; and how- ever much we might regret to have our faith in the beautiful legends shaken , no one could doubt the advantage of defining what might be looked ...
25. oldal
... received history of these early times is shewn to rest on no authentic evidence , and if the revised accounts , which have attained currency of late years , are based upon still less - what are we to believe ? We appear like the poor ...
... received history of these early times is shewn to rest on no authentic evidence , and if the revised accounts , which have attained currency of late years , are based upon still less - what are we to believe ? We appear like the poor ...
28. oldal
... received history -- a union of several independ- ent oral traditions , with a core of authenticated facts . We have the greatest precision upon dry and utterly unimportant details , which may be taken from an authentie register , with ...
... received history -- a union of several independ- ent oral traditions , with a core of authenticated facts . We have the greatest precision upon dry and utterly unimportant details , which may be taken from an authentie register , with ...
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65. oldal - Hark, they whisper ; angels say, " Sister spirit, come away ! " What is this absorbs me quite, Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my...
66. oldal - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
59. oldal - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
105. oldal - The country rings around with loud alarms, And raw in fields the rude militia swarms; Mouths without hands; maintained at vast expense, In peace a charge, in war a weak defence ; Stout once a month they march, a blustering band, And ever, but in times of need, at hand...
61. oldal - And in process of time it came to pass, that Cain brought of the fruit of the ground an offering unto the Lord. And Abel, he also brought of the firstlings of his flock and of the fat thereof.
51. oldal - Au banquet de la vie, infortuné convive, J'apparus un jour, et je meurs. Je meurs, et sur ma tombe où lentement j'arrive, Nul ne viendra verser des pleurs.
111. oldal - ... that no right exists on the part of American citizens, to enter the bays of Nova Scotia, there to take fish, although the fishing, being within the bay, may be at a greater distance than three miles from the shore of the bay ; — as we are of opinion that the term
45. oldal - The minstrel melody can. hear ; His face grows sharp, — his hands are clenched, As if some pang his heart-strings wrenched ; Set are his teeth, his fading eye Is sternly fixed on vacancy.
14. oldal - A boundless vision grows upon us ; an untamed continent ; vast wastes of forest verdure ; mountains silent in primeval sleep ; river, lake, and glimmering pool ; wilderness oceans mingling with the sky. Such was the domain which France conquered for Civilization.
66. oldal - Methinks I hear some gentle Spirit say, Be not fearful, come away...