Letters from North America: Written During a Tour in the United States and Canada ...Hurst, Robinson, & Company, 1824 |
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... manners , habits , and character of the people . • There is much simplicity and frankness in the manners of the young ladies ; and the inti- mate connection of their brothers , or relatives , with the neighbouring college , seems , in ...
... manners , habits , and character of the people . • There is much simplicity and frankness in the manners of the young ladies ; and the inti- mate connection of their brothers , or relatives , with the neighbouring college , seems , in ...
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... them to avail themselves of their natural resources . I have been much interested in tracing little peculiarities in the manners and institutions of the Bostonians , to the customs of their puri- tanic 10 LETTERS FROM.
... them to avail themselves of their natural resources . I have been much interested in tracing little peculiarities in the manners and institutions of the Bostonians , to the customs of their puri- tanic 10 LETTERS FROM.
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... manners of my countrymen were in general so stiff , ( he would gladly have said haughty , ) that he had been obliged to come to the determina- tion never to speak first , although always pleased with an opportunity of conversing with ...
... manners of my countrymen were in general so stiff , ( he would gladly have said haughty , ) that he had been obliged to come to the determina- tion never to speak first , although always pleased with an opportunity of conversing with ...
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... manners of this second class are less polished than those of the corresponding class in England , and their education is neither so regular nor so classical ; but their intellects are as actively exercised , and their information at ...
... manners of this second class are less polished than those of the corresponding class in England , and their education is neither so regular nor so classical ; but their intellects are as actively exercised , and their information at ...
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... manner which I think would be most remarked upon in the best society in England . Generally speaking , also , the style of female education in America is less favourable to solid acquirements than with us . The young ladies here go ...
... manner which I think would be most remarked upon in the best society in England . Generally speaking , also , the style of female education in America is less favourable to solid acquirements than with us . The young ladies here go ...
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411. oldal - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
173. oldal - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
170. oldal - The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither , a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both. In its foundation it is federal, not national ; in the sources from which the ordinary powers of the government are drawn, it is partly federal and partly national ; in the operation of these powers, it is national, not federal ; in the extent of them, again, it is federal, not national ; and, finally, in the authoritative mode of introducing amendments it is neither...
174. oldal - The Third Amendment in its prohibition against the quartering of soldiers "in any house" in time of peace without the consent of the owner is another facet of that privacy.
174. oldal - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right of a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury...
399. oldal - The majority of the court is of opinion that the nature of the Indian title, which is certainly to be respected by all courts, until it be legitimately extinguished, is not such as to be absolutely repugnant to seisin in fee on the part of the State.
136. oldal - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts, Not such as Europe breeds in her decay, Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
301. oldal - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security, beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment.
423. oldal - The handle either of a small sword or a large knife, made of an elk's horn ; around the end where the blade had been inserted, was a ferule of silver, which, though black, was not much injured by time. Though the handle showed the hole where the blade had been inserted, yet no iron was found, but an oxyde remained of similar shape and
143. oldal - Who would desire the power of going back to the ages of fable ? Who would wish for an origin obscured in the darkness of antiquity? Who would wish for other emblazoning of his country's heraldry, or other ornaments of her genealogy, than to be able to say, that her first existence was with intelligence, her first breath the inspiration of liberty, her first principle the truth of Divine religion...