The North American Review, Band 22University of Northern Iowa, 1826 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 49
Seite 38
... rule subsequently laid down by Horace , in the trite passage , ' ars est celare artem . ' His eloquence always strikes us , as the true eloquence of nature , the language of a strong mind under high excite- ment . But it is not our ...
... rule subsequently laid down by Horace , in the trite passage , ' ars est celare artem . ' His eloquence always strikes us , as the true eloquence of nature , the language of a strong mind under high excite- ment . But it is not our ...
Seite 42
... rules of Grecian rhetoric ; and it cannot but be greatly regretted , that in so important a particular he should have suffered Art to prevail over Nature . The other fault , to which we refer , is his extreme conciseness . Whether ...
... rules of Grecian rhetoric ; and it cannot but be greatly regretted , that in so important a particular he should have suffered Art to prevail over Nature . The other fault , to which we refer , is his extreme conciseness . Whether ...
Seite 43
... rules of any deliberative assembly at the pre- sent day . They were provoked , however , on the part of Æschines , by invectives of equal virulence and ability ; and the contest between the two orators was in fact a trial of charac- ter ...
... rules of any deliberative assembly at the pre- sent day . They were provoked , however , on the part of Æschines , by invectives of equal virulence and ability ; and the contest between the two orators was in fact a trial of charac- ter ...
Seite 77
... rules of its application . Some letters are omitted , and the changes are frequently so great , as to ren- der it difficult to reduce the word to its original elements . Mr Heckewelder has given many examples of this process , but too ...
... rules of its application . Some letters are omitted , and the changes are frequently so great , as to ren- der it difficult to reduce the word to its original elements . Mr Heckewelder has given many examples of this process , but too ...
Seite 78
... rule , and to such a degree as greatly to impair the utility of his work . In page 422 , Eliwulek is said to be , He who is above everything . ' The expression should be Aloo Woolituk , from Aloowee , more , and Woolit , good . The uk ...
... rule , and to such a degree as greatly to impair the utility of his work . In page 422 , Eliwulek is said to be , He who is above everything . ' The expression should be Aloo Woolituk , from Aloowee , more , and Woolit , good . The uk ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Algiers American ancient animals appear beautiful Boston Carnivora cause character chief Chippewa Christian circumstances civil claims colonies commenced common Congress constitution contains Court Crocker & Brewster declared decree Delaware Demosthenes Deuteronomy dialects doubt Edition England English existence express fact feelings foreign France French friends Gesenius Hadad Hebrew Heckewelder Hilliard honor hundred important Indians inhabitants interest Islands Janissaries Jeroboam justice Kabyles Kickapoos king labors language letters Lord manner ment Missionaries Moses nation nature never object observations opinion orators original parties passages Pentateuch Philadelphia political present principles probably prophets question Quincy remarks render respect Richard Henry Lee Samaritan Samaritan Pentateuch Samuel Adams Scriptures Septuagint Sioux language Society Society Islands species spirit supposed Tecumthé things tion treaty tribes United vessels volume whole words writing written Wyandots XXII.-No York
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 389 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Seite 390 - He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages, whose known rule of warfare is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
Seite 390 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce.
Seite 370 - To be no more. Sad cure! for who would lose, Though full of pain, this intellectual being, Those thoughts that wander through eternity, To perish rather, swallowed up and lost In the wide womb of uncreated Night, Devoid of sense and motion?
Seite 61 - All sheep and oxen : yea, and the beasts of the field ; The fowls of the air, and the fishes of the sea : and whatsoever walketh through the paths of the seas.
Seite 438 - Take thy banner ! and, beneath The battle-cloud's encircling wreath, Guard it ! — till our homes are free ! Guard it ! — God will prosper thee ! In the dark and trying hour, In the breaking forth of power, In the rush of steeds and men, His right hand will shield thee then.
Seite 384 - What can be your reasons?" "Reason first - You are a Virginian, and a Virginian ought to appear at the head of this business. Reason second - I am obnoxious, suspected, and unpopular. You are very much otherwise. Reason third - You can write ten times better than I can." "Well," said Jefferson, "If you are decided, I will do as well as I can.
Seite 391 - Nor have we been wanting in attentions to our British Brethren We have warned them from Time to Time of attempts by their Legislature to extend an unwarrantable Jurisdiction over us...
Seite 433 - To banquet on the dead ; Nor how, when strangers found his bones, They dressed the hasty bier, And marked his grave with nameless stones, Unmoistened by a tear. But long they looked, and feared, and wept, Within his distant home ; And dreamed, and started as they slept, For joy that he was come. So long they looked — but never spied His welcome step again, Nor knew the fearful death he died Far down that narrow glen.
Seite 381 - Peyton Randolph, Richard Henry Lee, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Richard Bland...