Old England and New England: In a Series of Views Taken on the Spot, Band 2R. Bentley, 1853 |
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... tion - The exact value of patriotism - The star - spangled banner - Draught to be swallowed every other hour in America - Ingredients for making a rebel - A highly - gifted champion 1-24 CHAPTER II . Origin of the American Stage - Pros ...
... tion - The exact value of patriotism - The star - spangled banner - Draught to be swallowed every other hour in America - Ingredients for making a rebel - A highly - gifted champion 1-24 CHAPTER II . Origin of the American Stage - Pros ...
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... tion - How an Englishman's idea of independence differs from an American's - How to address a man at his own house in Indiana - More modes of pronunciation than one - How to choose American wines , or rather wines in America- Definition ...
... tion - How an Englishman's idea of independence differs from an American's - How to address a man at his own house in Indiana - More modes of pronunciation than one - How to choose American wines , or rather wines in America- Definition ...
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... tion while there , and its remuneration therefrom . * The " History of the American Theatre , " by Dunlap , is as dull a work , as if it had been written by our late sepulchral dramatist , James Boaden - dull as an auctioneer's ...
... tion while there , and its remuneration therefrom . * The " History of the American Theatre , " by Dunlap , is as dull a work , as if it had been written by our late sepulchral dramatist , James Boaden - dull as an auctioneer's ...
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... tion he possessed in the United States . He was born in England in 1776 , and brought up under the auspices of the eminent writer William Godwin , aided by the counsel of Thomas Holcroft the dramatist ; * * His estimable widow married ...
... tion he possessed in the United States . He was born in England in 1776 , and brought up under the auspices of the eminent writer William Godwin , aided by the counsel of Thomas Holcroft the dramatist ; * * His estimable widow married ...
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... tion ) which issued them , wherein ordinary adver- tisements ( however much may have been paid for them ) would be partially useless . Fifty people read a paragraph where scarcely ten read a mere formal , humdrum , inflated ...
... tion ) which issued them , wherein ordinary adver- tisements ( however much may have been paid for them ) would be partially useless . Fifty people read a paragraph where scarcely ten read a mere formal , humdrum , inflated ...
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Seite 177 - And from Shakespeare she gained a great store of information amongst the rest, that -'Trifles light as air, Are, to the jealous, confirmation strong, As proofs of Holy Writ.
Seite 160 - Hues which have words, and speak to ye of heaven, Floats o'er this vast and wondrous monument, And shadows forth its glory. There is given Unto the things of earth, which Time hath bent, A spirit's feeling, and where he hath leant His hand, but broke his scythe, there is a power And magic in the ruined battlement, For which the palace of the present hour Must yield its pomp, and wait till ages are its dower.
Seite 3 - By heaven, I had rather coin my heart, And drop my blood for drachmas, than to wring From the hard hands of peasants their vile trash By any indirection...
Seite 137 - I candidly confess that I have ever looked on Cuba as the most interesting addition which could ever be made to our system of States. The control which, with Florida Point, this island would give us over the Gulf of Mexico, and the countries and isthmus bordering on it, as well as all those whose waters flow into it, would fill up the measure of our political well-being.
Seite 317 - ... of your family depending on an adherence to the principles that enthroned it ; for the safety and welfare of your kingdoms and dominions, threatened with almost unavoidable dangers and distresses ; that your majesty, as the loving father of your whole people, connected by the same bonds of law', loyalty, faith, and blood, though dwelling in various countries, will not suffer the transcendent relation formed by these ties, to be further violated, in uncertain expectation of effects, which, if...
Seite 32 - Government, the other half to him or them that shall inform or sue for the same...
Seite 120 - O you ! whom vanity's light bark conveys On fame's mad voyage by the wind of praise, With what a shifting gale your course you ply, For ever sunk too low, or born too high ! Who pants for glory finds but short repose, A breath revives him, or a breath o'erthrows.
Seite 317 - Permit us, then, most gracious Sovereign, in the name of all your faithful people in America, with the utmost humility, to implore you, for the honor of Almighty God, whose pure religion our enemies are undermining...
Seite 154 - HILL.] (3) [The plan of going to bed early, and rising betimes, has been called the golden rule for the attainment of health and long life.
Seite 317 - We, therefore, most earnestly beseech your majesty that your royal authority and interposition may be used for our relief, and that a gracious answer may be given to this petition.