The Port FolioEditor and Asbury Dickens, 1819 |
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Página 34
... believe , when , in his ravings , he complains that the white men intrude upon his domains , and by force or fraud eject him from his native woods . This " honest " Basil , this " learned Basil , " thus turns out to be no better than a ...
... believe , when , in his ravings , he complains that the white men intrude upon his domains , and by force or fraud eject him from his native woods . This " honest " Basil , this " learned Basil , " thus turns out to be no better than a ...
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... believe that one or two of the members of this institution will accompany the enterprising travellers , from whose researches we may expect no small additions to our natu- ral history . Some time ago ( says the Editor of the Edinburgh ...
... believe that one or two of the members of this institution will accompany the enterprising travellers , from whose researches we may expect no small additions to our natu- ral history . Some time ago ( says the Editor of the Edinburgh ...
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... believe . From what I have been able to collect of the Japanese , they are a much superior people in every respect . It is a great national disgrace to the Chinese , that there is not a single public hospital , or humane in- stitution ...
... believe . From what I have been able to collect of the Japanese , they are a much superior people in every respect . It is a great national disgrace to the Chinese , that there is not a single public hospital , or humane in- stitution ...
Página 106
... believe what I am about to state . Teas are of four distinct families , I mean those generally known in commerce , namely , Bohea , Ankay , Hyson and Singlo : the two first are black and the two latter green teas . From these four ...
... believe what I am about to state . Teas are of four distinct families , I mean those generally known in commerce , namely , Bohea , Ankay , Hyson and Singlo : the two first are black and the two latter green teas . From these four ...
Página 111
... believe the Chinese generally , to be naturally deficient of cour- age ; but in other respects , they are an excellent , mild , well - dis- posed people , who , under a good government , might be made most valuable subjects , and ...
... believe the Chinese generally , to be naturally deficient of cour- age ; but in other respects , they are an excellent , mild , well - dis- posed people , who , under a good government , might be made most valuable subjects , and ...
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Página 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Página 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Página 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Página 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Página 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Página 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Página 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Página 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Página 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Página 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...