Six Months in the Federal States, Volúmenes 1-2Macmillan, 1863 |
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... crown 8vo . cloth , £ 1 11s . 6d . ' Admirable descriptions , which place " Ravenshoe " almost in the first rank of novels . Of the story itself it would really be difficult to speak too highly . The author seems to possess every ...
... crown 8vo . cloth , £ 1 11s . 6d . ' Admirable descriptions , which place " Ravenshoe " almost in the first rank of novels . Of the story itself it would really be difficult to speak too highly . The author seems to possess every ...
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... Crown 8vo . cloth , 6s . ' Mr. Kingsley has selected a good subject , and has written a good novel to an excellent purpose .'- TIMES . We thank Mr. Kingsley heartily for almost the best historical novel , to our mind , of the day ...
... Crown 8vo . cloth , 6s . ' Mr. Kingsley has selected a good subject , and has written a good novel to an excellent purpose .'- TIMES . We thank Mr. Kingsley heartily for almost the best historical novel , to our mind , of the day ...
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... Crown 8vo . cloth , price 6s . This charming tale is told with such excellent art , that it reads like an episode from real life .'- ATLAS . The whole plot of the story is conceived and executed in an admirable manner : a work which ...
... Crown 8vo . cloth , price 6s . This charming tale is told with such excellent art , that it reads like an episode from real life .'- ATLAS . The whole plot of the story is conceived and executed in an admirable manner : a work which ...
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... Crown 8vo . 6s . 6d . ' It is not without gratitude as well as pleasure that one receives at such a time a careful and condensed summary of the present unquestionable results of scientific research , proceeding from one who has great ...
... Crown 8vo . 6s . 6d . ' It is not without gratitude as well as pleasure that one receives at such a time a careful and condensed summary of the present unquestionable results of scientific research , proceeding from one who has great ...
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... Crown 8vo . cloth , 6s . 6d . ' So striking and apparently so faithful a portrait . It is the Rome of real life he has depicted .'- SPECTATOR . THE ITALIAN WAR OF 1848-9 , And the last Italian Poet . By the late HENRY LUSHINGTON , Chief ...
... Crown 8vo . cloth , 6s . 6d . ' So striking and apparently so faithful a portrait . It is the Rome of real life he has depicted .'- SPECTATOR . THE ITALIAN WAR OF 1848-9 , And the last Italian Poet . By the late HENRY LUSHINGTON , Chief ...
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Página 122 - It is obviously impracticable, in the Federal Government of these States, to secure all rights of independent sovereignty to each, and yet provide for the interest and safety of all. Individuals entering into society must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
Página 213 - Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same govem1nent. Nature, habit, opinion have drawn indelible lines of distinction between them.
Página 213 - ... passu, filled up by free white laborers. If, on the contrary, it is left to force itself on, human nature must shudder at the prospect held up.
Página 122 - Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest. The magnitude of the sacrifice must depend as -well on situation and circumstances as on the object to be obtained. It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights which must be surrendered, and those which may be reserved...
Página 213 - But it was found that the public mind would not yet bear the proposition, nor will it bear it even at this day. Yet the day is not distant when it must bear and adopt it, or worse will follow. Nothing is more certainly written in the book of fate, than that these people are to be free; nor is it less certain that the two races, equally free, cannot live in the same government.
Página 190 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt a gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 148 - State thus disadvantageously circumstanced of its most useful inhabitants ; its wealth, and its consequence in the scale of the confederated States would sink of course.