The Quarterly Review, Volume 111John Murray, 1862 |
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... Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart . By Sir Archibald Alison . London , 1861 . 2. Correspondence , Despatches , and other Papers of Viscount Castlereagh . Edited by his Brother . Third Series . London , 1856 . 3. Histoire ...
... Lives of Lord Castlereagh and Sir Charles Stewart . By Sir Archibald Alison . London , 1861 . 2. Correspondence , Despatches , and other Papers of Viscount Castlereagh . Edited by his Brother . Third Series . London , 1856 . 3. Histoire ...
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... lives , behind an express or any other train , in consequence of the fracture of a wheel - tyre ; because , in the first place , the tyres can be so effectually secured on the wheels that it is not only impossible for them to fly in ...
... lives , behind an express or any other train , in consequence of the fracture of a wheel - tyre ; because , in the first place , the tyres can be so effectually secured on the wheels that it is not only impossible for them to fly in ...
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... lives were lost , a mail - train ran into a siding through a pair of points which had stuck in the wrong direction , were in bad order , and were unattended . The points in this case were so constructed as to be self - acting in the ...
... lives were lost , a mail - train ran into a siding through a pair of points which had stuck in the wrong direction , were in bad order , and were unattended . The points in this case were so constructed as to be self - acting in the ...
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... live on the Continent . They dwelt a good deal at Rome , where Miss Knight picked up an amount of knowledge of the person- ages and ways of its curious Court very rare with English people , and which furnishes the most amusing portion ...
... live on the Continent . They dwelt a good deal at Rome , where Miss Knight picked up an amount of knowledge of the person- ages and ways of its curious Court very rare with English people , and which furnishes the most amusing portion ...
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... live she must be subject to me as she is at present , if she were thirty , or forty , or five - and - forty . " This , of course , I did not repeat to Her Royal Highness . ' Occasionally Occasionally the monotony of princely intercourse ...
... live she must be subject to me as she is at present , if she were thirty , or forty , or five - and - forty . " This , of course , I did not repeat to Her Royal Highness . ' Occasionally Occasionally the monotony of princely intercourse ...
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Page 253 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 241 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 342 - But what to those who find ? Ah ! this Nor tongue nor pen can show : The love of Jesus, what it is, None but his loved ones know.
Page 491 - Whatever fruits in different climes are found, That proudly rise, or humbly court the ground ; Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting, own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Page 250 - But this momentous question, like a firebell in the night, awakened and filled me with terror. I considered it at once as the knell of the Union. It is hushed, indeed, for the moment. But this is a reprieve only, not a final sentence. A geographical line, coinciding with a marked principle, moral and political, once conceived and held up to the angry passions of men, will never be obliterated; and every new irritation will mark it deeper and deeper.
Page 245 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Page 323 - Thou dost conduct Thy people Through torrents of temptation ; Nor will we fear, while Thou art near, The fire of tribulation : The world, with sin and Satan, In vain our march opposes ; By Thee we shall break through them all, And sing the song of Moses.
Page 241 - I now reiterate these sentiments ; and, in doing so, I only press upon the public attention the most conclusive evidence of which the case is susceptible, that the property, peace, and security of no section are to be in anywise endangered by the now incoming administration.
Page 241 - I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment, however, I have not seen— has passed Congress, to the effect that the federal government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service.
Page 254 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...