American Quarterly Review, Volume 5Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1829 |
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... population became numerous enough to demand , or powerful enough to cre- ate , this extensive territory , it must have been confined to the valley of the Nile , and the Delta must have been a mixture of muddy lakes and impassable ...
... population became numerous enough to demand , or powerful enough to cre- ate , this extensive territory , it must have been confined to the valley of the Nile , and the Delta must have been a mixture of muddy lakes and impassable ...
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... population was probably redundant beyond any modern parallel . Considered as a grain country alone , it was capable of supporting a population three times as great as one of equal extent in a less favoured climate ; a triple harvest ...
... population was probably redundant beyond any modern parallel . Considered as a grain country alone , it was capable of supporting a population three times as great as one of equal extent in a less favoured climate ; a triple harvest ...
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... population until they could contain import- ant cities . Such artificial mounds are still to be seen forming the basis of all the important ruins that exist , and may even be distinguished from the surrounding , and often surpassing ...
... population until they could contain import- ant cities . Such artificial mounds are still to be seen forming the basis of all the important ruins that exist , and may even be distinguished from the surrounding , and often surpassing ...
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... population , both religious feeling , and natural inclination , still gave Thebes a preference in their estimation . It was different , when dynasties of other than Diospolitan origin , ascended the throne ; from that period , the ...
... population , both religious feeling , and natural inclination , still gave Thebes a preference in their estimation . It was different , when dynasties of other than Diospolitan origin , ascended the throne ; from that period , the ...
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... population , around the objects of their sacred reverence , or the sites most convenient for commerce . In such places alone do we find these accumulations , while the re- maining surface presents no vestige of the busy multitude that ...
... population , around the objects of their sacred reverence , or the sites most convenient for commerce . In such places alone do we find these accumulations , while the re- maining surface presents no vestige of the busy multitude that ...
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Page 42 - To deliver an opinion, is the right of all men; that of constituents is a weighty and respectable opinion, which a representative ought always to rejoice to hear ; and which he ought always most seriously to consider. But authoritative instructions; mandates issued, which the member is bound blindly and implicitly to obey, to vote, and to argue for, though contrary to the clearest conviction of his judgment and conscience, these are things utterly unknown to the laws of this land, and which arise...
Page 41 - But, his unbiassed opinion, his mature judgment, his enlightened conscience, he ought not to sacrifice to you, to any man, or to any set of men living. These he does not derive from your pleasure; no, nor from the law and the constitution. They are a trust from Providence, for the abuse of which he is deeply answerable. Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if lie sacrifices it to your opinion.
Page 42 - ... Parliament is not a congress of ambassadors from different and hostile interests ; which interests each must maintain, as an agent and advocate, against other agents and advocates ; but parliament is a deliberative assembly of one nation, with one interest, that of the whole ; where, not local purposes, not local prejudices ought to guide, but the general good, resulting from the general reason of the whole. You choose a member indeed ; but when you have chosen him he is not a member of Bristol,...
Page 218 - At two leagues distance, the cavalcade, winding into the skirts of the Alpuxarras, ascended an eminence commanding the last view of Granada. As they arrived at this spot, the Moors paused involuntarily, to take a farewell gaze at their beloved city, which a few steps more would shut from their sight for ever.
Page 71 - In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.
Page 421 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Page 421 - That all children within this province of the age of twelve years, shall be taught some useful trade or skill, to the end none may be idle, but the poor may work to live, and the rich, if they become poor, may not want.
Page 42 - If the local constituent should have an interest, or should form an hasty opinion, evidently opposite to the real good of the rest of the community, the member for that place ought to be as far as any other from any endeavour to give it effect.
Page 302 - What needs my Shakespeare for his honoured bones, The labour of an age in piled stones ? Or that his hallowed relics should be hid Under a star-ypointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a livelong monument.
Page 41 - I wish that topic had been passed by at a time when I have so little leisure to discuss it. But since he has thought proper to throw it out, I owe you a clear explanation of my poor sentiments on that subject. He tells you, that " the topic of instructions has occasioned much altercation and uneasiness in this city ;" and he expresses himself (if I understand him rightly) in favour of the coercive authority of such instructions.