The new American cyclopædia, ed. by G. Ripley and C.A. Dana, Volume 4 |
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Popular passages
Page 234 - regret which the proceedings of the abolitionists had aroused at the north (to be no doubt followed up by legislation if needed), he referred to the post office as specially under the guardianship of congress, and suggested a law to prohibit, under severe penalties, the circulation in the southern states, through the mail, of incendiary publications intended to instigate the slaves to insurrection. Mr.
Page 167 - who has always had her own way. She is a poetess, a mathematician, and yet withal very kind, generous, and gentle, with very little pretension. Any other head would be turned with half her acquisitions, and a tenth of her advantages." Lady Byron was the only daughter of Sir Ralph
Page 241 - demeanor as a senator is known to us all—is appreciated, venerated by us all. No man was more respectful to others; no man carried himself with greater decorum, no man with superior dignity. I think there is not one of us but felt when he last addressed
Page 293 - lifted up their eyes, and looked, and behold, a company of Ishmaelites came from Gilead with their camels, bearing spicery, and balm, and myrrh,
Page 241 - illustration, his power consisted in the plainness of his propositions, in the closeness of his logic, and in the earnestness and energy of his manner. Those are the qualities, as I think, which have enabled
Page 239 - a resolution that to conquer Mexico and to hold it as a province, or to incorporate it with the union, would be a departure from the settled policy of the government, in conflict with its character and genius, and subversive in the end of our free and popular institutions ; and he again urged, if a treaty could not be made, his plan
Page 293 - wealth he there acquired were "sheep, and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and maidservants, and she-asses, and camels;" whereas horses are not named until 3 generations later, when in the time of
Page 262 - noisy and loquacious, as cranes, -wild geese, wild ducks, and the like ; their perpetual clamor preventing them from dispersing and losing their companions. In so extensive a subject, sketches and outlines are as much as can be expected ; for it would be endless to instance in all the infinite variety of the feathered nation.
Page 232 - insisted that the general recognition of this doctrine would of itself, in a great measure, supersede the necessity of its exercise, by impressing on the movements of the general government that moderation and justice so essential to harmony and peace in a country so extensive
Page 241 - condensed, concise ; sometimes impassioned, still always severe. Rejecting ornament, not often seeking illustration, his power consisted in the plainness of his propositions, in the closeness of his logic, and in the earnestness and energy of his manner.