The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Volume 1Farrand and Nicholas., 1811 - Europe |
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... foreign writers when erroneously reported , cannot but be pro- ductive of the most beneficial consequences , not merely in re- lation to the purity of our relish for elegant literature , but also to the accuracy of our opinions on ...
... foreign writers when erroneously reported , cannot but be pro- ductive of the most beneficial consequences , not merely in re- lation to the purity of our relish for elegant literature , but also to the accuracy of our opinions on ...
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... FOREIGN LITERATURE . The Lady of the Lake 166 Wallace , or the Fight of Falkirk 175 - Guerra d'America 178 Puissance des Papes 186 Memoire sur les Athéniéns 192 Preussens altere Geschichte 195 Brief notices of other foreign literary ...
... FOREIGN LITERATURE . The Lady of the Lake 166 Wallace , or the Fight of Falkirk 175 - Guerra d'America 178 Puissance des Papes 186 Memoire sur les Athéniéns 192 Preussens altere Geschichte 195 Brief notices of other foreign literary ...
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... foreign countries , cor- respond to the spirit and the views with which we represent her to be animated . In pretensions as well as in fact she transgresses all bounds of moderation and of equality . Her public documents of every ...
... foreign countries , cor- respond to the spirit and the views with which we represent her to be animated . In pretensions as well as in fact she transgresses all bounds of moderation and of equality . Her public documents of every ...
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... foreign minister at Paris , let his pri- vate character be what it may , the majesty of an indepen- dent government is habitually insulted and degraded . At this court of " upstart pride and plebeian , insolence " he receives no ...
... foreign minister at Paris , let his pri- vate character be what it may , the majesty of an indepen- dent government is habitually insulted and degraded . At this court of " upstart pride and plebeian , insolence " he receives no ...
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... foreign produce as was consistent with the character of the war which they waged , and with the nature of the of- fensive means employed by their enemy . After Great Britain had annihilated the marine of her antagonists , it followed of ...
... foreign produce as was consistent with the character of the war which they waged , and with the nature of the of- fensive means employed by their enemy . After Great Britain had annihilated the marine of her antagonists , it followed of ...
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Page 248 - It is the maxim of every prudent master of a family, never to attempt to make at home what it will cost him more to make than to buy.
Page 5 - That the President of the United States, be, and he hereby is authorized, in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts, as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Page 249 - The farmer attempts to make neither the one nor the other, but employs those different artificers. All of them find it for their interest to employ their whole industry in a way in which they have some advantage over their neighbours, and to purchase with a part of its produce, or what is the same thing, with the price of a part of it, whatever else they have occasion for. What is prudence in the conduct of every private family can scarce be folly in that of a great kingdom.
Page 214 - The science of politics, however, like most other sciences, has received great improvement. The efficacy of various principles is now well understood, which were either not known at all, or imperfectly known to the ancients. The regular distribution of power into distinct departments; the introduction of legislative balances and checks; the institution of courts composed of judges holding their offices during good behavior; the representation of the people in the legislature by deputies of their...
Page 212 - It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are really capable or not of establishing good government from reflection and choice, or whether they are forever destined to depend for their political constitutions on accident and force.
Page 396 - I am authorized to declare to you, sir, that the decrees of Berlin and Milan are revoked, and that after the first of November they will cease to have effect; it being understood that, in consequence of this declaration, the English shall revoke their orders in council, and renounce the new principles of blockade which they have wished to establish, or, that the United States, conformably to the act you have just communicated, shall cause then rights to be respected by the English.
Page 239 - The prosperity of commerce is now perceived and acknowledged by all enlightened statesmen to be the most useful as well as the most productive source of national wealth, and has accordingly become a primary object of their political cares.
Page 33 - I have their lordships commands to acquaint you, for his lordship's information, that they have sent orders to commodore Hood not to consider any blockade of those islands as existing, unless in respect of particular ports which may be actually invested, and then not to capture vessels bound to such ports unless they shall previously have been warned not to enter them...
Page 11 - An act concerning the commercial intercourse between the United States and Great Britain and France and their dependencies, and for other purposes...
Page 190 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.