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Page 15
Some are now known to be cannibals , and living in constant warfare with each
other ; and — what is most revolting to our feelings — they have a passion for
amassing the greatest quantities of the skulls of enemies , slain in battle , which ,
as ...
Some are now known to be cannibals , and living in constant warfare with each
other ; and — what is most revolting to our feelings — they have a passion for
amassing the greatest quantities of the skulls of enemies , slain in battle , which ,
as ...
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... among these writers , you are among Hebrews , who , though they speak a
tongue unknown in the days of Israel's prosperity , have inherited the thoughts
and feelings , and nearly all the constitutional peculiarities , of their remote
ancestors .
... among these writers , you are among Hebrews , who , though they speak a
tongue unknown in the days of Israel's prosperity , have inherited the thoughts
and feelings , and nearly all the constitutional peculiarities , of their remote
ancestors .
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This predominance of poetic feeling they could hardly avoid . ... or twinkling stars
, as they looked forth from the firmament in their beauty , and witness the frequent
rush of the cataract from the mountains , without an excitement of their feelings .
This predominance of poetic feeling they could hardly avoid . ... or twinkling stars
, as they looked forth from the firmament in their beauty , and witness the frequent
rush of the cataract from the mountains , without an excitement of their feelings .
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nothing to be typical in the Old Testament , which is not expressly declared to be
so in the New ; and in the words of Christ and his apostles , they find little that
addresses itself to the deeper and more rudimental feelings of humanity . They
are ...
nothing to be typical in the Old Testament , which is not expressly declared to be
so in the New ; and in the words of Christ and his apostles , they find little that
addresses itself to the deeper and more rudimental feelings of humanity . They
are ...
Page 66
A part of this feeling was undoubtedly owing to the homage we then paid to the
authority and influence of the individual who was lord of the ascendant , in the
realms of poetry ; the rest was gathered in the usual loose way with which men ...
A part of this feeling was undoubtedly owing to the homage we then paid to the
authority and influence of the individual who was lord of the ascendant , in the
realms of poetry ; the rest was gathered in the usual loose way with which men ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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