The Boston Quarterly Review, Volume 4Benjamin H. Greene, 1841 - American literature |
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... Equal Rights . Address to the Workingmen . ART . IV . ART . V.- LITERARY NOTICES . - Social Destiny of Man , & c . By Albert Brisbane . - Woman and her Master . By Lady Morgan.- History of the United States . By George Bancroft . - The ...
... Equal Rights . Address to the Workingmen . ART . IV . ART . V.- LITERARY NOTICES . - Social Destiny of Man , & c . By Albert Brisbane . - Woman and her Master . By Lady Morgan.- History of the United States . By George Bancroft . - The ...
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... equal rights , where man is man and nothing more . We open the road to merit alone ; and if some obtain richer prizes than others , it is because they are more deserv- ing . Really , Sir , I see no cause of excitement , or even ...
... equal rights , where man is man and nothing more . We open the road to merit alone ; and if some obtain richer prizes than others , it is because they are more deserv- ing . Really , Sir , I see no cause of excitement , or even ...
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... equal . R. Equal ! pray , Sir , where have you lived ? C. With my countrymen , who have at times re- posed some little confidence in me , and whom I have endeavored to serve according to the measure of my ability . R. You are in easy ...
... equal . R. Equal ! pray , Sir , where have you lived ? C. With my countrymen , who have at times re- posed some little confidence in me , and whom I have endeavored to serve according to the measure of my ability . R. You are in easy ...
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... equal- ity . C. But , Sir , there have always been the poor , and there always will be , and the sooner we come to this conclusion the better . R. If it comes to prophesying , I may as well proph- esy as you ; I have as good a right to ...
... equal- ity . C. But , Sir , there have always been the poor , and there always will be , and the sooner we come to this conclusion the better . R. If it comes to prophesying , I may as well proph- esy as you ; I have as good a right to ...
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... equal- ity , and from hearts that are large enough to embrace the whole family of man , and keep them warm . Man and man only must be able to kindle their enthusi- asm , and inspire their strains . They must rise above all factitious ...
... equal- ity , and from hearts that are large enough to embrace the whole family of man , and keep them warm . Man and man only must be able to kindle their enthusi- asm , and inspire their strains . They must rise above all factitious ...
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Page 179 - Talibus orabat dictis, arasque tenebat, Cum sic orsa loqui vates : ' Sate sanguine divom, 125 Tros Anchisiada, facilis descensus Averno ; Noctes atque dies patet atri janua Ditis ; Sed revocare gradum superasque evadere ad auras, Hoc opus, hie labor est.
Page 427 - tis rough and narrow, And winds with short turns down the precipice. And in its depth there is a mighty rock, Which has, from unimaginable years, Sustained itself with terror and with toil Over a gulf, and with the agony With which it clings seems slowly coming down...
Page 78 - For he who fights and runs away May live to fight another day ; But he who is in battle slain Can never rise and fight again.
Page 392 - My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you...
Page 151 - Remove far from me vanity and lies : give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me : lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord 1 or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 428 - Hark ! the rushing snow ! The sun-awakened avalanche ! whose mass, Thrice sifted by the storm, had gathered there Flake after flake, — in heaven-defying minds As thought by thought is piled, till some great truth Is loosened, and the nations echo round, Shaken to their roots, as do the mountains now.
Page 438 - There is no other name given under heaven among men whereby we must be saved, but the name of Jesus.
Page 226 - Naught doing, saying little, thinking less, To view the leaves, thin dancers upon air, Go eddying round ; and small birds, how they fare, When mother Autumn fills their beaks with corn, Filch'd from the careless Amalthea's horn...
Page 381 - I exempt, however, from these remarks, the distribution among the States of the proceeds of the public lands, and their application to pay the debts of the States, should the States choose so to apply the money.
Page 426 - SPIRITS The pale stars are gone! For the sun, their swift shepherd, To their folds them compelling, In the depths of the dawn, Hastes, in meteor-eclipsing array, and they flee Beyond his blue dwelling, As fawns flee the leopard.