The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 193A. Constable, 1901 |
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... fact that she has been the scene of the greatest drama of the last half of the nineteenth century of the greatest struggle which has taken place in the modern world , must attract the student and reward the inquirer . For such a study ...
... fact that she has been the scene of the greatest drama of the last half of the nineteenth century of the greatest struggle which has taken place in the modern world , must attract the student and reward the inquirer . For such a study ...
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... fact , being visited on the children ; and the encouragement of slavery in one century has been succeeded by a black peril ' in another . Yet if , in consequence , the people of the United States are confronted with a problem from which ...
... fact , being visited on the children ; and the encouragement of slavery in one century has been succeeded by a black peril ' in another . Yet if , in consequence , the people of the United States are confronted with a problem from which ...
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... fact , at the end of the eighteenth century there seemed every prospect that slavery might cease throughout the United States in consequence of a growing sense of the inutility of slave labour . While opinion was slowly gravitating in ...
... fact , at the end of the eighteenth century there seemed every prospect that slavery might cease throughout the United States in consequence of a growing sense of the inutility of slave labour . While opinion was slowly gravitating in ...
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... ' The annexation of Texas gave Mexico a ground for war with the United States . She had , in fact , never recognised the independence of Texas , and could hardly be expected 8 Jan. The Causes of the American Civil War .
... ' The annexation of Texas gave Mexico a ground for war with the United States . She had , in fact , never recognised the independence of Texas , and could hardly be expected 8 Jan. The Causes of the American Civil War .
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... fact that many Southern slave - owners disliked the institution , from which they saw no way of freeing themselves , and that many Southern gentle- men were actuated by feelings to their slaves far kindlier than those with which the ...
... fact that many Southern slave - owners disliked the institution , from which they saw no way of freeing themselves , and that many Southern gentle- men were actuated by feelings to their slaves far kindlier than those with which the ...
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Page 371 - Tis less than to be born ; a lasting sleep, A quiet resting from all jealousy ; A thing we all pursue. I know, besides, , It is but giving over of a game That must be lost Phi.
Page 112 - You must get men of a spirit, and take it not ill what I say — I know you will not — of a spirit that is likely to go on as far as gentlemen will go, or else you will be beaten still.
Page 226 - I have heard her dispute with all sorts of people, on all sorts of subjects, and never knew her in the wrong. She humbles the learned, sets right their disciples, and finds conversation for everybody.
Page 106 - CROMWELL, our chief of men, who through a cloud Not of war only, but detractions rude, Guided by faith and matchless fortitude, To peace and truth thy glorious way hast ploughed...
Page 131 - It is time for us to regard him as he really was, with all his physical and moral audacity, with all his tenderness and spiritual yearnings, in the world of action what Shakespeare was in the world of thought, the greatest because the most typical Englishman of all time.
Page 113 - Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies.
Page 126 - The mind is the man. If that be kept pure, a man signifies somewhat; if not, I would very fain see what difference there is betwixt him and a beast He hath only some activity to do some more mischief.
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Page 17 - WE cross the prairie as of old The pilgrims crossed the sea, To make the West, as they the East, The homestead of the free...
Page 128 - You have accounted yourselves happy in being environed with a great Ditch from all the world beside. Truly you will not be able to keep your Ditch, nor your Shipping, — unless you turn your Ships and Shipping into Troops of Horse and Companies of Foot ; and fight to defend yourselves on terra firma ! — And these things stated, liberavi animam meam ; and if there be " no danger" in ' all