American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 - Serial publications |
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Page 74
... believe that some- thing more than ordinary was coming . The author , too , Mr. Matthew L. Davis , is , if we mistake not , an accredited contri- butor to the daily press , having thus great facilities to herald the coming biography ...
... believe that some- thing more than ordinary was coming . The author , too , Mr. Matthew L. Davis , is , if we mistake not , an accredited contri- butor to the daily press , having thus great facilities to herald the coming biography ...
Page 78
... believe that it affords an attainable standard of public virtue , and genuine though exalted patriotism : if our children could be taught that on these pages they will find models of heroic virtue , private and public , as worthy of ...
... believe that it affords an attainable standard of public virtue , and genuine though exalted patriotism : if our children could be taught that on these pages they will find models of heroic virtue , private and public , as worthy of ...
Page 79
... constitutionally feeble . Mr. Jefferson's military career , we believe , is limited to his unsuccessful defence , when governor of Virginia , of the James River settlements against Arnold in 1781 , and to 1837. ] 79 Memoirs of Aaron Burr .
... constitutionally feeble . Mr. Jefferson's military career , we believe , is limited to his unsuccessful defence , when governor of Virginia , of the James River settlements against Arnold in 1781 , and to 1837. ] 79 Memoirs of Aaron Burr .
Page 87
... believe , that their chances of success were nearly balanced and that there was little or no disparity of intellectual merit or pretension between them.3 Burr had traits of charac- ter to which Mr. Jefferson had no claim whatever . They ...
... believe , that their chances of success were nearly balanced and that there was little or no disparity of intellectual merit or pretension between them.3 Burr had traits of charac- ter to which Mr. Jefferson had no claim whatever . They ...
Page 91
... ) is no unsubstantial proof of merit in him who could conciliate it . If any thing could make us believe that even the biographer does injustice to the moral character of his hero , it would 1837. ] 91 Memoirs of Aaron Burr .
... ) is no unsubstantial proof of merit in him who could conciliate it . If any thing could make us believe that even the biographer does injustice to the moral character of his hero , it would 1837. ] 91 Memoirs of Aaron Burr .
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