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... practices : on the contrary , we know se- veral , in whom we place great trust . But we speak of the system in general , and of its effects on the public mind ; and we appeal to those who attend our courts of justice , for the truth of ...
... practices : on the contrary , we know se- veral , in whom we place great trust . But we speak of the system in general , and of its effects on the public mind ; and we appeal to those who attend our courts of justice , for the truth of ...
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... practice of the police can imagine . It was proved before the former police committees ( in 1816 , 1817 , and 1818 ) , * that these persons have troublesome offices and no salaries ; that the high- constables generally ( we had almost ...
... practice of the police can imagine . It was proved before the former police committees ( in 1816 , 1817 , and 1818 ) , * that these persons have troublesome offices and no salaries ; that the high- constables generally ( we had almost ...
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... practice . When they walked in the fields , they were instructed to mark such plants as were useful for food , and to destroy such as were poisonous . This knowledge proved so be- neficial , that " during the disastrous months of 1817 ...
... practice . When they walked in the fields , they were instructed to mark such plants as were useful for food , and to destroy such as were poisonous . This knowledge proved so be- neficial , that " during the disastrous months of 1817 ...
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... practice reasonably to be feared , since the assembly of Jamaica had deliberately asserted , that the whole united navy of Great Britain would not be able to prevent it . It was therefore pro- vided , that all such Africans should be ...
... practice reasonably to be feared , since the assembly of Jamaica had deliberately asserted , that the whole united navy of Great Britain would not be able to prevent it . It was therefore pro- vided , that all such Africans should be ...
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... practice altogether , ) are the following : First , that the sacrifice of so many people gives great offence to the king of England , who is surprised that the king of Ashantee , of whom he has heard a high character in other respects ...
... practice altogether , ) are the following : First , that the sacrifice of so many people gives great offence to the king of England , who is surprised that the king of Ashantee , of whom he has heard a high character in other respects ...
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Page 54 - TO him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 54 - Yet a few days, and thee The all-beholding sun shall see no more In all his course, nor yet in the cold ground Where thy pale form was laid with many tears, Nor in the embrace of ocean, shall exist Thy image.
Page 53 - midst falling dew, While glow the heavens with the last steps of day, Far, through their rosy depths, dost thou pursue Thy solitary way ? Vainly the fowler's eye Might mark thy distant flight to do thee wrong, As, darkly painted on the crimson sky, Thy figure floats along.
Page 55 - The hills, Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun ; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods, rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green ; and poured round all Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
Page 54 - Shalt thou retire alone ; nor couldst thou wish Couch more magnificent. Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world — with kings, The powerful of the earth— the wise, the good, Fair forms, and hoary seers of ages past, All in one mighty sepulchre.
Page 53 - There is a Power whose care Teaches thy way along that pathless coast, The desert and illimitable air, Lone wandering, but not lost.
Page 279 - Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events; that it may become probable by supernatural interference) The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
Page 13 - That the laws made by them for the purposes aforesaid shall not be repugnant, but, as near as may be, agreeable to the laws of England, and shall be transmitted to the King in Council for approbation, as soon as may be after their passing; and if not disapproved within three years after presentation, to remain in force.
Page 53 - At that far height, the cold, thin atmosphere, Yet stoop not, weary, to the welcome land, Though the dark night is near.
Page 55 - Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings,— yet the dead are there...