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are most numerous are as healthy as any other portions of ireland owing to the increased population of the country and the greater consequent demand for this fuel has risen very sensibly in value and in some of the older a is complained of in are frequently let for seven and eight guineas per acre after the turf is cut...	48
proper to separate them and if we have made our upon the ancient forms of the french follow immediately after those of england we have reserved the new institutions for the latter part of our remarks which relate to the actual state not only as the succession of these events but also because they are the result of a be...	48
with stating my doubts upon some of the author the ancient were acquainted with an hereditary nobility so has formally declared na but we are ignorant how they acquired it and what were their only the chiefs were selected from among the ex the author could have twenty other passages from containing the word but he will...	48
all our old if a justice has compelled me not to pass over what i have found justice also commands me to praise the extensive knowledge the honourable sentiments the profound and elevated views which recommend this book to all those who are interested in the history of the middle ages and the history of civilization in...	48
upon the talents of a conqueror it is for military men to read this new account and inquire whether did actually commit a decisive fault in remaining idle upon the field of battle of during the morning of the th or whether he was only conquered by the greatness of bis own genius because he attributed to his plans too v...	48
positive orders to attack the and supposed that he ought to continue his operations without being drawn aside by a four to his left which could be no other from the direction in which it appeared but the of a partial engage ment at the entrance of the forest of beside could he so soon forgot what he had himself witness...	48
more painful for the blow was aimed at men not in a situation to defend themselves the one sinking under the weight of his own glory a sacrifice offered up by accustomed to victory and forgetful of that elevated respect with which it is so delightful to render honour to misfortune had seen the remnant of his life submi...	48
which neither absence nor the selfishness of had been able to she immediately wrote the letter which pope has into a beautiful and impassioned a letter of consolation you had written to a friend my dearest was lately as by chance put into my hands the in a moment told me from whom it came the sentiments i felt for the ...	48
a will to gratify all was absorbed in you i call to witness in the name of w j there may be something more holy something more imposing but the name of mistress was ever to me a more charming sound the more i myself before you the greater right i thought i should have to your favour and thus also i hoped the less to ...	48
kindness for kindness trifles for things of moment and a few words for all the deeds of my life were you less sure of my love you would be more but because my conduct has rendered you se cure you neglect me once more recollect what i have done for you and how much you are indebted to me by that god then to whom your li...	48
evil conduct to work our ruin but he drew it from a source which it is impossible not to be interested by the following eloquent confession i will disclose to you all the secret weaknesses of my unhappy heart tell me then can i hope to the divine anger i who at every moment am charging heaven with cruelty my murmurs ma...	48
sake of the poetical glory of his own art v thoughts on the weather by professor from the new monthly ms the inhabitants of our island are i believe pretty generally said by foreigners to be more frequent and anxious after the state weather than any other people in europe and this again has been as sufficient proof...	48
of the grand economy of nature the surface of the earth itself is subject to natural changes it besides suffers great changes from the active hand of man from the often destruction of great forests from the building of large cities by which new animal and take place instead of vegetable ones with such incessant variati...	48
we however begged to decline these thieves are christians who long exercised their talents in the territory of the of but owing to the vigilance of his police have been obliged to take s tour through greece refuge in the neighbouring islands where they have found an asylum under the protection of the republic they prof...	48
that the god would ultimately triumph over the new bom divinity the words were scarcely finished when the rock was rent in two by a clap of thunder and the priest consumed to ashes by a flash of lightning vol i p of the at mr speaks largely and strongly we have already in our review of mr s work on turkey expressed our...	48
our traveller was once asked whether england was as large as whether we did not pass most of our time in ships and go about in boats from house to house much as we have been told of the beauty of the we suspect that this dance in truth has neither grace elegance nor activity according to mr s account it is more than a ...	48
the papers of mr at the guide who accompanied the travellers from begged them in breathless haste to come and look at some horses of such size and shape as he was certain they had never seen before he was right for these horses were which begin to be common in and and we pardon both of and live on very good terms with ...	48
george whom we had so lately seen fighting at the foot of vol ii p many fragments still exist on the site of notwithstanding the more than treatment which this city in common with many of its sisters experienced from the stupid and insensible of the we the selfish spirit which induced a late who otherwise deserved well...	48
had repeated my admiration two or three times an old s woman whom i suppose to have been the grandmother became with alarm and starting up she dragged the children towards me and desired me to spit in their faces this singular request excited so much astonishment that i concluded the dame to be disordered in her but he...	48
an youth the festival at the temple of love at he has brought an offering of wild flowers and sacrifices them to the god with a prayer that the divinity will restore his beloved and maiden to health the of having failed to cure her of a disease which threatened her life beside the altar s foot he stands and low his an...	48
like clouds when storms are for where such perfect reign even memory has no place for pain the poet s task were passing sweet if when he tells how lovers meet one half the flow of joy that iti magic on hour could touch with sympathetic power his s strings it may not be the is mute when would suit its numbers to so dear...	48
the soil i am however convinced that may be cultivated to great account and particularly upon the deep and moist of which i have been speaking i have found this vegetable the most certain of the root crops to give a rich return for the labor bestowed in it a supply of it on every farm to aid in such of our animals as a...	48
an early hour art ix an appeal from the judgments of great the united states of america by robert tn a recent number of the london review the of that journal take occasion to remark upon the internal suffered by the american republic from which they add we hope she will not soon recover this sentiment is we confiden...	48
gave new animation to the feelings and plans just mentioned at the close of the year while this election was raging if i may be allowed the term washington delivered his farewell address to the and in the house of representatives a committee composed of five members three of whom were friends of his administration was ...	48
frequent delivery of the vo london from the review t he motion of the honourable member for the county of which this speech introduced relates to a most important branch of that reform which is so loudly called for in the administration of our criminal the great obstacle which continually presents itself to any attempt...	48
feet in breadth but much wider at the ends the banks which support the bridge extend with the same height several hundred yards on each side of the stream but they do not correspond with each other as if rent asunder neither does the continue straight for a considerable distance above and below the bridge its course an...	48
account of a patent taken out by sir william england for a new steam engine t raw aright and let ab be the top the bottom ac being the perpendicular line on the left hand of the then at a take ac to one fourth of ac and draw ab parallel to and to one third of the same from b draw a curve approaching to towards that l...	48
france in by the duke of travels in france by francis hall esq late military secretary to general g in canada i a law a practical on the settling of evidence for trials at and on the preparing and arranging the proofs by of gray s inn esq at law i s an index to the term reports and others containing all the points o...	48
most state or holding up to public and their vices that we ought to judge of the moral of a people but by equally their virtues and their vices by searching into the origin and intent of their various institutions and studying the genius of the people for they were created statements founded on such pretensions are ent...	48
it is a melancholy contemplation to reflect that so many human beings should resign themselves to the guidance and direction of a set of and exercise rites and ceremonies that almost them from the pale of civilized society reason which is the feature between man and brute is never called into exercise in this the poor ...	48
and produced such dreadful consequences the whole district where it happened that many of the inhabitants had begun to remove their and to leave their villages for a place of greater safety with the same feelings as when the country sees an impending invasion of a army and with the same dread of sa treatment fortunatel...	48
unite them into greater where the members have a common interest in supporting and defending one another and to make this system effectual it was that the which bound them e of india it y this is precisely the object which of india have stained by the establishment of the different casts they have thus acquired a titl...	48
die of ae east be either or of great magnitude it happened to my knowledge not long ago that some live in my neighbourhood having been convicted of eating at a public entertainment with a disguised as a were all from the cast and did not regain admission into it without an infinite number of ceremonies both troublesome...	48
because when it is performed the feet the knees the belly the stomach the head and the arms must touch the ground this is the greatest mark of reverence that can be given it is used no where but in the presence of those to whom an absolute and unlimited obedience b due this reverence is made only before the highest per...	48
follies this is not the place however to discuss the merits or of the stage and i perceive that i am proceeding too far i will only therefore add that no one i conceive can witness the performance of the better plays of the great english by the more distinguished actors of the british stage but with real benefit as wel...	48
chief in the opposition it is his singular fortune to enjoy the confidence of all parties and there is no one whose opinions are uniformly listened to by f an to ministers with higher attention and respect are those of mr p mr who for a number of years has held the of of general for this kingdom is now considered at t...	48
of its society ireland within the last fifty years has produced her full proportion of literary women and even the lady notwithstanding her iso of an excursion to extravagant fancy taste and is an evidence of the genial virtue of a which impart a mind of such glowing and an imagination of such vigorous and fertile inve...	48
in others which occurred during the rebellion several of these we saw during a call which we had previously made at the time of service we repaired to the castle the house was full at an hour the lord and lady lieutenant were present on the throne they descended without state to tl e chapel by a private passage leading...	48
ii a second defence of the system of the reply to an apology for the present state du worship by ram vo pages are called on in a review of these to a distant scene to which the attention of literary men has been but seldom called and whose aspect seems at first view rather what is it to me the american reader may inqui...	48
what evidence he sir william jones was of opinion that they were very writings the suppose the to have been revealed by one of their principal and to have preserved by tradition until they were committed to writing by a sage who thence received the of a of the the are four in number and each is divided into two parts t...	48
a system it is scarcely necessary to remark in his second we find ram again giving up the question as we apprehend in the same manner as appears by the extract in that work to wit the preface to the i admitted that the worship of these was directed by the but at the same time i proved by their own authority that this w...	48
defence of yet amidst this mass the may still be found and it is some consolation to the christian to behold mixed with much error and contradiction some principles of religious truth it is an encouragement to him to think that the day may not be far distant when god shall pour around the path of the poor who is now g...	48
sir william jones thought worthy of being translated into our language this second aspect of the ancient false appears to us to be the one against which ram has set himself we think that he may be among those of old who retired to reason concerning religion and discovered that the of the people could not meet with the ...	48
was not less remarkable for the same genius and the same richness of imagination and if at this period the mind took a false direction it must be acknowledged that the error was accompanied with those great efforts of the intellect of which a nation very far advanced in civilization is alone capable it would be wrong n...	48
it might here be proved and i will perhaps at some time or other attempt the de from la that the revolution of intellect which made so great a progress in the major part of europe had commenced long before in italy where it would have met the same possibly greater if the had had fewer obstacles to overcome or if they h...	48
and anchor you look as if you had not been in bed exclaimed old on entering the room why sir the young i have not slept a wink all night i have been thinking how much we shall lose by the house of van and co and counting the many bad debts which we have i think it would be meet here he heaved a sigh to arrest the youn...	48
your way home the other night m adam replied the doctor i d not think him so far gone as i could have wished your did well to set him down in any way and as to myself i considered your carriage on that occasion like a stage coach and was prepared to put up with any company what a brute thought i it is a pity rejoined h...	48
copies of them c our first grand aim should be that they may be read without difficulty the second elegance that the characters used to may by t beauty of form be pleasing as well as and the third despatch that the man of business may be relieved in his affairs it is a lamentable fact that professional gentlemen have t...	48
the writer s observation took in but a very portion of the continent of asia the island of the town of and its immediate vicinity with the ruins of the whole subject of his descriptions the letters were probably not composed with any view to their publication therefore we shall not stay to quarrel with his style which ...	48
man is to be found we are informed in every full grown honesty so often sought and rarely found among the enlightened and religious of and america in this part of asia and in the west of the stands whether a sense of virtue or moral obligations to each other contained in the pages of the is the cause i am unable to say...	48
and law their prayers are evidently offered with a sincere heart and considering that it is the religion of their ancestors how can we blame them for preferring it to ours did you but know in what contempt they hold a you would agree in opinion with me that the combined power of the whole christian world would not be ...	48
have not been in their youth by a bad when they their dignity as men and feel that true greatness is in the soul and depends upon ourselves explanation of the plates s i cannot omit on this occasion to repeat what i have said bo that the americans are without the most happy people i have known still more happy if they ...	48
personage other remarkable men who have played a part in the scenes of the drama of which a vast empire has recently been the theatre he has therefore composed a truly historical painting in an account of the events in the life of an eminent man to that of the principal political of france during nearly half a century ...	48
would have died there without sentence had not the court of obtained for him the restoration of his liberty that court demanded the punishment of the of but its members received an order to proceed no further in that affair this was the period says mr d when mr de made his eloquent and i may be permitted to say holy vo...	48
his reception the most solemn of which the records of the academy furnished an example deserved the approbation of the nation his modesty had not permitted him to treat in that place a subject of literature he did more he had the art to transport to the a kind of eloquence which the nation had for a long time lost that...	48
the events that he has had occasion to speak of in his work the most remarkable of notes perhaps is that concerning mn it ap to us to contain what may be said and thought moat justly respecting that celebrated personage we find these articles many letters addressed to the author by mr de one of these letters is a touch...	48
carried with them spanish opinions customs and prejudices they willingly submitted to a yoke which their descendants have found so and who in the course of time having forgotten the parent state in many respects became identified in feeling with the of america they were bound down and by the system which spain bad been...	48
great many of them constructed by since the establishment of the court at this place or by english merchants who have grown rich since the opening of trade a range of much higher mountains is seen to the north east probably at least b m e ke voyage forty or fifty distant the of mr st is built in one of the just mention...	48
lead a very and indolent life consulting only the gratification of their pleasures in consequence of this their old age is overtaken by diseases among them the or swelling of the legs to such a degree as to bear a resemblance to those to south america of the elephant i saw one case of this malady at which i was greatly...	48
the tides a number of people were seen here presenting some appear ance of the busy bustle of trade while the border of the ri ver for more than a mile was occupied by and the green covered with clothes spread out in the sun p our boat having been prepared i embarked with tenant mr breeze the dr and the owner of the it...	48
of the manufacture of the fine or coarse according to the of the with nothing but a b the middle through which the head is thrust k hangs down perfectly loose resembling somewhat a s frock in rain it answers tha purposes of n big con and in hot weather is placed on the saddle these i generally observed clustered about ...	48
was with a feat performed by a wild the bull being let out he was immediately by the on horses back who threw him and held him by pulling in directions he was then tied and a saddle on him by the who was bare legged and had nothing on but a shirt and a kind of something like a scotch die ordinary dress of these people ...	48
thousand square miles little short of the whole extent of our old thirteen states p it appears that the capital has a force of seventeen thousand seven hundred and fifty two well and men ready at a very short warning to make front against an enemy without counting those who are not and who would be called out on any p...	48
objects of desire in our country so long and in precisely the degree in which this opinion is received must learning be neglected and philosophy be despised except indeed learning and philosophy imported from abroad there may be among the most prominent members of the new york historical society as among the most promi...	48
house i rang the bell a opened the door and per a stranger himself before me to my de of a night s hospitality he replied by leading the way to the with a courteous gesture of assent here he again bowed himself at my feet a ceremony much more embarrassing to me than him and inquired if while supper was preparing i chos...	48
can scarcely fail to the public mind much more seriously than the discussion which now the national the or the permission of a traffic in human flesh throughout the widely expanded regions of the west considered as an abstract question of humanity and national glory touches indeed the and the interest of the and the wh...	48
the society that the prosperity and hi of society depend not upon m american and granted to one class or order of society at the expense of another c that all free trade of whatever description must be a mutual benefit to the parties concerned in it that countries should study to direct their labours to those of indust...	48
of this once powerful the facility of a by mistress ocean there now exist another process become an object scarcely any traces some of comparatively little i hare ble ranged in irregular lines observed in several places on the dignified with the name of streets coast of the and a few buildings of a rather bet somethin...	48
all uie painting of the sa speedily the number it is writings are present to his to the advice of mr that the view patriotic men who direct this nt in greece are indebted all greece the ardent the bust of this venerable man has and well directed patriotism of the been put up in the large saloon of inhabitants of tliis ...	48
formation relative to the u b of a of such a work and has and the british colonies of canada that a certain sympathy be the cape of good hope new south her character and that of her wales and v an s island hero gives her a facility in the at one view the otherwise so difficult advantages and in au things she says each ...	48
story of sufficient interest to en and all the princes who chain the attention of youthful the are readers and the purest the of these an principles of virtue and piety i by the author of wa m ni our t mo by invitation to is m and son philadelphia and we are of very happiness for the use w recent or intended of husband...	48
in the light of the song he mourned the of the ray and that at least in fate if not in renown he claimed kindred with blind and blind aad and old being led to a seat and having paused a little to recover breath he commenced putting his instrument in order aod at the same time returned replies to the inquiries which i m...	48
offices which he sustained all parties did homage to hia commanding aad and m of an the of dining are late the four and five o clock habits of north britain were sufficiently unreasonable at least according to my plain yankee notions but good citizens of prefer to follow more closely the westminster standards six half...	48
but hia notwithstanding was unhappily lost upon the other who had better employment than listening and as long as the vehicle was in sight pursued it with a similar to our satisfaction friend pat in the meanwhile drove on despite of our remonstrance with all speed the car occasionally giving us a which the ribs of coul...	48
neighbourhood of and had come to with an associate who now shares with the gains and honours of may l f this is may day but has exhibited few of those which used to mark the occasion and which are still kept up in many parts of england i have seen out of the common course is the grotesque appearance of the chimney swe...	48
above the surface and their characters a conspicuous guide to those who follow where virtue ia peace and bravery in war have the conduct of an individual his actions become interesting his fame is the per d succeeding generations his name worthy of hie muse the virtuous man to die and die arts should unite to his memo...	48
the above calculations and as the i have taken are and greater the results exceed considerably the whole exterior surface of the was with marble which from the of the has now disappeared ten years were occupied in making the to the materials and in the stone twenty more in the building and one hundred thousand employed...	48
more the ancient palace of the kings of called the house of once a superb edifice is now a magnificent pile of ruins whilst many of the of their earliest kings built on a great scale with their columns and ornaments remain perfect sir john visited at the celebrated tomb of samuel over which is erected a fine in the mi...	48
the bank is not washed away from one to three hundred yards in a few seasons this is a serious objection to the formation of on the rich up n the margin of tiie river st charles thirty six miles from the mouth of the river is one of the early french in this country at die period of and s expedition it was our most remo...	48
with the little their chief died some time since leaving a young child the power was assumed by the uncle who still holds it and will probably not be during his life the in their hunting excursions over a vast extent of country the head waters of the white st francis the whole of the river and its branches the middle r...	48
object in visiting their country the chief ordered the crowd to keep off which they did and forming a lane for us we moved forward towards the village we were conducted to the lodge of the principal chief and our soldiers were carried to that of one of the on our reaching the entrance of the lodge we were met by the fa...	48
and la and between the and rivers it is here they find the on which they principally rely for in their winter for they resort to the and hunt between the and river here they procure and deer skins to trade with the for guns blankets c it is to be in the neighbourhood of that they choose the for their hunting ground on...	48
of our prejudices to that whose influence is most constant over our opinions and our affections that which makes us cherish the recollections of infancy life at its commencement was of itself enjoyment our growing powers exceeded our wants our hopes were far reality lively emotions were mingled even with our sufferings...	48
be and the legitimate king find himself again upon the throne the nation regrets the g tiiat it fed upon in the days that are no more and forgets the sacrifices at die price of whidi glory was purchased this constant difference in our appreciation of the present and the past this universal prejudice in of die we have l...	48
surface of france where hands are wanted for field labours do we not see that many provinces are over peopled and that a large excess of inhabitants is yearly furnished for the population of is an ment which like all has its requires experience in which bodily is necessary and circumstances which could hardly be hoped ...	48
culture but in such case it would still be necessary to leave those articles free which we cannot pro or which we produce in too small quantity such as the and tlie long so as not to dry up the source of industry which is supplied by them the asks for the free admission of raw materials and the of foreign if these dema...	48
such immense sums have been expended to reach the veins and to raise the water and coal by means of steam engines the low price at which the english could deliver their coal at our ports from the facility of its and the vicinity of their to the sea gives them an advantage which we could in no way meet it will be replie...	48
of mount in buried a great part of the city on his arrival at dr james a guide who him to the principal objects of curiosity which are the cathedral the museum unfinished palaces and gardens of the prince de the cabinet of the the of st with its fine organ and a large and well hospital an excursion to was found to be o...	48
that die of the when the name of england was unknown and the existence of our country had not been by civilized men those whom england has been proud to imitate and america has called illustrious have stood perhaps where we stand and wondered at the quiet sea the glorious sky and the varied landscape having reached a r...	48
said to me afterwards we will write to each other every we entered the by the side of mr s arm chair was a little wooden stool on which his daughter seated herself obliged to very upright scarcely had she taken her customary place when three or four old persons came up to her and her with the tenderest regard one of th...	48
recovered and reached his village the next spring a war party of went out to revenge this insult and killed five women and children the war continued until the fall of when die sent word by a that if the wished for peace and would send up some of their head men with a peace pipe to make it it should be concluded the fo...	48
paint and dress themselves this done the stoop down before ae or of the party who puts his hand on the back of their necks and giving them a out of the square they are then prepared for battle after some conversation the agreed to carry our remaining baggage to their village they appear very much in hopes that this wil...	48
they always do with great desperation the fight was carried on for sometime at a distance during which the killed five of the the finding they were thus losing their men made a furious charge upon the and killed all but one this one they wished to take prisoner he most defied the whole of them refused to surrender drov...	48
never occurs and it would be at with their ideas of bravery or the point of honour to place themselves on an equality with their if an indian is injured he thinks himself justified in obtaining revenge by any method however foul to us it toy appear the troops continued at work on the on the th of october the council wa...	48
for the trial of s their differences are generally settled by to the interference of m da friends or the voice of public opinion as to what is proper to be done on the th of october the indians arrived having been sent for by the agent to ex n the motives of our expedition which he did in council on the next da at thes...	48
is treated with neglect by all and made a jest and of by the young men and boys they left at the trading house a few years since two old men and an old woman the remonstrated against their doing so and said he had scarcely food enough for himself they told him they would leave them and if he had no food to give them th...	48
the night we heard a stone man crying one night and upon inquiring were told he mm the loss of his wife who hung herself last will ten it appears that her husband had two remarkably fine horses both of which were stolen in one night this was too much for the philosophy of the and she hung herself suicide we were told i...	48
there are three points which distinguish the savages west of the from those on the eastern side first occupy a country infinitely less capable of a dense population second they are a less stationary people having in fact no fixed residence but over their boundless plains finding a home wherever chance or far stone tune...	48
thousand feet in height render it absolutely so while to the north n and n w it is surrounded by immense of ice and these are the obstacles which render its approach so difficult and so that until within fifty years the idea of the top was regarded as perfectly in and the celebrated philosopher of then engaged in exam...	48
too indistinct to be certain of it the whole par ty returned tp in a condition one of mr s companions who had lost himself suffered dreadfully as well as the guides who were with him and returned with his and hands frozen while some of the company who were more fortunate had only their fingers and ears in the same cond...	48

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