To a Sleepily Gazing Infant by a Poet
A poet ponders a sleeping infant, marveling at the purity of its beauty and the hint of heavenly light in its features. The speaker contrasts mortal birth with imagined divinity, wondering if the child’s gaze hints at souls and visions beyond earthly life.
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Professor Wilson
Tiger Attack at Agra Campsite and Heroic Rescue
An account of a winter shooting party near Agra where a tiger leapt into a camp, seized an officer, and a daring man used two pistols to wound and finally kill the beast. Despite severe wounds, the officer reached safety as companions hunted through the undergrowth. The scene contrasts with martial pageantry and colonial life in the Indio forest.
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Agra
Herman Prudence
Efe
Abel
Iniss
North
Washington
Simplicity and Genius in Chief Justice Marshall
A reflective portrait extols Chief Justice Marshall for humility, plainness, and innate vigor. The essay praises his private nature, dislike of ostentation, and steadfast strength in law, noting his fondness for rural sports and his enduring vigor at sixty as a top quoit player in Virginia.
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Marshall
Virginia
Fragmentary Crisis Split Within Jacksonian Faction
From the Natural Intelligencer to the People, the piece warns of a widening split within the Jacksonian party. It argues the Vice President's publications reveal personal ambition, not policy, and calls for public reflection on leadership, with fears of dangers to the union and constitutional order if factional aims prevail.
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Jackson
Paesipesti
Apants
General Jackson
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
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Profigals
Chawroke
Redeels
Canuous
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Dalyre
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Eed
Limes
Gen. Jackson
Treasury Bank
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Republic
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