Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 20John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1850 |
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... kind identical with those of Fuller and Sir Thomas Browne . We feel that he is writing in the midst of his books ; and that his essays on topics of present in- terest are always affected by his throwing his mind into the way of thinking ...
... kind identical with those of Fuller and Sir Thomas Browne . We feel that he is writing in the midst of his books ; and that his essays on topics of present in- terest are always affected by his throwing his mind into the way of thinking ...
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... kind of engraving , from pictures by Angelica Kauffman ; one of Hector and Andromache ; the other of Telemachus at the court of Menelaus ; these I notice , because they were in frames of Brazilian wood ; and the great print of Pombal ...
... kind of engraving , from pictures by Angelica Kauffman ; one of Hector and Andromache ; the other of Telemachus at the court of Menelaus ; these I notice , because they were in frames of Brazilian wood ; and the great print of Pombal ...
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... kind in their superiors assist servants in the process of self - justification in which the half - educated moral being is forever occupied . They were disposed to bear a great deal , too , from their mistress , because she often let ...
... kind in their superiors assist servants in the process of self - justification in which the half - educated moral being is forever occupied . They were disposed to bear a great deal , too , from their mistress , because she often let ...
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... kind - hearted Joseph Cottle , and his book of Recollections , we can tell our readers something more of it : - " At the instant Mr. Southey was about to set off on his travels , I observed he had no stick , and lent him a stout holly ...
... kind - hearted Joseph Cottle , and his book of Recollections , we can tell our readers something more of it : - " At the instant Mr. Southey was about to set off on his travels , I observed he had no stick , and lent him a stout holly ...
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... kind : - " The want of a favorite pursuit is your greatest source of discomfort and discontent . It is the pleas- ure of pursuit that makes every man happy ; whether the merchant , or the sportsman , or the collector , or the philobibl ...
... kind : - " The want of a favorite pursuit is your greatest source of discomfort and discontent . It is the pleas- ure of pursuit that makes every man happy ; whether the merchant , or the sportsman , or the collector , or the philobibl ...
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Page 191 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt, for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 480 - And yet on the other hand, unless wariness be used, as good almost kill a man as kill a good book: who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image; but he who destroys a good book kills reason itself, kills the image of God as it were in the eye. Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master-spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Page 493 - O, for a muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention ! A kingdom for a stage, princes to act, And monarchs to behold the swelling scene...
Page 326 - The great secret of morals is love ; or a going out of our own nature, and an identification of ourselves with the beautiful which exists in thought, action, or person, not our own. A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively ; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others ; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.
Page 20 - Who, doomed to go in company with pain, And fear, and bloodshed, miserable train ! Turns his necessity to glorious gain ; In face of these doth exercise a power Which is our human nature's highest dower ; Controls them and subdues, transmutes, bereaves Of their bad influence, and their good receives...
Page 328 - And with them the Being Beauteous, Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Page 327 - In happy homes he saw the light Of household fires gleam warm and bright; Above, the spectral glaciers shone, And from his lips escaped a groan, Excelsior! "Try not the pass!" the old man said; "Dark lowers the tempest overhead, The roaring torrent is deep and wide!" And loud that clarion voice replied, Excelsior ! "O stay," the maiden said, "and rest Thy weary head upon this breast!
Page 328 - WHEN the hours of Day are numbered, And the voices of the Night Wake the better soul, that slumbered, To a holy, calm delight; Ere the evening lamps are lighted, And, like phantoms grim and tall, Shadows from the fitful fire-light Dance upon the parlor wall; Then the forms of the departed Enter at the open door; The beloved, the true-hearted, Come to visit me once more...
Page 23 - With tears of thoughtful gratitude. My thoughts are with the Dead ; with them I live in long-past years, Their virtues love, their faults condemn, Partake their hopes and fears, And from their lessons seek and find Instruction with an humble mind.
Page 184 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge, how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.