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Page 47
Imagination gives a hue to all their most common conceptions ; they live and
move , not in the cold region of philosophy , but in the region of the poetic ; they
view and speak of things , as they appear to a plain , susceptible mind , trained in
the ...
Imagination gives a hue to all their most common conceptions ; they live and
move , not in the cold region of philosophy , but in the region of the poetic ; they
view and speak of things , as they appear to a plain , susceptible mind , trained in
the ...
Page 51
The historian , who should live after the fulfilment , must be able to see the exact
and complete picture in the past , which the prophet beheld in the future . There is
no wonder that interpreters of prophecies , who have proceeded upon this ...
The historian , who should live after the fulfilment , must be able to see the exact
and complete picture in the past , which the prophet beheld in the future . There is
no wonder that interpreters of prophecies , who have proceeded upon this ...
Page 70
Your monument shall be my gentle verse , Which eyes not yet created shall o'er -
read ; And tongues to be , your being shall rehearse , When all the breathers of
this world are dead ; You still shall live , ( such virtue hath my pen , ) Where ...
Your monument shall be my gentle verse , Which eyes not yet created shall o'er -
read ; And tongues to be , your being shall rehearse , When all the breathers of
this world are dead ; You still shall live , ( such virtue hath my pen , ) Where ...
Page 79
... in the following sonnet : “ I am not one who much or oft delight To season my
fireside with personal talk Of friends who live within an easy walk , Of neighbours
daily , weekly , in my sight ; SO ; And , for my chance acquaintance , ladies 1836.
... in the following sonnet : “ I am not one who much or oft delight To season my
fireside with personal talk Of friends who live within an easy walk , Of neighbours
daily , weekly , in my sight ; SO ; And , for my chance acquaintance , ladies 1836.
Page 84
Some there are , By their good works exalted , lofty minds And meditative ,
authors of delight And happiness , which to the end of time Will live and spread
and kindle ; even such minds In childhood , from this solitary being , Or from like ...
Some there are , By their good works exalted , lofty minds And meditative ,
authors of delight And happiness , which to the end of time Will live and spread
and kindle ; even such minds In childhood , from this solitary being , Or from like ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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