The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 1John Conrad & Company, 1804 - American literature |
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... Town and Country Phy- Chemical questions 181 sician 265 Cotton , on the culture of 329 Cowper's Life 345 Cui bono ? 327 Millar's Retrospect 419 Disputation , thoughts on Duelling , reflections on 407 , 410 Eloquence of Pitt , Fox , and ...
... Town and Country Phy- Chemical questions 181 sician 265 Cotton , on the culture of 329 Cowper's Life 345 Cui bono ? 327 Millar's Retrospect 419 Disputation , thoughts on Duelling , reflections on 407 , 410 Eloquence of Pitt , Fox , and ...
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... town was " snatched from the grasp of the devouring element . " YELLOW FEVER . How powerfully is the imagination affected by the frequent and almost periodic returns of this new , strange and unwelcome visitant . ' Till the year 1793 ...
... town was " snatched from the grasp of the devouring element . " YELLOW FEVER . How powerfully is the imagination affected by the frequent and almost periodic returns of this new , strange and unwelcome visitant . ' Till the year 1793 ...
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... town at one o'clock . On my return , I was just as unobservant of the passing scene as before , and took as little note of the geography of the isle . Set mẹ out on the same journey again , and I should scarcely recognize a foot of the ...
... town at one o'clock . On my return , I was just as unobservant of the passing scene as before , and took as little note of the geography of the isle . Set mẹ out on the same journey again , and I should scarcely recognize a foot of the ...
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... town . But when it had advanced to the distance of about half a mile from us , it was providentially op- posed by another whirlwind , which came from the north - east ; and crossing the point of land on which Charleston stands , the ...
... town . But when it had advanced to the distance of about half a mile from us , it was providentially op- posed by another whirlwind , which came from the north - east ; and crossing the point of land on which Charleston stands , the ...
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... towns . And of late years , build- ings have been carried on with spi- rit throughout the state ; and houses of brick and wood erected , suitable to the improvement of manners , and comforts of society . The houses are , for the most ...
... towns . And of late years , build- ings have been carried on with spi- rit throughout the state ; and houses of brick and wood erected , suitable to the improvement of manners , and comforts of society . The houses are , for the most ...
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Page 17 - That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names ! Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount ? Thee lastly, nuptial bower, by me...
Page 418 - In wild excess the vulgar breast takes fire, Till, buried in debauch, the bliss expire. But not their joys alone thus coarsely flow — Their morals, like their pleasures, are but low ; For, as refinement stops, from sire to son, Unalter'd, unimprov'd, the manners run — And love's and friendship's finely pointed dart Fall blunted from each indurated heart.
Page 173 - He met her, and in secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of Jove. Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain, Flowing with majestic train, And sable stole of cypress lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn.
Page 175 - There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast Thou fix them on the earth as fast: And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Ay round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure That in trim gardens takes his pleasure...
Page 261 - Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives.
Page 263 - Socrates died like a philosopher" — then pausing, raising his other hand, pressing them both clasped together, with warmth and energy to his breast, lifting his " sightless balls" to heaven, and pouring his whole soul into his tremulous voice — " but Jesus Christ — like a God...
Page 263 - ... of portentous, death-like silence which reigned throughout the house; the preacher, removing his white handkerchief from his aged face, (even yet wet from the recent torrent of his tears,) and slowly stretching forth the palsied hand which holds it, begins the sentence, " Socrates died like a philosopher...
Page 174 - But hail, thou goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view...
Page 139 - For the benefit of his Latin readers, his genius submitted to teach the first elements of the arts and sciences of Greece. The geometry of Euclid, the music of Pythagoras, the arithmetic of Nicomachus, the mechanics of Archimedes, the astronomy of Ptolemy, the theology of Plato, and the logic of Aristotle, with the commentary of Porphyry, were translated and illustrated by the indefatigable pen of the Roman senator.
Page 138 - Cousin, dejection of spirits, which I suppose may have prevented many a man from becoming an Author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write therefore generally three hours in a morning, and in an evening I transcribe. I read also, but less than I write, for I must have bodily...