Spirit of the English MagazinesMunroe and Francis, 1831 |
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... observe when the person came again to bring him food , which he supposed he would do in the same way as before . The mere thought of being approached by a living creature , and the oppor- tunity it might present of learning the doom ...
... observe when the person came again to bring him food , which he supposed he would do in the same way as before . The mere thought of being approached by a living creature , and the oppor- tunity it might present of learning the doom ...
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... observed ; and should he again feel the gentle , tremulous motion of the floor , or the current of air , to seize that mo- ment for giving audible expression to his misery . Some person must be near him , and within reach of his voice ...
... observed ; and should he again feel the gentle , tremulous motion of the floor , or the current of air , to seize that mo- ment for giving audible expression to his misery . Some person must be near him , and within reach of his voice ...
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... observation , aided by the ample oral and written information obtained from persons of intelli- gence ; and often he brings forward the witnesses to tell in their own words their own story . The narra- tive , therefore , is often ...
... observation , aided by the ample oral and written information obtained from persons of intelli- gence ; and often he brings forward the witnesses to tell in their own words their own story . The narra- tive , therefore , is often ...
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... observed my neighbors John Grant and his wife standing on the bank in front . distance between us was not thirty yards ; yet I could not make them hear for the fearsome roar of the water , which was now quite tremen- dous . Large trees ...
... observed my neighbors John Grant and his wife standing on the bank in front . distance between us was not thirty yards ; yet I could not make them hear for the fearsome roar of the water , which was now quite tremen- dous . Large trees ...
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... observed hand thrust through the thatch of the house - it worked busily , as if in despair of life - a head soon appear- ed - and then the whole body of old Kerr , who began drawing out his wife and niece . They all crawled along the ...
... observed hand thrust through the thatch of the house - it worked busily , as if in despair of life - a head soon appear- ed - and then the whole body of old Kerr , who began drawing out his wife and niece . They all crawled along the ...
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Page 299 - A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...
Page 82 - Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
Page 141 - But man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave, solemnizing nativities and deaths with equal lustre, nor omitting ceremonies of bravery in the infamy of his nature.
Page 141 - Who knows whether the best of men be known, or whether there be not more remarkable persons forgot, than any that stand remembered in the known account of time...
Page 281 - Yielding to immoral pleasure corrupts the mind, living to animal and trifling ones debases it: both in their degree disqualify it for its genuine good, and consign it over to wretchedness. Whoever would be really happy must make the diligent and regular exercise of his superior powers his chief attention, adoring the perfections of his Maker, expressing good-will to his fellow-creatures, cultivating inward rectitude.
Page 304 - They too are among the unhappy. They feel personal pain and domestic sorrow. In these they have no privilege, but are subject to pay their full contingent to the contributions levied on mortality. They want this sovereign balm under their gnawing cares and anxieties, which being less conversant about the limited wants of animal life, range without limit, and are diversified by infinite combinations in the wild and unbounded regions of imagination. Some charitable dole is wanting...
Page 504 - Wild is thy lay and loud, Far in the downy cloud, Love gives it energy, love gave it birth ; Where on thy dewy wing, Where art thou journeying? Thy lay is in heaven, thy love is on earth. O'er fell and fountain sheen. O'er moor and mountain green, O'er the red streamer that heralds...
Page 277 - Not a single red tile, no flaming gentleman's house, or garden walls break in upon the repose of this little unsuspected paradise, but all is peace, rusticity, and happy poverty in its neatest, most becoming attire.
Page 514 - ... that I scarce see what passes under my nose, and hear nothing that is said about me. To follow poetry as one ought, one must forget father and mother, and cleave to it alone.
Page 459 - Up ! up to yon cliff! like a king to his throne ! O'er the black silent forest piled lofty and lone — A throne which the eagle is glad to resign Unto footsteps so fleet and so fearless as thine. There the bright heather springs up in love of thy breast, Lo...