The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 49Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1860 - American literature |
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... tion within manageable bounds ; yet , wanting all the accommodation we can get , not less than three fourths of the planet have been laid under water - some of its finest plains are swamped , and its most fertile valleys converted into ...
... tion within manageable bounds ; yet , wanting all the accommodation we can get , not less than three fourths of the planet have been laid under water - some of its finest plains are swamped , and its most fertile valleys converted into ...
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... tion must prevail which could not obtain in an ocean of fresh ; for , as the surface layer is robbed by evaporation , and its density is consequently augmented , it must sink , whilst the less briny layer be- neath will ascend . In the ...
... tion must prevail which could not obtain in an ocean of fresh ; for , as the surface layer is robbed by evaporation , and its density is consequently augmented , it must sink , whilst the less briny layer be- neath will ascend . In the ...
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... tion . The London Missionary Society was the result : a noble plant sown by Carey's pen in the soil of that England which he had left forever . Carey had already had trials in most forms , and new ones arrived in the person of a ...
... tion . The London Missionary Society was the result : a noble plant sown by Carey's pen in the soil of that England which he had left forever . Carey had already had trials in most forms , and new ones arrived in the person of a ...
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... tion into Bengalee which , in making the word " baptize " mean " immerse , " got a term which meant " to drown . " When the people heard of multitudes being " drowned " by John , they innocently mur- mured , " What a sinner ! " About ...
... tion into Bengalee which , in making the word " baptize " mean " immerse , " got a term which meant " to drown . " When the people heard of multitudes being " drowned " by John , they innocently mur- mured , " What a sinner ! " About ...
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... tion from earth to heaven and heaven to rate , strips the question of ascent of much earth , can be accomplished by the fluctua- of its mystery . Water - vapor is lighter tions of caloric , as the ordinary theories than air - lighter ...
... tion from earth to heaven and heaven to rate , strips the question of ascent of much earth , can be accomplished by the fluctua- of its mystery . Water - vapor is lighter tions of caloric , as the ordinary theories than air - lighter ...
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Page 34 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 32 - In love, if love be love, if love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers : Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. ' " It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.
Page 57 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 35 - I wanted warmth and colour which I found In Lancelot — now I see thee what thou art, Thou art the highest and most human too, Not Lancelot, nor another. Is there none Will tell the King I love him tho
Page 480 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 36 - Let no man dream but that I love thee still. Perchance, and so thou purify thy soul, And so thou lean on our fair father Christ, Hereafter in that world where all are pure We two may meet before high God, and thou Wilt spring to me, and claim me thine, and know; I am thine husband — not a smaller soul, f Nor Lancelot, nor another. Leave me that, I charge thee, my last hope. Now must I hence. Thro...
Page 51 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Page 119 - Victoria, by the grace of God Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, saving as aforesaid.
Page 179 - And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
Page 127 - ... tide They fling their melancholy music wide; Bidding me many a tender thought recall Of summer days, and those delightful years When by my native streams, in life's fair prime, The mournful magic of their mingling chime First waked my wondering childhood into tears! But seeming now, when all those days are o'er, The sounds of joy once heard and heard no more.