The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 8John Conrad & Company, 1808 - American literature |
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... say that it is not one of the most interesting . Racine is perhaps the only dra- matic author who gains by being read , because the stage , while it hides the defects of style , prevents at the same time many beauties from being ...
... say that it is not one of the most interesting . Racine is perhaps the only dra- matic author who gains by being read , because the stage , while it hides the defects of style , prevents at the same time many beauties from being ...
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... says that the annual number of suicides in Pa- ris was then about 150. He does not tell us how he came by the in- formation ; but we have the authori- 3 ty of the abbe Fontana for asserting that more persons 1807. ] 19 Historical ...
... says that the annual number of suicides in Pa- ris was then about 150. He does not tell us how he came by the in- formation ; but we have the authori- 3 ty of the abbe Fontana for asserting that more persons 1807. ] 19 Historical ...
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... says Plutarch , " as a palace of the muses . " The master of the world , Augustus , sent for a mirror and adjusted his hair , when dying and the famous Me- cænas , so great , so active , when the affairs of the state required discern ...
... says Plutarch , " as a palace of the muses . " The master of the world , Augustus , sent for a mirror and adjusted his hair , when dying and the famous Me- cænas , so great , so active , when the affairs of the state required discern ...
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... say women only , but even men , that among the Lacedæmonians , who certainly gave little encouragement to coquetry , young persons were permitted , by way of encourage . ment or reward , to ornament their habits and arms . They perfumed ...
... say women only , but even men , that among the Lacedæmonians , who certainly gave little encouragement to coquetry , young persons were permitted , by way of encourage . ment or reward , to ornament their habits and arms . They perfumed ...
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... say more . HILARIO . For the Literary Magazine . LIFE OF GODFRED AUGUSTUS BURGER . THE poet , says Burger , in one of his prefaces , lays no claim in the scale of being to the rank of a sun ; he is content with the humbler , harmless ...
... say more . HILARIO . For the Literary Magazine . LIFE OF GODFRED AUGUSTUS BURGER . THE poet , says Burger , in one of his prefaces , lays no claim in the scale of being to the rank of a sun ; he is content with the humbler , harmless ...
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Page 169 - LIKE as the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on the tree, Or like the dainty flower of May, Or like the morning of the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had; Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn out, and cut, and so is done. The rose withers, the blossom blasteth, The flower fades, the morning hasteth, The sun sets, the shadow flies, The gourd consumes, and man — he dies!
Page 98 - The soul, of origin divine, God's glorious image freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day ! The sun is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The soul, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE!
Page 61 - Gen'rous converse ; a soul exempt from pride ; And love to praise, with reason on his side ? Such once were Critics ; such the happy few, Athens and Rome in better ages knew.
Page 98 - A bruised reed He will not break, — Afflictions all his children feel: He wounds them for his mercy's sake, • He wounds to heal.
Page 309 - If a man was to compare the effect of a single stroke of the pickaxe, or of one impression of the spade, with the general design and last result, he would be overwhelmed by the sense of their disproportion ; yet those petty operations, incessantly continued, in time surmount the greatest difficulties, and mountains are levelled, and oceans bounded, by the slender force of human beings.
Page 154 - For thoughts may past delights recall, And parted lovers meet again. I weep not for the silent dead : Their toils are past, their sorrows o'er ; And those they loved their steps shall tread, And death shall join to part no more.
Page 146 - With him was sometimes join'd, in silent walk, (Profoundly silent, for they never spoke) One shyer still, who quite detested talk : Oft, stung by spleen, at once away he broke, To groves of pine, and broad o'ershadowing oak ; There, inly thrill'd, he wander'd all alone ; And on himself his pensive fury wroke, Ne ever utter'd word, save when first shone The glittering star of eve — " Thank heaven ! the day is done.
Page 239 - I do not pretend to give such a sum ; I only lend it to you. When you shall return to your country with a good character, you cannot fail of getting into some business that will in time enable you to pay all your debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress you must pay me by lending this sum to him; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation when he...
Page 98 - The Soul, of origin divine, GOD'S glorious image, freed from clay, In heaven's eternal sphere shall shine A star of day. "The SUN is but a spark of fire, A transient meteor in the sky ; The SOUL, immortal as its Sire, SHALL NEVER DIE.
Page 32 - ... sail'd from, by their Sight and Smell. They, as each Torrent drives, with rapid Force From Smithfield, or St. Pulchre's shape their Course, And in huge Confluent join at Snow-Hill Ridge, Fall from the Conduit prone to Holborn-Bridge. Sweepings from Butchers Stalls, Dung, Guts, and Blood, Drown'd Puppies, stinking Sprats, all drench'd in Mud, Dead Cats and Turnip-Tops, come tumbling down the Flood.