The North American Review, Volume 46University of Northern Iowa, 1838 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... carried on upon the noble theatre of the illimitable waters , is no theme to be touched by a faltering and unskilful hand . The sublimity is in the subject , and no artificial coloring is required to heighten the effect . Simple , but ...
... carried on upon the noble theatre of the illimitable waters , is no theme to be touched by a faltering and unskilful hand . The sublimity is in the subject , and no artificial coloring is required to heighten the effect . Simple , but ...
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... carry out their plans . The proposition was gotten rid of , by my stating , in terms that could not be misunderstood , that I was a traveller , and did not wish to meddle with any thing that required secrecy , in a foreign govern- ment ...
... carry out their plans . The proposition was gotten rid of , by my stating , in terms that could not be misunderstood , that I was a traveller , and did not wish to meddle with any thing that required secrecy , in a foreign govern- ment ...
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... carry forward the age in which they live ; who advance the whole civilized world by one tremendous exertion of intellectual might , taking a step which can never be retraced . Such were Bacon , Newton , Locke . There are others , who ...
... carry forward the age in which they live ; who advance the whole civilized world by one tremendous exertion of intellectual might , taking a step which can never be retraced . Such were Bacon , Newton , Locke . There are others , who ...
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... carried him in a litter toward the sea - shore . But the bloodhounds of Antony were in pursuit , and not far from him . When they appeared in sight , Cicero commanded his slaves to set down the litter , and make no resistance , and thus ...
... carried him in a litter toward the sea - shore . But the bloodhounds of Antony were in pursuit , and not far from him . When they appeared in sight , Cicero commanded his slaves to set down the litter , and make no resistance , and thus ...
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... carried almost to a faulty excess . Mr. Talfourd's praise is too indiscriminately lavished on all the members of that coterie of poets , of which Coleridge and Wordsworth 1838. ] 55 Talfourd's Letters of Charles Lamb .
... carried almost to a faulty excess . Mr. Talfourd's praise is too indiscriminately lavished on all the members of that coterie of poets , of which Coleridge and Wordsworth 1838. ] 55 Talfourd's Letters of Charles Lamb .
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Page 55 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page 135 - I see before me the Gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low : And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 198 - ... that its abandonment ought not to be presumed in a case in which the deliberate purpose of the State to abandon it does not appear.
Page 379 - Like the vase in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 363 - Know that this theory is false; his bark The daring mariner shall urge far o'er The western wave, a smooth and level plain, Albeit the earth is fashioned like a wheel. Man was in ancient days of grosser mould, And Hercules might blush to learn how far Beyond the limits he had vainly set, The dullest sea-boat soon shall wing her way. Men shall descry another hemisphere, Since to one common centre all things tend; So earth, by curious mystery divine Well balanced, hangs amid the starry spheres. At...
Page 498 - The general purpose of the whole has been to recommend truth, innocence, honour, and virtue, as the chief ornaments of life; but I considered, that severity of manners was absolutely necessary to him who would censure others, and for that reason, and that only, chose to talk in a mask. I shall not carry my humility so far as to call myself a vicious man, but at the same time must confess, my life is at best but pardonable. And, with no greater character than this, a man would make but an indifferent...
Page 553 - At length he said, with perfect cheerfulness, ' Well, well, James, so be it — but you know we must not droop, for we can't afford to give over. Since one line has failed, we must just stick to something else:' — and so he dismissed me, and resumed his novel.
Page 118 - I feel the delicacy of the subject; but cash must pass through your hands, sometimes to a great amount. If in an unguarded hour but I will hope better. Consider the scandal it will bring upon those of your persuasion. Thousands would go to see a Quaker hanged, that would be indifferent to the fate of a Presbyterian or an Anabaptist. Think of the effect it would have on the sale of your poems alone, not to mention higher considerations!