The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 49Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1860 |
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... Perhaps , however , the reader may be dispose to imagine that nothing could be easier than to ascertain the depth of the sea at any particular spot . Heave out the lead , give it as much rope or line as it requires , and when it ceases ...
... Perhaps , however , the reader may be dispose to imagine that nothing could be easier than to ascertain the depth of the sea at any particular spot . Heave out the lead , give it as much rope or line as it requires , and when it ceases ...
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... perhaps a little hard on Bishops ; not so much on the genus as a whole , as on that anomalous species of it , the Colonial prelate , who , being a Bishop , is always wondering why he is not a baron . But genial and manly through- out ...
... perhaps a little hard on Bishops ; not so much on the genus as a whole , as on that anomalous species of it , the Colonial prelate , who , being a Bishop , is always wondering why he is not a baron . But genial and manly through- out ...
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... Perhaps we feel all the more touched with this ceremony from the fact that we are thorough anti - immersionists . It is as certain that " dip " in our English version is never baptize in the original , as it is impossible to say where ...
... Perhaps we feel all the more touched with this ceremony from the fact that we are thorough anti - immersionists . It is as certain that " dip " in our English version is never baptize in the original , as it is impossible to say where ...
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... perhaps he stands powers of some great genius are once at- more decidedly in advance of his contem - tained and recognized , beyond reasonable poraries than did ever English poet of a former generation . Of course there are many ...
... perhaps he stands powers of some great genius are once at- more decidedly in advance of his contem - tained and recognized , beyond reasonable poraries than did ever English poet of a former generation . Of course there are many ...
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... Perhaps we may learn from its texture some secret of its princi- ple and growth . A close examination of the Idylls re- minds us that the elements of poetic lan- guage are the simplest possible . The author never strives to be intensely ...
... Perhaps we may learn from its texture some secret of its princi- ple and growth . A close examination of the Idylls re- minds us that the elements of poetic lan- guage are the simplest possible . The author never strives to be intensely ...
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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.