Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 49John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1860 |
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... beauty and variety to its landscapes . " * From the London Quarterly . LIFE AND TIMES OF CAREY , MARSHMAN , AND WARD . * GREAT honor is designed for the me- mory of the fathers of the Serampore Mis- sion . No Englishman of the present ...
... beauty and variety to its landscapes . " * From the London Quarterly . LIFE AND TIMES OF CAREY , MARSHMAN , AND WARD . * GREAT honor is designed for the me- mory of the fathers of the Serampore Mis- sion . No Englishman of the present ...
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... beauty , striking by ugliness , or picturesque by decay , just a common shoemaker's cot- tage , were as common a couple as need be . And that was the spot where Wil- liam Carey's soul received the spark from heaven which sped him to ...
... beauty , striking by ugliness , or picturesque by decay , just a common shoemaker's cot- tage , were as common a couple as need be . And that was the spot where Wil- liam Carey's soul received the spark from heaven which sped him to ...
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... beauty of Cal- cutta crowded its noble throne - room . " The most eminent men in the native community ; the learned Brahmans from all parts of the empire , in their simple at- tire ; the opulent rajahs and baboos , and the ...
... beauty of Cal- cutta crowded its noble throne - room . " The most eminent men in the native community ; the learned Brahmans from all parts of the empire , in their simple at- tire ; the opulent rajahs and baboos , and the ...
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... beauty , have our sion of Mr. Tennyson's poetic supremacy -not for the first time made to our read- ers - it would be quite in keeping with the pretensions of modern criticism to put in a handsome qualification of his merits ; for how ...
... beauty , have our sion of Mr. Tennyson's poetic supremacy -not for the first time made to our read- ers - it would be quite in keeping with the pretensions of modern criticism to put in a handsome qualification of his merits ; for how ...
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... beauty . Mere gifts of fancy , and light talents of description , will not suffice here . The humorist and the colorist will hardly avoid the abuse of their rich gifts : most likely they will riot in a country which they have not power ...
... beauty . Mere gifts of fancy , and light talents of description , will not suffice here . The humorist and the colorist will hardly avoid the abuse of their rich gifts : most likely they will riot in a country which they have not power ...
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Page 52 - The outward shows of sky and earth, Of hill and valley he has viewed ; And impulses of deeper birth Have come to him in solitude. In common things that round us lie Some random truths he can impart, — The harvest of a quiet eye That broods and sleeps on his own heart.
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 397 - Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth: and the heavens are the work of thy hands. They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
Page 56 - Über allen Gipfeln Ist Ruh; In allen Wipfeln Spürest du Kaum einen Hauch; Die Vögelein schweigen im Walde. Warte nur, balde Ruhest du auch.
Page 174 - But the prophet, which shall presume to speaK a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
Page 397 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth ; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: They shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
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 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 42 - Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain : and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six months. And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.