The Boston Lyceum, Volumer 1-2True and Greene, 1827 |
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Side 7
... characters or their fate . To say that they were ' defenders , ' would have been better , and that they ' were no more , ' though it might savour less of the hero , would be in consonance with the civilian . Mr Webster's mind is made up ...
... characters or their fate . To say that they were ' defenders , ' would have been better , and that they ' were no more , ' though it might savour less of the hero , would be in consonance with the civilian . Mr Webster's mind is made up ...
Side 8
... character and for- tune of the man . It stands upon an elliptic plain , formed by cutting down the apex of a mountain ; and , on the West , stretching away to the North and the South , it commands a view of the Blue Ridge for a hundred ...
... character and for- tune of the man . It stands upon an elliptic plain , formed by cutting down the apex of a mountain ; and , on the West , stretching away to the North and the South , it commands a view of the Blue Ridge for a hundred ...
Side 11
... character , his style is altogether too diffuse and metaphorical , while his besetting sin is exagge- ration . He is more fond of promising what he shall not at- tempt to perform , than of going about what he should do at once . He ...
... character , his style is altogether too diffuse and metaphorical , while his besetting sin is exagge- ration . He is more fond of promising what he shall not at- tempt to perform , than of going about what he should do at once . He ...
Side 13
... character of the human heart , and , not unfrequently , by giving us correct details of historical events . The true purpose of these fictitious narratives should be improvement as well as entertainment , and besides pro- ducing a ...
... character of the human heart , and , not unfrequently , by giving us correct details of historical events . The true purpose of these fictitious narratives should be improvement as well as entertainment , and besides pro- ducing a ...
Side 14
... character of our country in this species of writing , has been very respectably sustained by Cooper and others , whose productions , though they are many of them ob- vious imitations , are yet happy and successful imitations , of their ...
... character of our country in this species of writing , has been very respectably sustained by Cooper and others , whose productions , though they are many of them ob- vious imitations , are yet happy and successful imitations , of their ...
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Side 276 - But the gladiators' bloody Circus stands, A noble wreck in ruinous perfection, While Caesar's chambers, and the Augustan halls, Grovel on earth in indistinct decay. And thou didst shine, thou rolling moon, upon All this, and cast a wide and tender light, Which...
Side 275 - Midst the chief relics of almighty Rome ; The trees which grew along the broken arches Waved dark in the blue midnight, and the stars Shone through the rents of ruin ; from afar The watch-dog bay'd beyond the Tiber ; and More near from out the Caesars...
Side 7 - A superior and commanding human intellect, a truly great man, when Heaven vouchsafes so rare a gift, is not a temporary flame, burning bright for a while, and then expiring, giving place to returning darkness. It is rather a spark of fervent heat, as well as radiant light, with power to enkindle the common mass of human mind; so that when it glimmers, in its own decay, and finally goes out in death, no night follows, but it leaves the world all light, all on fire, from the potent contact of its own...
Side 274 - He ceased, and drew forth an MS.; and no Persuasion on the part of devils, or saints, Or angels, now could stop the torrent; so He read the first three lines of the contents; But at the fourth, the whole spiritual show Had vanish'd, with variety of scents, Ambrosial and sulphureous, as they sprang, Like lightning, off from his 'melodious twang'.
Side 276 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old, — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Side 47 - On Christmas eve the mass was sung: * That only night in all the year Saw the stoled priest the chalice rear. The damsel donned her kirtle sheen ; The hall was dressed with holly green ; Forth to the wood did merrymen go, To gather in the mistletoe.
Side 47 - Ceremony doff'd his pride, The heir, with roses in his shoes, That night might village partner choose; The Lord, underogating, share The vulgar game of 'post and pair...
Side 47 - Twas Christmas told the merriest tale ; A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
Side 9 - ... objects of science and taste, so classed and arranged as to produce their finest effect. On one side, specimens of sculpture set out, in such order, as to exhibit at a coup...
Side 178 - To aid thy mind's development, to watch Thy dawn of little joys, to sit and see Almost thy very growth, to view thee catch Knowledge of objects, — wonders yet to thee ! To hold thee lightly on a gentle knee, And print on thy soft cheek a parent's kiss, — This, it should seem, was not reserved for me ; Yet this was in my nature : as it is, I know not what is there, yet something like to this.