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TO CORRESPONDENTS . WE had intended to give a Preface this month to the volume , but so many subts of discussion arose in our mind when writing it , connected with the state of public celing relative to PERIODICAL LITERATURE , that we ...
TO CORRESPONDENTS . WE had intended to give a Preface this month to the volume , but so many subts of discussion arose in our mind when writing it , connected with the state of public celing relative to PERIODICAL LITERATURE , that we ...
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... give way , although very few of the blows reach- ed his person . On taking a step back- wards , retreating with front towards his assailants , his foot struck an old feal dyke , when he fell with his back to the ground . The enraged ...
... give way , although very few of the blows reach- ed his person . On taking a step back- wards , retreating with front towards his assailants , his foot struck an old feal dyke , when he fell with his back to the ground . The enraged ...
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... give a parti- cular account . " According to my best recollection , I saw it in June 1808 , not on the coast of Eigg , but on that of Coll . Rowing along that coast , I observed , at about the distance of half a mile , an object to ...
... give a parti- cular account . " According to my best recollection , I saw it in June 1808 , not on the coast of Eigg , but on that of Coll . Rowing along that coast , I observed , at about the distance of half a mile , an object to ...
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... give an equivalent for a beauty which he does not perceive ? He ought to write well in his own language , that he may be able even to read . He ought also to have a flexible turn for taking forms analogous to those of his model , and to ...
... give an equivalent for a beauty which he does not perceive ? He ought to write well in his own language , that he may be able even to read . He ought also to have a flexible turn for taking forms analogous to those of his model , and to ...
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... give way to that vain and delusive stinginess and sensitive caution which , after a few years of confident hopings and unre- served trustings , men of feeling and fancy are forced to adopt in self - de- fence . They have always suffered ...
... give way to that vain and delusive stinginess and sensitive caution which , after a few years of confident hopings and unre- served trustings , men of feeling and fancy are forced to adopt in self - de- fence . They have always suffered ...
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Side 393 - Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Side 459 - Shakspeare, that, take him for all in all, we shall not look upon his like again.
Side 224 - The armaments which thunder-strike the walls Of rock-built cities, bidding nations quake And monarchs tremble in their capitals, The oak leviathans, whose huge ribs make Their clay creator the vain title take Of lord of thee, and arbiter of war ; These are thy toys, and, as the snowy flake, They melt into thy yeast of waves, which mar Alike the Armada's pride, or spoils of Trafalgar.
Side 328 - Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss), condemned For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Side 33 - Lo, these are parts of his ways: but how little a portion is heard of him? but the thunder of his power who can understand?
Side 506 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Side 224 - And I have loved thee, Ocean! and my joy Of youthful sports was on thy breast to be Borne, like thy bubbles, onward: from a boy I wantoned with thy breakers - they to me Were a delight; and if the freshening sea Made them a terror - 'twas a pleasing fear, For I was as it were a child of thee, And trusted to thy billows far and near, And laid my hand upon thy mane - as I do here.
Side 389 - In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Side 221 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night — Sunset divides the sky with her — a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains ; Heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West, Where the Day joins the past Eternity ; While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest ! XXVIII.
Side 223 - Oh Rome ! my country ! city of the soul ! The orphans of the heart must turn to thee, Lone mother of dead empires ! and control In their shut breasts their petty misery.