The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volum 4Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1834 |
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... becoming , as it were , a new point of de- parture at that period for a still more exalted system , it preceded but by a moment the great convulsion of the French Revolution , out of the chaos of which was destined to arise the germ of ...
... becoming , as it were , a new point of de- parture at that period for a still more exalted system , it preceded but by a moment the great convulsion of the French Revolution , out of the chaos of which was destined to arise the germ of ...
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... become eulogists ; the best intelligences of both hemispheres were warmed by his genius , and vocal in his praise . But our profound reviewer cared for none of these things . He expressed great commiseration for the noble poet . He ...
... become eulogists ; the best intelligences of both hemispheres were warmed by his genius , and vocal in his praise . But our profound reviewer cared for none of these things . He expressed great commiseration for the noble poet . He ...
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... become an object of general and in- tense interest , and intellectual pursuits are fast taking precedence of all others . The gladiatorial shows of the ancients , and the tournaments of a later period , were not conducted with more ...
... become an object of general and in- tense interest , and intellectual pursuits are fast taking precedence of all others . The gladiatorial shows of the ancients , and the tournaments of a later period , were not conducted with more ...
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... become a mere pastime ; and ready acquiescence be substituted for searching thought and discriminating judgment . We are in danger of becoming superficial readers , grasping at more than we can manage . We may catch a sprinkling of ...
... become a mere pastime ; and ready acquiescence be substituted for searching thought and discriminating judgment . We are in danger of becoming superficial readers , grasping at more than we can manage . We may catch a sprinkling of ...
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... become the principal object of ambi- tion to the enterprising spirits of our day . Hence those pursuits only are encouraged , which tend to promote its acquisition . The fine arts and works of taste are very much neglected - and genius ...
... become the principal object of ambi- tion to the enterprising spirits of our day . Hence those pursuits only are encouraged , which tend to promote its acquisition . The fine arts and works of taste are very much neglected - and genius ...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volum 43 Charles Fenno Hoffman,Lewis Gaylord Clark,Timothy Flint,Kinahan Cornwallis,John Holmes Agnew Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1854 |
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Side 380 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
Side 386 - A couple of lobsters; ay, that would have done very well; two shillings — tarts a shilling: but you will drink a glass of wine with me, though you supped so much before your usual time only to spare my pocket?' — 'No, we had rather talk with you than drink with you.
Side 132 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Side 109 - The bliss of man (could pride that blessing find) Is not to act or think beyond mankind ; No powers of body or of soul to share, But what his nature and his state can bear. Why has not man a microscopic eye ? For this plain reason, man is not a fly. Say what the use were finer optics given, T...
Side 56 - We have above ground seen some strange mutations: The Roman empire has begun and ended — New worlds have risen- — we have lost old nations; And countless kings have into dust been humbled, While not a fragment of thy flesh has crumbled.
Side 386 - But, if you had supped with me, as in all reason you ought to have done, you must then have drunk with me.
Side 56 - And standest undecayed within our presence, Thou wilt hear nothing till the judgment morning, When the great Trump shall thrill thee with its warning.
Side 18 - He saw her charming, but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.
Side 391 - See to their desks Apollo's sons repair — Swift rides the rosin o'er the horse's hair ! In unison their various tones to tune, Murmurs the hautboy, growls the hoarse bassoon; In soft...
Side 386 - I'll tell you one that first comes into my head. One evening, Gay and I went to see him : you know how intimately we were all acquainted. On our coming in,