The New-England Magazine, Volume 5Joseph Tinker Buckingham, Edwin Buckingham, Samuel Gridley Howe, John Osborne Sargent, Park Benjamin J. T. and E. Buckingham, 1833 - Literature |
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... hand , a number of ideas distracts our attention , and diminishes our power , and prevents any one of them from becom- ing the ruling one . THERE are jesuits in politics as well as in religion . The principles of both are the same ...
... hand , a number of ideas distracts our attention , and diminishes our power , and prevents any one of them from becom- ing the ruling one . THERE are jesuits in politics as well as in religion . The principles of both are the same ...
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... hand , was cold and pusillanim- ous . This difference explains every thing . Both were deficient in elevation of soul , in enthusiasm , and in a certain natural magnanimity . Cæsar had them all , to a great degree . I LOVE books , which ...
... hand , was cold and pusillanim- ous . This difference explains every thing . Both were deficient in elevation of soul , in enthusiasm , and in a certain natural magnanimity . Cæsar had them all , to a great degree . I LOVE books , which ...
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... hand , and , not long after , their nuptials were solemnized . Another legacy , not unexpected , de- volved upon M. Hilaire , and he was happy in the ability of thereby placing his beloved partner in still easier independence . The ...
... hand , and , not long after , their nuptials were solemnized . Another legacy , not unexpected , de- volved upon M. Hilaire , and he was happy in the ability of thereby placing his beloved partner in still easier independence . The ...
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... hand , Like some bright sea leaving a desolate land . " Below it , a stream on its bed of stone From a rift in the ... hands at its entrance wave , - And hence they have named it THE DEMON'S CAVE ! " The fears of man to this place have ...
... hand , Like some bright sea leaving a desolate land . " Below it , a stream on its bed of stone From a rift in the ... hands at its entrance wave , - And hence they have named it THE DEMON'S CAVE ! " The fears of man to this place have ...
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... hand ; that it lay thick and dark amidst the straw and litter ; that , many times , in the dusk of the evening , he had seen a vessel coming down the river , which vanished just as it reached the draw ; and that , at the same time , he ...
... hand ; that it lay thick and dark amidst the straw and litter ; that , many times , in the dusk of the evening , he had seen a vessel coming down the river , which vanished just as it reached the draw ; and that , at the same time , he ...
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Page 139 - But let us, who are of the day, be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love ; and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
Page 478 - And — but for that sad shrouded eye, That fires not, wins not, weeps not now, And but for that chill, changeless brow, Where cold Obstruction's apathy Appalls the gazing mourner's heart...
Page 156 - When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung : By forms unseen their dirge is sung ; There Honour comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay ; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there.
Page 473 - NOW was the hour that wakens fond desire In men at sea, and melts their thoughtful heart Who in the morn have bid sweet friends farewell, And pilgrim newly on his road with love Thrills, if he hear the vesper bell from far, That seems to mourn for the expiring day...
Page 98 - Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more : and they are cut off from thy hand.
Page 478 - He who hath bent him o'er the dead Ere the first day of death is fled, The first dark day of nothingness, The last of danger and distress...
Page 470 - Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of Power divine, Supremest Wisdom, and primeval Love. 19 Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and eternal I endure. All hope abandon, ye who enter here.
Page 368 - Thou hast left behind Powers that will work for thee; air, earth, and skies; There's not a breathing of the common wind That will forget thee; thou hast great allies; Thy friends are exultations, agonies, And love, and man's unconquerable mind.
Page 150 - Otis was a flame of fire ; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born.
Page 193 - Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease success : that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here, But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, We'd jump the life to come. But in these cases We still have judgment here ; that we but teach Bloody instructions, which, being taught, return To plague the inventor ; this even-handed justice Commends the ingredients of our poison'd chalice To our own lips.