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Page 15
... land , he nevertheless excels every other writer of Romance in general subjects likewise ; with the sole exception of the Supernatural , where Mrs. Radcliffe and Monk Lewis are unapproached . Scott is indisputably the most suc- cessful ...
... land , he nevertheless excels every other writer of Romance in general subjects likewise ; with the sole exception of the Supernatural , where Mrs. Radcliffe and Monk Lewis are unapproached . Scott is indisputably the most suc- cessful ...
Page 28
... land . ' " There was One , and only One , to whose feet the waters were the same as a dry deck , ' returned the cockswain ; and none but such as have his power will ever be able to walk from these rocks to the sands . ' The old seaman ...
... land . ' " There was One , and only One , to whose feet the waters were the same as a dry deck , ' returned the cockswain ; and none but such as have his power will ever be able to walk from these rocks to the sands . ' The old seaman ...
Page 60
... land so far and fast , Thou already slumberest deep ; Woe and want thou canst outsleep ; Want and woe , which torture us , Thy sleep makes ridiculous . " This quotation , somewhat too long for our plan , we really had not the heart to ...
... land so far and fast , Thou already slumberest deep ; Woe and want thou canst outsleep ; Want and woe , which torture us , Thy sleep makes ridiculous . " This quotation , somewhat too long for our plan , we really had not the heart to ...
Page 63
... land- scape felt by him who has just lost by death a dear friend : the sky is less grand as it shuts down over less worth in the population . " The last line is a specimen of Emerson's prose " concetti " ( to use the Italian word ...
... land- scape felt by him who has just lost by death a dear friend : the sky is less grand as it shuts down over less worth in the population . " The last line is a specimen of Emerson's prose " concetti " ( to use the Italian word ...
Page 88
... land's in sight , And , by its chastening light , All love for life's midway is driven , Save her whose clasped hand will bring thee on to Heaven . " The close of this is certainly too much in the old orthodox school , but they are ...
... land's in sight , And , by its chastening light , All love for life's midway is driven , Save her whose clasped hand will bring thee on to Heaven . " The close of this is certainly too much in the old orthodox school , but they are ...
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