Half-hours with the Best American Authors, 2. kötetJ.B. Lippincott, 1886 |
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... Thought The Culprit Fay . The Origin of Language A Declaration of Love Life in Brushland The American Revolution . E. C. STEDMAN WASHINGTON ALLSTON C. F. HOFFMAN MARY KYLE DALLAS CHARLES G. HALPINE ANONYMOUS 66 JOHN P. KENNEDY . JOEL ...
... Thought The Culprit Fay . The Origin of Language A Declaration of Love Life in Brushland The American Revolution . E. C. STEDMAN WASHINGTON ALLSTON C. F. HOFFMAN MARY KYLE DALLAS CHARLES G. HALPINE ANONYMOUS 66 JOHN P. KENNEDY . JOEL ...
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... thought . But this ruin once granted , and the idle disappoint- ment at its greatness overcome , there is endless material for study , instruction , and delight . It is the revelation of another life , and the utterance of the past is ...
... thought . But this ruin once granted , and the idle disappoint- ment at its greatness overcome , there is endless material for study , instruction , and delight . It is the revelation of another life , and the utterance of the past is ...
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... thought , and yet , let the reader please to consider : A workman nearly two thousand years ago laying upon the walls those soft lines that went to make up fauns and satyrs , nymphs and naiads , heroes and gods and goddesses ; and ...
... thought , and yet , let the reader please to consider : A workman nearly two thousand years ago laying upon the walls those soft lines that went to make up fauns and satyrs , nymphs and naiads , heroes and gods and goddesses ; and ...
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... thought and feeling in all this work , whether it be from cunninger or clumsier hands . The subjects are nearly always chosen . from the fables of the gods , and they are in illustration of the poets , Homer and the rest . To suit that ...
... thought and feeling in all this work , whether it be from cunninger or clumsier hands . The subjects are nearly always chosen . from the fables of the gods , and they are in illustration of the poets , Homer and the rest . To suit that ...
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... thought to have aspired to a second floor . The House of Argo is also much larger than any in Pompeii , and its appointments were more magnificent . Indeed , we imagined that in this more purely Greek town we felt an atmosphere of ...
... thought to have aspired to a second floor . The House of Argo is also much larger than any in Pompeii , and its appointments were more magnificent . Indeed , we imagined that in this more purely Greek town we felt an atmosphere of ...
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432. oldal - THERE is no flock, however watched and tended But one dead lamb is there ! There is no fireside, howsoe'er defended, But has one vacant chair ! The air is full of farewells to the dying, And mournings for the dead...
419. oldal - Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.
187. oldal - God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondman's two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword...
107. oldal - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools: There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
434. oldal - The wild-flowers who will stoop to number ? A few can touch the magic string, And noisy Fame is proud to win them : — Alas for those that never sing, But die with all their music in them I Nay, grieve not for the dead alone Whose song has told their hearts...
436. oldal - And all with pearl and ruby glowing Was the fair palace door, Through which came flowing, flowing, flowing And sparkling evermore, A troop of Echoes, whose sweet duty Was but to sing, In voices of surpassing beauty, The wit and wisdom of their king.
147. oldal - God's excellency, his wisdom, his purity and love, seemed to appear in every thing; in the sun, moon, and stars; in the clouds, and blue sky; in the grass, flowers, trees; in the water, and all nature; which used greatly to fix my mind. I often used to sit and view the moon for...
417. oldal - Sensible of this momentous truth, you have improved upon your first essay by the adoption of a Constitution of Government better calculated than your former for an intimate union and for the efficacious management of your common concerns.
432. oldal - ... lives. Not as a child shall we again behold her; For when with raptures wild In our embraces we again enfold her, She will not be a child; But a fair maiden, in her Father's mansion, Clothed with celestial grace ; And beautiful with all the soul's expansion Shall we behold her face. And though at times impetuous with emotion And anguish long suppressed, The swelling heart heaves moaning like the ocean, That cannot be at rest, — We will be patient, and assuage the feeling We may not wholly stay...
160. oldal - I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.