The Retrospective Review.., Volume 1Henry Southern Charles and Henry Baldwyn, Newgate Street., 1820 |
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... eye to wander over a large surface , when it ought to be intently turned upon a small though fertile spot . It induces a passion for reading as an end , and not as a means - merely to satisfy an appe- tite , and not to strengthen the ...
... eye to wander over a large surface , when it ought to be intently turned upon a small though fertile spot . It induces a passion for reading as an end , and not as a means - merely to satisfy an appe- tite , and not to strengthen the ...
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... eye , Sounding the blue abysses of the sky , Draws forth its hidden beauty into light , And adds a jewel to the crown of night . MONTGOMERY . The literature , however , of our own country , the most rich , varied , and comprehensive ...
... eye , Sounding the blue abysses of the sky , Draws forth its hidden beauty into light , And adds a jewel to the crown of night . MONTGOMERY . The literature , however , of our own country , the most rich , varied , and comprehensive ...
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... eye view of the rise and progress of our literature . The utility of such a work to the student , in abridging his labour , and thereby increasing his gratification , is obvious whilst to him who reads only for his own amusement , it ...
... eye view of the rise and progress of our literature . The utility of such a work to the student , in abridging his labour , and thereby increasing his gratification , is obvious whilst to him who reads only for his own amusement , it ...
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... eyes and to the ears . " On this point we think his objec- tion is not without reason . We agree with an excellent modern critic in the opinion , that though a reader may sink Othello's colour in his mind , a spectator can scarcely ...
... eyes and to the ears . " On this point we think his objec- tion is not without reason . We agree with an excellent modern critic in the opinion , that though a reader may sink Othello's colour in his mind , a spectator can scarcely ...
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... eyes , " and mellows and softens our hearts . Death itself often becomes the source of sublime consolations : seen through the poetical medium , it often seems to fall on the wretched " softly and light- ly , as a passing cloud . " It ...
... eyes , " and mellows and softens our hearts . Death itself often becomes the source of sublime consolations : seen through the poetical medium , it often seems to fall on the wretched " softly and light- ly , as a passing cloud . " It ...
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Page 73 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Page 90 - Oblivion is not to be hired. The greater part must be content to be as though they had not been, to be found in the register of God, not in the record of man.
Page 310 - tis the soul of peace ; Of all the virtues 'tis nearest kin to heaven ; It makes men look like gods. The best of men That e'er wore earth about him was a sufferer, A soft, meek, patient, humble, tranquil spirit, The first true gentleman that ever breath'd.
Page 136 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 92 - Darkness and light divide the course of time, and oblivion shares with memory a great part even of our living beings ; we slightly remember our felicities, and the smartest strokes of affliction leave but short smart upon us. Sense endureth no extremities, and sorrows destroy us or themselves.
Page 90 - And therefore restless inquietude for the diuturnity of our memories unto present considerations, seems a vanity almost out of date, and superannuated piece of folly. We cannot hope to live so long in our names as some have done in their persons ; one face of Janus holds no proportion unto the other. It is too late to be ambitious.
Page 302 - God, to correct, soften, or strengthen the expression), by the testimony of the Spirit, I mean, an inward impression on the soul, whereby the Spirit of God immediately and directly witnesses to my spirit, that I am a child of God ; that Jesus Christ hath loved me, and given Himself for me ; that all my sins are blotted out, and I, even I, am reconciled to God.
Page 50 - Tis as the general pulse Of life stood still, and Nature made a pause ; An awful pause! prophetic of her end.
Page 317 - Till peace go with him to the tomb. - And let him nurse his fond deceit, And what if he must die in sorrow! Who would not cherish dreams so sweet, Though grief and pain may come tomorrow?
Page 289 - If any one love me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him, and will make our abode with him.