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... repelled and overwhelming , drove literature and the arts to seek a refuge from
destruction where they could , these retreats were considered sacred and
inviolable , and their seclusion considered favourable to the prosecution of
science .
... repelled and overwhelming , drove literature and the arts to seek a refuge from
destruction where they could , these retreats were considered sacred and
inviolable , and their seclusion considered favourable to the prosecution of
science .
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Pride may perhaps be considered the most dangerous affection of the two ,
because its seat in the soul is more established than that of vanity ; the contempt
to which a vain man exposes himself is far more likely to cure him of that odious ...
Pride may perhaps be considered the most dangerous affection of the two ,
because its seat in the soul is more established than that of vanity ; the contempt
to which a vain man exposes himself is far more likely to cure him of that odious ...
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Within that space of time , removals ainongst farmers have become exceedingly
frequent ; and every one has considered his standing as very precarious . In this
view of things , agricultural speculation , which has been carried to so great an ...
Within that space of time , removals ainongst farmers have become exceedingly
frequent ; and every one has considered his standing as very precarious . In this
view of things , agricultural speculation , which has been carried to so great an ...
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The state of society , and of mankind in general , in any period or country , may
be considered in three different points of view , as we attend to the moral , the
political , and the literary , or rather the intellectual character of the people .
The state of society , and of mankind in general , in any period or country , may
be considered in three different points of view , as we attend to the moral , the
political , and the literary , or rather the intellectual character of the people .
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Hence it happened that at that time it was justly considered as the grand object of
every man of letters to devote himself wholly to the study of those Latin and Greek
writers , whose works had escaped the general wreck of the middle ages ; and ...
Hence it happened that at that time it was justly considered as the grand object of
every man of letters to devote himself wholly to the study of those Latin and Greek
writers , whose works had escaped the general wreck of the middle ages ; and ...
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Page 292 - nature. The man that hath not music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils : The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus: Let no such man be
Page 201 - grounds; And, many a year elaps'd, return to view Where once the cottage stood, the hawthorn grew ; Here, as with doubtful, pensive steps I range, Trace every scene and wonder at the change, Remembrance wakes with all her busy train, Swells at my breast, and turns the past to pain.
Page 469 - womb of mountains by the throes Of a new world, than only thus to be Parent of rivers, which flow gushingly, With many windings, through the vale :—Look back ! l,o ; where it comes like an eternity, As if to sweep down all things in its track, Charming the eye with dread,—a matchless cataract,
Page 200 - And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a babe, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 345 - said unto him. Art thou an Ephraimite ? If he said nay, then said they unto him, say now Shibboleth : and he said, Sibboleth : for he could not frame to pronounce it right. Then they took him and slew him at the passages of Jordan.
Page 467 - rich sunset to the rising star, Their magical variety diffuse : And now they change ; a paler shadow strew« Its mantle o'er the mountains ; parting day Dies like the dolphin, whom each pang imbues With a new colour as it gasps away,
Page 469 - on the verge, From side to side, beneath the glittering morn, An Iris sits, amidst the infernal surge, Like Hope upon a death-bed, and, unworn Its steady dyes, while all around is torn By the distracted waters, bears serene Its brilliant hnes with all their beams unshorn : Resembling, 'mid the torture of the scene, Love watching Madness with unalterable mien.
Page 465 - echoes are no more, And silent rows the songless gondolier ; Her palaces are crumbling to the shore, And music meets not always now the ear : Those days are gone— but Beauty still is here. States fall, arts fade— but Nature doth not die,
Page 466 - Existence may be borne, and the deep root Of life and sufferance make its firm abode In bare and desolate bosoms : mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence,—not bestow'd In vain should such example be ; if they, Things of ignoble or of
Page 14 - if the blood, ! In sluggish streams about my heart, forbid : That best ambition, under closing shades Inglorious lay me by the lowly brook, And whisper to my dreams. From Thee begin, Dwell all on Thee, with Thee conclude my song ; And let me never, never stray from Thee ! Autumn,
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| Title | The Northern star, or, Yorkshire magazine, Volume 2 |
| Editor | Arthur Jewitt |
| Published | 1818 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 May 2007 |
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