The Analectic Magazine, Volume 4Published and sold by Moses Thomas, 1814 |
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... writer , with which we have been upbraided , have not relaxed their meritorious exertions to add to the instruction and amusement of their age . In the prose- cution of our thankless duties , it is , indeed , delightful now and then to ...
... writer , with which we have been upbraided , have not relaxed their meritorious exertions to add to the instruction and amusement of their age . In the prose- cution of our thankless duties , it is , indeed , delightful now and then to ...
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... writer recurs so rarely , for the purpose of creating an interest , to the stronger and more im- petuous feelings of our nature . Even love , the most powerful passion that acts within the sphere of domestic life - the presiding deity ...
... writer recurs so rarely , for the purpose of creating an interest , to the stronger and more im- petuous feelings of our nature . Even love , the most powerful passion that acts within the sphere of domestic life - the presiding deity ...
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... writers of novels have justly relied for securing the public attention . Discretion and a logical head they thought by no means fit for the heroes and heroines of romance . And , un- doubtedly , if effect were the only object , they did ...
... writers of novels have justly relied for securing the public attention . Discretion and a logical head they thought by no means fit for the heroes and heroines of romance . And , un- doubtedly , if effect were the only object , they did ...
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... writers who make morality depend too much upon feeling , and too little upon the understanding , she has not completely escaped the opposite fault , but has ascribed too large a share of it to the head , and too little to the heart ...
... writers who make morality depend too much upon feeling , and too little upon the understanding , she has not completely escaped the opposite fault , but has ascribed too large a share of it to the head , and too little to the heart ...
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... writer we know not ) cannot find any thing to say of Moreau's genius , better than that Bernadotte has a high opinion of him . The same unfortunate disposition leads to the telling of an anecdote , which , if true , is not creditable to ...
... writer we know not ) cannot find any thing to say of Moreau's genius , better than that Bernadotte has a high opinion of him . The same unfortunate disposition leads to the telling of an anecdote , which , if true , is not creditable to ...
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Page 516 - He draweth out the thread of his verbosity finer than the staple of his argument.
Page 433 - Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say, does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? On the shore, dimly seen through the mists of the deep, Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep, As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Page 420 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm, To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 433 - Oh ! say, can you see, by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming...
Page 418 - For other things mild Heaven a time ordains, And disapproves that care, though wise in show, That with superfluous burden loads the day, And, when God sends a cheerful hour, refrains.
Page 424 - On shining altars of japan they raise The silver lamp ; the fiery spirits blaze : From silver spouts the grateful liquors glide, While China's earth receives the smoking tide: At once they gratify their scent and taste, And frequent cups prolong the rich repast.
Page 422 - Now stir the fire, and close the shutters fast, Let fall the curtains, wheel the sofa round, And while the bubbling and loud hissing urn Throws up a steamy column, and the cups That cheer but not inebriate, wait on each, So let us welcome peaceful evening in.
Page 419 - LAWRENCE, of virtuous father virtuous son, Now that the fields are dank, and ways are mire, Where shall we sometimes meet, and by the fire Help waste a sullen day, what may be won From the hard season gaining? Time will run On smoother, till Favonius reinspire The frozen earth, and clothe in fresh attire The lily and rose, that neither sowed nor spun.
Page 434 - Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave: And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
Page 286 - You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will, But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.