American Quarterly Review, Volume 21Carey, Lea & Carey, 1837 - Serial publications |
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... genius of the people , but more , perhaps , to the general spirit of improvement which pervades that empire , and to the denseness of the population which makes it the great alter- native to starvation . A modern writer upon " the ...
... genius of the people , but more , perhaps , to the general spirit of improvement which pervades that empire , and to the denseness of the population which makes it the great alter- native to starvation . A modern writer upon " the ...
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... genius but would anticipate his uneasiness at being confined within narrower bounds ? The author , nevertheless , in his preface deems it proper to put the reader on his guard . He says : - " I ought to premise that in this historical ...
... genius but would anticipate his uneasiness at being confined within narrower bounds ? The author , nevertheless , in his preface deems it proper to put the reader on his guard . He says : - " I ought to premise that in this historical ...
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... genius . It was not thus that the middle ages imitated ; the minds of those times also admired the Greeks and the Romans ; they sought after and studied their works , but , instead of suf- fering themselves to be mastered by , they ...
... genius . It was not thus that the middle ages imitated ; the minds of those times also admired the Greeks and the Romans ; they sought after and studied their works , but , instead of suf- fering themselves to be mastered by , they ...
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... genius . The philosopher wishes to see mankind happy- the sight of liberty charms him ; but he does not care to see it through two windows of a prison . Like Socrates , protestantism may be said to have called minds into existence ; but ...
... genius . The philosopher wishes to see mankind happy- the sight of liberty charms him ; but he does not care to see it through two windows of a prison . Like Socrates , protestantism may be said to have called minds into existence ; but ...
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... genius , coming at the proper time and place . The Christian religion is entering upon a new era ; like institutions and manners , it is undergoing the third trans- formation . It is ceasing to be political , according to the old social ...
... genius , coming at the proper time and place . The Christian religion is entering upon a new era ; like institutions and manners , it is undergoing the third trans- formation . It is ceasing to be political , according to the old social ...
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Page 399 - AT midnight, in his guarded tent, The Turk was dreaming of the hour When Greece, her knee in suppliance bent, Should tremble at his power ; In dreams, through camp and court, he bore The trophies of a conqueror ; In dreams his song of triumph heard. Then wore his monarch's signet ring, Then pressed that monarch's throne — a King ; As wild his thoughts, and gay of wing, As Eden's garden bird.
Page 5 - Through the high wood echoing shrill; Sometime walking, not unseen, By hedge-row elms, on hillocks green, Right against the eastern gate Where the great Sun begins his state Robed in flames and amber light, The clouds in thousand liveries dight...
Page 300 - To envelop and contain celestial spirits. Never was such a sudden scholar made ; Never came reformation in a flood, With such a heady...
Page 399 - An hour passed on — the Turk awoke — That bright dream was his last; He woke to hear his sentries shriek, " To arms! they come! the Greek ! the Greek...
Page 52 - Hell heard the unsufferable noise, Hell saw Heaven ruining from Heaven, and would have fled Affrighted; but strict Fate had cast too deep Her dark foundations, and too fast had bound.
Page 497 - Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. Beside yon straggling fence that skirts the way, With blossom'd furze unprofitably gay, There, in his noisy mansion, skill'd to rule, The village master taught his little school...
Page 399 - They fought, like brave men, long and well ; They piled that ground with Moslem slain; They conquered— but Bozzaris fell, Bleeding at every vein. His few surviving comrades saw His smile when rang their proud hurrah, And the red field was won; Then saw in death his eyelids close, Calmly, as to a night's repose, Like flowers at set of sun.
Page 144 - Unto a stranger thou mayest lend upon usury ; but unto thy brother thou shalt not lend upon usury : that the LORD thy God may bless thee in all that thou settest thine hand to in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 496 - The hawthorn bush, with seats beneath the shade, For talking age and whisp'ring lovers made...
Page 401 - Such graves as his are pilgrim-shrines, Shrines to no code or creed confined, — The Delphian vales, the Palestines, The Meccas of the mind.