The Etonian, Volume 1Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt H. Colburn and C. Knight, 1824 - English essays |
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... If we have com- mitted , in print , those follies , which it has been our study , in practice , to avoid ; -if we have ridiculed , in print , that discipline , which it has been our pleasure , in practice , to observe ; -we can only ...
... If we have com- mitted , in print , those follies , which it has been our study , in practice , to avoid ; -if we have ridiculed , in print , that discipline , which it has been our pleasure , in practice , to observe ; -we can only ...
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Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt. in practice , to observe ; -we can only solicit that lenity we have so often experienced before . In real sincerity of heart , we are sorry that this is the last time we shall have occasion to ask ...
Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt. in practice , to observe ; -we can only solicit that lenity we have so often experienced before . In real sincerity of heart , we are sorry that this is the last time we shall have occasion to ask ...
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... observe Frederick in the centre of the school - yard , attended by his levee , with a list of the high - bred cattle in his hand , which he was discussing , to the great edification of his audience . It may easily be imagined that these ...
... observe Frederick in the centre of the school - yard , attended by his levee , with a list of the high - bred cattle in his hand , which he was discussing , to the great edification of his audience . It may easily be imagined that these ...
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... observation on the affected modesty and demure countenances of those , who just put on an appearance of innocence and purity as a mas querade dress , or from the true spirit of female contradiction ; and the acuteness of his remarks on ...
... observation on the affected modesty and demure countenances of those , who just put on an appearance of innocence and purity as a mas querade dress , or from the true spirit of female contradiction ; and the acuteness of his remarks on ...
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... observation of the Guardian of school discipline . A propensity for drama- tic representation was formerly a striking feature in his cha- racter . He had contrived to enrol a corps , of which he was constituted the head ; and the ...
... observation of the Guardian of school discipline . A propensity for drama- tic representation was formerly a striking feature in his cha- racter . He had contrived to enrol a corps , of which he was constituted the head ; and the ...
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Page 287 - Nor less, I trust, To them I may have owed another gift, Of aspect more sublime; that blessed mood, In which the burthen of the mystery, In which the heavy and the weary weight Of all this unintelligible world, Is lightened...
Page 416 - The music and the doleful tale, The rich and balmy eve ; And hopes, and fears that kindle hope, An undistinguishable throng, And gentle wishes long subdued, Subdued and cherished long...
Page 413 - The moving Moon went up the sky, And nowhere did abide; Softly she was going up, And a star or two beside — Her beams bemocked the sultry main, Like April hoar-frost spread; But where the ship's huge shadow lay, The charmed water burnt alway A still and awful red.
Page 288 - Is lightened : — that serene and blessed mood, In which the affections gently lead us on, — Until, the breath of this corporeal frame And even the motion of our human blood Almost suspended, we are laid asleep In body, and become a living soul : While with an eye made quiet by the power Of harmony, and the deep power of joy, We see into the life of things.
Page 308 - 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 125 - And now I see with eye serene The very pulse of the machine ; A Being breathing thoughtful breath, A Traveller between life and death ; The reason firm, the temperate will, Endurance, foresight, strength, and skill; A perfect Woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command; And yet a Spirit still, and bright With something of an angel light.
Page 292 - If thou be one whose heart the holy forms Of young imagination have kept pure, Stranger ! henceforth be warned; and know, that pride, Howe'er disguised in its own majesty, Is littleness; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used; that thought with him 50 Is in its infancy.
Page 292 - Is littleness ; that he, who feels contempt For any living thing, hath faculties Which he has never used ; that thought with him Is in its infancy. The man, whose eye Is ever on himself, doth look on one, The least of nature's works, one who might move The wise man to that scorn which wisdom holds Unlawful, ever. O, be wiser thou ! Instructed that true knowledge leads to love, True dignity abides with him alone Who, in the silent hour of inward thought, Can still suspect, and still revere himself,...
Page 413 - twas like all instruments, Now like a lonely flute; And now it is an angel's song, That makes the heavens be mute.
Page 125 - I saw her upon nearer view A spirit, yet a woman too! Her household motions light and free, And steps of...