The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 11Yale Literary Society, 1846 - College students' writings, American |
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... expression to ideas . Nay , more , novel read- ing is not merely negative in regard to this , but it is actually detrimen- tal . Its votaries acquire such facility at despatch that they run through with equal haste all other productions ...
... expression to ideas . Nay , more , novel read- ing is not merely negative in regard to this , but it is actually detrimen- tal . Its votaries acquire such facility at despatch that they run through with equal haste all other productions ...
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... expression of " ticket , sir ? " Now my ticket happened to be in the possession of a certain Don Carlo , who , in spite of my stewards polite prefix to his name , figured in the capacity of courier to myself , and who , for the sake of ...
... expression of " ticket , sir ? " Now my ticket happened to be in the possession of a certain Don Carlo , who , in spite of my stewards polite prefix to his name , figured in the capacity of courier to myself , and who , for the sake of ...
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... expression of his face was good - humored , and yet commanding . His bright blue eye would sug- gest at once the idea that he possessed a disposition enthusiastic in its thirst for excitement , and yet incapable of spending itself in ...
... expression of his face was good - humored , and yet commanding . His bright blue eye would sug- gest at once the idea that he possessed a disposition enthusiastic in its thirst for excitement , and yet incapable of spending itself in ...
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... expression of sorrow and despondency was settled upon his countenance - in- deed , so marked was it , that it became at once the subject of general comment . thought it was ascribable to recent disappointment , ( perhaps in the way of ...
... expression of sorrow and despondency was settled upon his countenance - in- deed , so marked was it , that it became at once the subject of general comment . thought it was ascribable to recent disappointment , ( perhaps in the way of ...
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... expressing them forcibly when called on to express them at all , and of maintaining , at all times , in public and private , a high - toned , consistent , straight - forward course of conduct . It may be urged , that it will take time ...
... expressing them forcibly when called on to express them at all , and of maintaining , at all times , in public and private , a high - toned , consistent , straight - forward course of conduct . It may be urged , that it will take time ...
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Page 286 - I remember, I remember Where I was used to swing, And thought the air must rush as fresh To swallows on the wing; My spirit flew in feathers then That is so heavy now, And summer pools could hardly cool The fever on my brow.
Page 325 - And when the sun begins to fling His flaring beams, me, goddess, bring To arched walks of twilight groves, And shadows brown, that Sylvan...
Page 277 - No farther seek his merits to disclose, Or draw his frailties from their dread abode, (There they alike in trembling hope repose) The bosom of his father and his God.
Page 277 - THE EPITAPH Here rests his head upon the lap of earth A youth to fortune and to fame unknown: Fair science frowned not on his humble birth, And melancholy marked him for her own.
Page 408 - To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given, But all his serious thoughts had rest in Heaven. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form, Swells from the vale and midway leaves the storm, Though round its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head.
Page 311 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Page 148 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where Nature guides and Virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools : There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.
Page 303 - To him who in the love of nature holds Communion with her visible forms, she speaks A various language; for his gayer hours She has a voice of gladness, and a smile And eloquence of beauty, and she glides Into his darker musings, with a mild And healing sympathy, that steals away Their sharpness, ere he is aware.
Page 274 - Muse, The place of fame and elegy supply ; And many a holy text around she strews, That teach the rustic moralist to die.
Page 366 - I cannot blame him : at my nativity The front of heaven was full of fiery shapes, Of burning cressets ; and at my birth The frame and huge foundation of the earth Shak'd like a coward.