The Christian Parlor Magazine: 1844-1845, Volume 1J. H. Pratt & Company, 1844 - American literature |
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... learned diffuseness and specu- lation ; which may seek the lighter graces of style , and the charms of fancy , hitherto appro- priated by the latter , despoiled of their meretri- cious ornaments ; which shall speak decidedly upon ...
... learned diffuseness and specu- lation ; which may seek the lighter graces of style , and the charms of fancy , hitherto appro- priated by the latter , despoiled of their meretri- cious ornaments ; which shall speak decidedly upon ...
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... learned by gazing upon the unveiled de- formities of sin . An anatomy of the character of the popular novels of our own day would be inju- rious in the same form , if the anatomy presented prominent beauties enough to counteract the ...
... learned by gazing upon the unveiled de- formities of sin . An anatomy of the character of the popular novels of our own day would be inju- rious in the same form , if the anatomy presented prominent beauties enough to counteract the ...
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... learned , and the affluent in life . And if fiction can bring such strong delusion over man that the spirit can be nerved by its influence to the last reckless act of cowardice and high crime , we need not stay to question its power in ...
... learned , and the affluent in life . And if fiction can bring such strong delusion over man that the spirit can be nerved by its influence to the last reckless act of cowardice and high crime , we need not stay to question its power in ...
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... learned by every one who breathes the spint inspired by Nature's loveliness , it has thus been referred to by Pope : - " Thus then to man the voice of Nature spake- ' Go , from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the little ...
... learned by every one who breathes the spint inspired by Nature's loveliness , it has thus been referred to by Pope : - " Thus then to man the voice of Nature spake- ' Go , from the creatures thy instructions take : Learn from the little ...
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... learned , that what in our country is the indication of an uncultivated tract in a state of nature , is in the north of France the indication of an extensive domain , in the highest state of cultivation . It is customary there to ...
... learned , that what in our country is the indication of an uncultivated tract in a state of nature , is in the north of France the indication of an extensive domain , in the highest state of cultivation . It is customary there to ...
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Page 152 - And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.
Page 213 - And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary His Mother: Behold, this Child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against; yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also ; that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Page 52 - He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth; And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
Page 70 - The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
Page 14 - Godliness is profitable unto all things, having the promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
Page 141 - And David said unto Saul, Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion, and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock: and I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 127 - Beauteous Who unto my youth was given, More than all things else to love me, And is now a saint in heaven. With a slow and noiseless footstep Comes that messenger divine, Takes the vacant chair beside me, Lays her gentle hand in mine. And she sits and gazes at me With those deep and tender eyes, Like the stars, so still and saint-like, Looking downward from the skies.
Page 127 - Art is long, and Time is fleeting, And our hearts, though stout and brave, Still, like muffled drums, are beating Funeral marches to the grave.
Page 141 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 32 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.