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... never perhaps excelled in any country ; but its expo- sitions and appeals are necessarily brief , and but by few either remembered or preserved beyond_the_occasion which calls them forth . The Review will be a means of presenting more ...
... never perhaps excelled in any country ; but its expo- sitions and appeals are necessarily brief , and but by few either remembered or preserved beyond_the_occasion which calls them forth . The Review will be a means of presenting more ...
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... never to be estimated . And the aspect of the times reflects on them a yet more grave and serious im- port . There has been no age of the world in which the physical energies of men have effected so rapid and wonder- ful achievements ...
... never to be estimated . And the aspect of the times reflects on them a yet more grave and serious im- port . There has been no age of the world in which the physical energies of men have effected so rapid and wonder- ful achievements ...
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... never deserted him while he had an ambitious wish to gratify , or a per- sonal desire to be fulfilled . Possessing a haughty and unbending will which would brook no opposition , and which defied with equal boldness the threats of ...
... never deserted him while he had an ambitious wish to gratify , or a per- sonal desire to be fulfilled . Possessing a haughty and unbending will which would brook no opposition , and which defied with equal boldness the threats of ...
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... never before sus- pected ; then by crippling the resources and business interests of the country , they weakened its securities and impeded the collection of its vast and extended claims , till by a series of calamities and governmental ...
... never before sus- pected ; then by crippling the resources and business interests of the country , they weakened its securities and impeded the collection of its vast and extended claims , till by a series of calamities and governmental ...
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... never bear away . She spoke , and o'er his youthful eyes the veil of night she flung , And trembling fell upon his knees , and silence on his tongue . But loudly did the mother cry , What dost thou to my boy ? And are ye then such ...
... never bear away . She spoke , and o'er his youthful eyes the veil of night she flung , And trembling fell upon his knees , and silence on his tongue . But loudly did the mother cry , What dost thou to my boy ? And are ye then such ...
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Page 145 - Nevermore." "Prophet!" said I, "thing of evil! prophet still, if bird or devil! Whether Tempter sent, or whether tempest tossed thee here ashore, Desolate yet all undaunted, on this desert land enchanted — On this home by Horror haunted — tell me truly, I implore: Is there — is there balm in Gilead? — tell me — tell me, I implore!
Page 60 - O Lady! we receive but what we give, And in our life alone does Nature live : Ours is her wedding garment, ours her shroud ! And would we aught behold, of higher worth, Than that inanimate cold world allowed To the poor loveless ever-anxious crowd, Ah ! from the soul itself must issue forth A light, a glory, a fair luminous cloud Enveloping the Earth...
Page 480 - Dreams, books, are each a world ; and books, we know, Are a substantial world, both pure and good : Round these, with tendrils strong as flesh and blood, Our pastime and our happiness will grow.
Page 145 - But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird, and bust, and door ; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore — What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
Page 143 - And the silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain Thrilled me— filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before; So that now, to still the beating of my heart, I stood repeating, "* Tis some visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door, Some late visitor entreating entrance at my chamber door: This it is and nothing more.
Page 177 - Truth crushed to earth, will rise again ; The eternal years of God are hers: But Error, wounded, writhes in pain, And dies amid her worshippers.
Page 480 - Many a man lives a burden to the earth; but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life.
Page 387 - Her voice was good, and the ditty fitted for it ; it was that smooth song which was made by Kit Marlow, now at least fifty years ago ; and the milk-maid's mother sung an answer to it, which was made by Sir Walter Raleigh, in his younger days. They were old-fashioned poetry, but choicely good ; I think much better than the strong lines that are now in fashion in this critical age.
Page 185 - What is the cause, Laertes, That thy rebellion looks so giant-like ? Let him go, Gertrude ; do not fear our person ; There's such divinity doth hedge a king, That treason can but peep to what it would, Acts little of his will.
Page 151 - Fame is no plant that grows on mortal soil, Nor in the glistering foil Set off to the world, nor in broad rumour lies, But lives and spreads aloft by those pure eyes, And perfect witness of all-judging Jove; As he pronounces lastly on each deed, Of so much fame in Heaven expect thy meed.