American Monthly Knickerbocker, Bind 24Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1844 |
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... live in a chamber , and subsist wholly on the bolted flour of intellectual aliment books ; he needs to labor and struggle for his soul's food in the broad field of the outward world , and swallow it GRAHAM - like , bran and all ! Ah ...
... live in a chamber , and subsist wholly on the bolted flour of intellectual aliment books ; he needs to labor and struggle for his soul's food in the broad field of the outward world , and swallow it GRAHAM - like , bran and all ! Ah ...
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... live in a chamber , and have the quintessence of all things brought in the shape of books , and laid on your table . Out in the world there is nothing to be found but ' sour grapes ; ' but it is only the eau de vie distilled from them ...
... live in a chamber , and have the quintessence of all things brought in the shape of books , and laid on your table . Out in the world there is nothing to be found but ' sour grapes ; ' but it is only the eau de vie distilled from them ...
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... live twice ten thou- sand years , and be possessed , each of us of a Fortunatus's wishing - cap we should not , at the end of our long lives , have done more than to com- mence our investigations . And this is earth ! A mere speck ...
... live twice ten thou- sand years , and be possessed , each of us of a Fortunatus's wishing - cap we should not , at the end of our long lives , have done more than to com- mence our investigations . And this is earth ! A mere speck ...
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... live longer . One of the strongest desires of my heart is to meet the dear couple in the other world . If I could be the same simple boy that I once was , and live with them on the same old farm , drive the same old cows to pasture ...
... live longer . One of the strongest desires of my heart is to meet the dear couple in the other world . If I could be the same simple boy that I once was , and live with them on the same old farm , drive the same old cows to pasture ...
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... live the Union ! and God bless my country ! ' said Charles Percy , with an enthusiasm of tone that he scorned to restrain . ' Well , Sir , I must allow that you yet bear very strong similitude to a gentleman . As you intimate that you ...
... live the Union ! and God bless my country ! ' said Charles Percy , with an enthusiasm of tone that he scorned to restrain . ' Well , Sir , I must allow that you yet bear very strong similitude to a gentleman . As you intimate that you ...
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Side 205 - Then the king's countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.
Side 371 - Believe not what the landmen say, Who tempt with doubts thy constant mind ; They'll tell thee, sailors, when away, In every port a mistress find : Yes, yes, believe them when they tell thee so, For thou art present wheresoe'er I go.
Side 300 - The angel wrote, and vanished. The next night It came again with a great wakening light, And showed the names whom love of God had blessed, And lo!
Side 473 - I do not mean to be disrespectful, but the attempt of the Lords to stop the progress of reform reminds me very forcibly of the great storm of Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824 there set in a great flood upon that town ; the...
Side 473 - ... and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Partington's spirit was up. But I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest.
Side 287 - We accordingly believe that poetry, far from injuring society, is one of the great instruments of its refinement and exaltation. It lifts the mind above ordinary life, gives it a respite from depressing cares, and awakens the consciousness of its affinity with what is pure and noble. In its legitimate and highest efforts, it has the same tendency and aim with Christianity ; that is, to spiritualize our nature.
Side 423 - tis and ever was my wish and way To let all flowers live freely, and all die, Whene'er their Genius bids their souls depart, Among their kindred in their native place.
Side 371 - Susan, Susan, lovely dear, My vows shall ever true remain ; Let me kiss off that falling tear ; We only part to meet again. Change as ye list, ye winds ; my heart shall be The faithful compass that still points to thee.
Side 369 - I love the memory of Vinny Bourne. I think him a better Latin poet than Tibullus, Propertius, Ausonius, or any of the writers in his way, except Ovid, and not at all 10 inferior to him.
Side 283 - If I were to pray for a taste which should stand me in stead, under every variety of circumstances, and be a source of happiness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a shield against its ills, however things might go amiss, and the world frown upon me, it would be a taste for reading.