Essays from the North American ReviewAllen Thorndike Rice D. Appleton, 1879 - 482 páginas |
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... Condition of Woman ( APRIL , 1836 ) 64 CALEB CUSHING . John Milton ( JULY , 1838 ) 99 RALPH WALDO EMERSON . The Last Moments of Eminent Men ( JANUARY , 1834 ) 123 GEORGE BANCROFT . Peter the Great ( OCTOBER . 1845 ) 146 JOHN LOTHROP ...
... Condition of Woman ( APRIL , 1836 ) 64 CALEB CUSHING . John Milton ( JULY , 1838 ) 99 RALPH WALDO EMERSON . The Last Moments of Eminent Men ( JANUARY , 1834 ) 123 GEORGE BANCROFT . Peter the Great ( OCTOBER . 1845 ) 146 JOHN LOTHROP ...
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... condition of its author . But what shall we say of the imperturbable dry humor of the gal- lant Captain Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket , or of the gorgeous revelries of Ivanhoe- " Such sights as youthful poets dream , On summer eves by ...
... condition of its author . But what shall we say of the imperturbable dry humor of the gal- lant Captain Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket , or of the gorgeous revelries of Ivanhoe- " Such sights as youthful poets dream , On summer eves by ...
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... condition he returned to his own halls , where the sight of early friends and of the beautiful scenery - the creation , as it were , of his own hands - seemed to impart a gleam of melancholy satisfaction , which soon , however , sunk ...
... condition he returned to his own halls , where the sight of early friends and of the beautiful scenery - the creation , as it were , of his own hands - seemed to impart a gleam of melancholy satisfaction , which soon , however , sunk ...
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... condition of an epicure , whose palate has lost its relish for the dainty fare in which it has been so long reveling , without becoming less sensible to the annoyances of sharper and coarser flavors . It may afford some consolation to ...
... condition of an epicure , whose palate has lost its relish for the dainty fare in which it has been so long reveling , without becoming less sensible to the annoyances of sharper and coarser flavors . It may afford some consolation to ...
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... And the mighty Minstrel himself now sleeps in the bosom of the peaceful scenes , embellished by his taste and which his genius has made immortal . THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF WOMAN . * INVENTIVE Writing is SIR WALTER SCOTT . 63.
... And the mighty Minstrel himself now sleeps in the bosom of the peaceful scenes , embellished by his taste and which his genius has made immortal . THE SOCIAL CONDITION OF WOMAN . * INVENTIVE Writing is SIR WALTER SCOTT . 63.
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Página 107 - But to return to our own institute; besides these constant exercises at home, there is another opportunity of gaining experience to be won from pleasure itself abroad; in those vernal seasons of the year when the air is calm and pleasant, it were an injury and sullenness against nature, not to go out and see her riches, and partake in her rejoicing with heaven and earth.
Página 113 - Thy soul was like a star, and dwelt apart: Thou hadst a voice whose sound was like the sea: Pure as the naked heavens, majestic, free, So didst thou travel on life's common way, In cheerful godliness; and yet thy heart The lowliest duties on herself did lay.
Página 73 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Página 105 - I was confirmed in this opinion, that he who would not be frustrate of his hope to write well hereafter in laudable things, ought himself to be a true poem...
Página 321 - midst its dreary dells, Whose walls more awful nod By thy religious gleams. Or if chill blustering winds, or driving rain, Prevent my willing feet, be mine the hut, That from the mountain's side, Views wilds, and swelling floods, And hamlets brown, and dim-discovered spires, And hears their simple bell, and marks o'er all Thy dewy fingers draw The gradual dusky veil.
Página 93 - Never, never more, shall we behold that generous loyalty to rank and sex, that proud submission, that dignified obedience, that subordination of the heart, which kept alive, even in servitude itself, the spirit of an exalted freedom.
Página 73 - She is not afraid of the snow for her household, for all her household are clothed with scarlet. She maketh herself coverings of tapestry, her clothing is silk and purple.
Página 322 - Hark! hark! the lark at heaven's gate sings, And Phoebus 'gins arise, His steeds to water at those springs On chaliced flowers that lies; And winking Mary-buds begin To ope their golden eyes; With everything that pretty bin : My lady sweet, arise! Arise! arise!
Página 322 - But who the melodies of morn can tell ? — The wild brook babbling down the mountain side ; The lowing herd ; the sheepfold's simple bell ; The pipe of early shepherd dim descried In the lone valley ; echoing far and wide, The clamorous horn along the cliffs above ; The hollow murmur of the ocean-tide ; The hum of bees ; the linnet's lay of love ; And the full choir that wakes the universal grove.
Página 417 - Thus conscience does make cowards of us all, And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, And enterprises of great pitch and moment With this regard their currents turn awry And lose the name of action.