The Trojan Sketch BookAbba A. Goddard Young & Hartt, 1846 - 180 páginas |
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... objects , the main reliance must be up- on our own resources and our own energies . These have always been the chief reliance of the citizens of Troy . Its growth has not been so rapid as some of its sister cities in the west , but its ...
... objects , the main reliance must be up- on our own resources and our own energies . These have always been the chief reliance of the citizens of Troy . Its growth has not been so rapid as some of its sister cities in the west , but its ...
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... object , and in the course of the service made such a racket opening and shutting the pew doors , as to compel the min- ister to interfere . " Only leukin ' for the pennies that wasna put in the plate this mornin ' , " said Jock ...
... object , and in the course of the service made such a racket opening and shutting the pew doors , as to compel the min- ister to interfere . " Only leukin ' for the pennies that wasna put in the plate this mornin ' , " said Jock ...
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... object . Any one may relish sweet strains of music , or experi- ence pleasure in viewing the works of nature . A beautiful landscape , a fine poem , or an exalted sentiment has the power of exciting this emotion in any who have the ...
... object . Any one may relish sweet strains of music , or experi- ence pleasure in viewing the works of nature . A beautiful landscape , a fine poem , or an exalted sentiment has the power of exciting this emotion in any who have the ...
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... objects more worthy of its attention . It was this refined taste , which was the chief characteristic of the ancient Greeks . A highly cultivated imagi- nation , and an exquisite sense of the beautiful , rendered the fine arts , their ...
... objects more worthy of its attention . It was this refined taste , which was the chief characteristic of the ancient Greeks . A highly cultivated imagi- nation , and an exquisite sense of the beautiful , rendered the fine arts , their ...
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... object of the soul's af- fection . How beautiful soever the objects may be , with which we are here surrounded , we may conceive of something still more beautiful - some- thing which will render more exquisite delight . Not so with the ...
... object of the soul's af- fection . How beautiful soever the objects may be , with which we are here surrounded , we may conceive of something still more beautiful - some- thing which will render more exquisite delight . Not so with the ...
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Albany AMOS EATON beautiful character charm cheer christian church citizens countenance Daft Jock Grey dark deep Dekanisora delight Derheyden earth Eaton's Elsie EMMA WILLARD enterprise erected Ettrick evil excitement existence fathers fearful feelings felt fiction freedom friends gaze grave hand hath heart Heaven hills Hogg holy honor hope Hudson human Ida Hill imagination immortal improvement influence Jacob D Lansingburgh liberty light literature living look mankind mind Mohawk moral nature never novel reading o'er old Betty Oliver Cromwell passed passion Poestenkill poet poetic element poetry population principles prosperity religious rendered Rensselaerwyck river scenes Scott Selkirk Sir Robert Sir Robert Peel Sir Walter Sir Walter Scott soul spirit sweet taste thee thing thou thought tion TROJAN SKETCH BOOK Troy TROY FEMALE SEMINARY true vale vale of Tempe voice waters wild young
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Página 68 - O! the one life within us and abroad, Which meets all motion and becomes its soul, A light in sound, a sound-like power in light Rhythm in all thought, and joyance...
Página 69 - God coming in his majesty, his telling of the beasts' joyfulness and hills leaping, but a heavenly poesy, wherein almost he showeth himself a passionate lover of that unspeakable and everlasting beauty to be seen by the eyes of the mind only, cleared by faith?
Página 109 - MEN, by associating in large masses, as in camps, and in cities, improve their talents, but impair their virtues, and strengthen their minds, but weaken their morals ; thus a retrocession in the one, is too often the price they pay, for a refinement in the other.
Página 34 - own exceeding great reward"; it has soothed my afflictions; it has multiplied and refined my enjoyments; it has endeared solitude; and it has given me the habit of wishing to discover the good and the beautiful in all that meets and surrounds me.
Página 29 - The rill is tuneless to his ear, who feels No harmony within ; the south wind steals As silent as unseen among the leaves. Who has no inward beauty, none perceives, Though all around is beautiful.
Página 71 - The winter was past, the rain over and gone ; the flowers were appearing on the earth ; the time of the singing of birds had come, and the voice of the turtle was heard in the land ; the fig-tree was putting forth her green figs, and the vines, now in bloom, gave a good smell.
Página 29 - Soul! fearful is thy power, which thus transforms All things into thy likeness; heaves in storms The strong, proud sea, or lays it down to rest, Like the hushed infant on its mother's breast — Which gives each outward circumstance its hue, And shapes the acts, and thoughts of men anew, Till they, in turn, or love or hate impart, As love or hate holds rule within the heart.
Página 141 - It is a matchless volume, and it is impossible that we can study it too much, or esteem it too highly.