The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 6Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1867 - American literature |
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... passed it to one of his neighors , who acknowledged the likeness instantly , and by him it was sent round to the others , who all smiled and nodded their heads . This proceeding was closely observed by one of the men . He watched the ...
... passed it to one of his neighors , who acknowledged the likeness instantly , and by him it was sent round to the others , who all smiled and nodded their heads . This proceeding was closely observed by one of the men . He watched the ...
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... passed away , and Bessy raised herself and said , - " I'll go to bed - it's best place ; but , ' catching at Margaret's gown , yo'll come again , I know yo ' will - but just say it . ' 6 " I will come to - morrow , ' said Margaret ...
... passed away , and Bessy raised herself and said , - " I'll go to bed - it's best place ; but , ' catching at Margaret's gown , yo'll come again , I know yo ' will - but just say it . ' 6 " I will come to - morrow , ' said Margaret ...
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this work , God calls her home- " one of those who have passed through great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb , and are before the throne of God forever . " We are touched with so much ...
this work , God calls her home- " one of those who have passed through great tribulation and have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb , and are before the throne of God forever . " We are touched with so much ...
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... passed this mortal existence could be of no material consequence . A little more enjoyment , a little less suffering , were trifles light as air in view of the rewards and punishments of the future beyond the grave . But now , somehow ...
... passed this mortal existence could be of no material consequence . A little more enjoyment , a little less suffering , were trifles light as air in view of the rewards and punishments of the future beyond the grave . But now , somehow ...
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... passed so many years of his life , from the year 1803 to its close - in St. James ' Place , is still there ; but it is not a shrine that any pil- grim will much care to visit . Few great men of the age have excited so little hero ...
... passed so many years of his life , from the year 1803 to its close - in St. James ' Place , is still there ; but it is not a shrine that any pil- grim will much care to visit . Few great men of the age have excited so little hero ...
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Page 93 - Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 194 - All that tread The globe are but a handful to the tribes That slumber in its bosom.
Page 412 - Like a tale of little meaning .though the words are strong; Chanted from an ill-used race of men that cleave the soil, Sow the seed, and reap the harvest with enduring toil, Storing yearly little dues of wheat, and wine and oil...
Page 265 - Then spoke King Arthur, breathing heavily: "What is it thou hast seen? or what hast heard?" And answer made the bold Sir Bedivere: "I heard the water lapping on the crag , And the long ripple washing in the reeds.
Page 2 - But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think...
Page 156 - I would build that dome in air, That sunny dome! those caves of ice! And all who heard should see them there, And all should cry, Beware!
Page 102 - Receive them free, and sell them by the weight; Bags of fiery opals, sapphires, amethysts, Jacinths, hard topaz, grass-green emeralds, Beauteous rubies, sparkling diamonds, And seld-seen costly stones of so great price, As one of them indifferently rated, And of a carat of this quantity, May serve, in peril of calamity, To ransom great kings from captivity...
Page 421 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Page 104 - To lie in cold obstruction and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling region of thick-ribbed ice; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world: or to be worse than worst Of those that lawless and incertain thought Imagine howling: — 'tis too horrible! The weariest and most loathed worldly life That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay...
Page 110 - Phlegra with the heroic race were joined That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side Mixed with auxiliar gods ; and what resounds In fable or romance of Uther's son Begirt with British and Armoric knights ; And all who since, baptized or infidel, Jousted in Aspramont, or Montalban, Damasco, or Marocco, or Trebisond, Or whom Biserta sent from Afric shore, When Charlemain with all his peerage fell By Fontarabia.