The Lakeside Monthly, Volume 2Francis Fisher Broune Reed, Browne and Company, 1869 |
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... thing in the far - distant fu- ture , a line of intelligences in respect to whom we may observe that in point of " mentalism , " or the faculty by which we judge of the true relations of things , the proportion that holds between our ...
... thing in the far - distant fu- ture , a line of intelligences in respect to whom we may observe that in point of " mentalism , " or the faculty by which we judge of the true relations of things , the proportion that holds between our ...
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... thing to be found in the Alps . A few glimpses of this scenery have been caught and fixed upon canvass by Beard and Bierstadt , but its multi- form aspects , majestic and resplendent , offer to our artists new scope , and will challenge ...
... thing to be found in the Alps . A few glimpses of this scenery have been caught and fixed upon canvass by Beard and Bierstadt , but its multi- form aspects , majestic and resplendent , offer to our artists new scope , and will challenge ...
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... thing in their faces on the in- stant , and was weeping on the neck of Karl before a word had been spoken . Only those who know the pure love of brother and sister can comprehend the happiness of such a meeting , and for others it would ...
... thing in their faces on the in- stant , and was weeping on the neck of Karl before a word had been spoken . Only those who know the pure love of brother and sister can comprehend the happiness of such a meeting , and for others it would ...
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... thing which is pleasant to see , hear , feel , smell , or taste ; taxes upon warmth , light and locomotion ; taxes on every thing on earth , and the waters under the earth ; on every thing that comes from abroad , or is grown at home ...
... thing which is pleasant to see , hear , feel , smell , or taste ; taxes upon warmth , light and locomotion ; taxes on every thing on earth , and the waters under the earth ; on every thing that comes from abroad , or is grown at home ...
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... thing that came under his quick and pene- trating observation , nourished in him the poetic faculty , like seeds that would have perished on a hard and barren soil , but which , in his fertile intellect , and under the warming rays of ...
... thing that came under his quick and pene- trating observation , nourished in him the poetic faculty , like seeds that would have perished on a hard and barren soil , but which , in his fertile intellect , and under the warming rays of ...
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Page 34 - tis he: why, he was met even now As mad as the vex'd sea; singing aloud; Crown'd with rank fumiter and furrow-weeds, With bur-docks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, Darnel, and all the idle weeds that grow In our sustaining corn.
Page 212 - 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...
Page 418 - It has been before observed that images, however beautiful, though faithfully copied from nature, and as accurately represented in words, do not of themselves characterize the poet. They become proofs of original genius only as far as they are modified by a predominant passion; or by associated thoughts or images awakened by that passion...
Page 144 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Page 99 - Ah, there was a woman !" simply makes us uncomfortably jealous ; we feel like exclaiming, with a certain asperity, that there are as good fish in the sea as ever were caught.
Page 20 - ... pampers man's appetite, and the drug that restores him to health; on the ermine which decorates the judge, and the rope which hangs the criminal; on the poor man's salt, and the rich man's spice; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride; at bed or board; couchant or levant we must pay.
Page 20 - Jonathan what are the inevitable consequences of being too fond of glory ; — taxes upon every article which enters into the mouth, or covers the back, or is placed under the foot — taxes upon everything which it is pleasant to see, hear, feel, smell, or taste— taxes upon warmth, light, and locomotion — taxes on everything on earth, and the waters under the earth...
Page 343 - Shakspeare and Milton, that you may as well think of pushing a brick out of a wall with your forefinger, as attempt to remove a word out of any of their finished passages...
Page 284 - He has a good face — not the delicate features of a man of genius and sensibility, but the strong lines and well-knit limbs of a man sturdy in body and mind. Very eloquent and cheerful. Overflowing with words, and not poor in thought. Liberal in opinion, but no radical. He seems a correct as well as a full man. He showed a minute knowledge of subjects not introduced by himself.
Page 175 - When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featured like him, like him with friends possessed, Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope...