The Literary Magazine, and American Register, Volume 1John Conrad & Company, 1804 - American literature |
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... hour and that such a part of the town was " snatched from the grasp of the devouring element . " YELLOW FEVER . How powerfully is the imagination affected by the frequent and almost periodic returns of this new , strange and unwelcome ...
... hour and that such a part of the town was " snatched from the grasp of the devouring element . " YELLOW FEVER . How powerfully is the imagination affected by the frequent and almost periodic returns of this new , strange and unwelcome ...
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... hour , is more valuable to some minds , than a system of geography ; and you , you tell me , are one of those who would rather travel into the mind of a plowman , than into the interior of Africa . Í confess myself of your way of think ...
... hour , is more valuable to some minds , than a system of geography ; and you , you tell me , are one of those who would rather travel into the mind of a plowman , than into the interior of Africa . Í confess myself of your way of think ...
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... hour . A glass of lemonade , a plentiful ab- lution in cold water , and a walk with B ..... in a church - yard oppo- site the inn , were all the surpris- ing events which distinguished this hour . This island is one of the old- est of ...
... hour . A glass of lemonade , a plentiful ab- lution in cold water , and a walk with B ..... in a church - yard oppo- site the inn , were all the surpris- ing events which distinguished this hour . This island is one of the old- est of ...
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... hour , with an awe , a rapture which I never felt before . Far dif- ferent were my feelings on this oc- casion , for the scene was no longer new to me , and the scene itself was far less magnificent . There was scarcely any wind , the ...
... hour , with an awe , a rapture which I never felt before . Far dif- ferent were my feelings on this oc- casion , for the scene was no longer new to me , and the scene itself was far less magnificent . There was scarcely any wind , the ...
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... hour longer than others , in the dark , for stockings , sleeve - buttons , hats , and handker- chiefs . What would physicians say to standing naked on a bleak night , with the wind at east , while the billows broke over you for ten mi ...
... hour longer than others , in the dark , for stockings , sleeve - buttons , hats , and handker- chiefs . What would physicians say to standing naked on a bleak night , with the wind at east , while the billows broke over you for ten mi ...
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Page 17 - That never will in other climate grow, My early visitation, and my last At even, which I bred up with tender hand From the first opening bud, and gave ye names ! Who now shall rear ye to the sun, or rank Your tribes, and water from the ambrosial fount ? Thee lastly, nuptial bower, by me...
Page 418 - In wild excess the vulgar breast takes fire, Till, buried in debauch, the bliss expire. But not their joys alone thus coarsely flow — Their morals, like their pleasures, are but low ; For, as refinement stops, from sire to son, Unalter'd, unimprov'd, the manners run — And love's and friendship's finely pointed dart Fall blunted from each indurated heart.
Page 173 - He met her, and in secret shades Of woody Ida's inmost grove, While yet there was no fear of Jove. Come, pensive nun, devout and pure, Sober, steadfast, and demure, All in a robe of darkest grain, Flowing with majestic train, And sable stole of cypress lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn.
Page 175 - There, held in holy passion still, Forget thyself to marble, till With a sad leaden downward cast Thou fix them on the earth as fast: And join with thee calm Peace and Quiet, Spare Fast, that oft with gods doth diet, And hears the Muses in a ring Ay round about Jove's altar sing; And add to these retired Leisure That in trim gardens takes his pleasure...
Page 261 - Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives.
Page 263 - Socrates died like a philosopher" — then pausing, raising his other hand, pressing them both clasped together, with warmth and energy to his breast, lifting his " sightless balls" to heaven, and pouring his whole soul into his tremulous voice — " but Jesus Christ — like a God...
Page 263 - ... of portentous, death-like silence which reigned throughout the house; the preacher, removing his white handkerchief from his aged face, (even yet wet from the recent torrent of his tears,) and slowly stretching forth the palsied hand which holds it, begins the sentence, " Socrates died like a philosopher...
Page 174 - But hail, thou goddess sage and holy! Hail, divinest Melancholy ! Whose saintly visage is too bright To hit the sense of human sight, And therefore to our weaker view...
Page 139 - For the benefit of his Latin readers, his genius submitted to teach the first elements of the arts and sciences of Greece. The geometry of Euclid, the music of Pythagoras, the arithmetic of Nicomachus, the mechanics of Archimedes, the astronomy of Ptolemy, the theology of Plato, and the logic of Aristotle, with the commentary of Porphyry, were translated and illustrated by the indefatigable pen of the Roman senator.
Page 138 - Cousin, dejection of spirits, which I suppose may have prevented many a man from becoming an Author, made me one. I find constant employment necessary, and therefore take care to be constantly employed. Manual occupations do not engage the mind sufficiently, as I know by experience, having tried many. But composition, especially of verse, absorbs it wholly. I write therefore generally three hours in a morning, and in an evening I transcribe. I read also, but less than I write, for I must have bodily...