The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volume 49Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1860 - American literature |
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... less than three fourths of the planet have been laid under water - some of its finest plains are swamped , and its most fertile valleys converted into liquid wastes ! " Not so fast , however , good Mr. Mal- thusian ! No one can explain ...
... less than three fourths of the planet have been laid under water - some of its finest plains are swamped , and its most fertile valleys converted into liquid wastes ! " Not so fast , however , good Mr. Mal- thusian ! No one can explain ...
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... less , again , towards the poles , where snow and ice are such chronic phenomena ; and the same observation applies to those humid portions of the tropics where um- brellas and mackintosh capes are peculiarly required . Humboldt ...
... less , again , towards the poles , where snow and ice are such chronic phenomena ; and the same observation applies to those humid portions of the tropics where um- brellas and mackintosh capes are peculiarly required . Humboldt ...
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... less briny layer be- neath will ascend . In the fact , therefore , that a drop of water overdosed with salt will give place to the lighter molecule be- neath , we discover another exquisite pro- vision for a perpetual " turn - over " in ...
... less briny layer be- neath will ascend . In the fact , therefore , that a drop of water overdosed with salt will give place to the lighter molecule be- neath , we discover another exquisite pro- vision for a perpetual " turn - over " in ...
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... less integrity which has been the grand charac- immortality , and the richest consolations of the teristic of his whole life . . . We wonder that Divine presence were vouchsafed to him . The he still lives , and should not be surprised ...
... less integrity which has been the grand charac- immortality , and the richest consolations of the teristic of his whole life . . . We wonder that Divine presence were vouchsafed to him . The he still lives , and should not be surprised ...
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... less essential , are fulfilled by the Arthurian legends in a very mar- velous way . The incidents themselves are ... less distinguished than their " blameless king . " In truth , the difficulties to be sur- mounted in the treatment of ...
... less essential , are fulfilled by the Arthurian legends in a very mar- velous way . The incidents themselves are ... less distinguished than their " blameless king . " In truth , the difficulties to be sur- mounted in the treatment of ...
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Page 34 - And from thence can soar as soon To the corners of the moon. Mortals, that would follow me, Love Virtue ; she alone is free. She can teach ye how to climb Higher than the sphery chime; Or, if Virtue feeble were, Heaven itself would stoop to her.
Page 32 - In love, if love be love, if love be ours, Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers : Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. ' " It is the little rift within the lute, That by and by will make the music mute, And ever widening slowly silence all.
Page 57 - All thoughts, all passions, all delights, Whatever stirs this mortal frame, All are but ministers of Love, And feed his sacred flame. Oft in my waking dreams do I Live o'er again that happy hour, When midway on the mount I lay, Beside the ruined tower.
Page 35 - I wanted warmth and colour which I found In Lancelot — now I see thee what thou art, Thou art the highest and most human too, Not Lancelot, nor another. Is there none Will tell the King I love him tho
Page 480 - Yes, I am proud; I must be proud to see Men not afraid of God afraid of me: Safe from the Bar, the Pulpit, and the Throne, Yet touched and shamed by ridicule alone.
Page 36 - Let no man dream but that I love thee still. Perchance, and so thou purify thy soul, And so thou lean on our fair father Christ, Hereafter in that world where all are pure We two may meet before high God, and thou Wilt spring to me, and claim me thine, and know; I am thine husband — not a smaller soul, f Nor Lancelot, nor another. Leave me that, I charge thee, my last hope. Now must I hence. Thro...
Page 51 - Horatio, what a wounded name, Things standing thus unknown, shall live behind me. If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, Absent thee from felicity awhile, And in this harsh world draw thy breath in pain, To tell my story.
Page 119 - Victoria, by the grace of God Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, saving as aforesaid.
Page 179 - And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
Page 127 - ... tide They fling their melancholy music wide; Bidding me many a tender thought recall Of summer days, and those delightful years When by my native streams, in life's fair prime, The mournful magic of their mingling chime First waked my wondering childhood into tears! But seeming now, when all those days are o'er, The sounds of joy once heard and heard no more.