The Border Magazine, Volume 1John Rennison, 1833 - English literature |
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... called by a preliminary paper , which , partly to preserve entire the thread of the Editors ' doings , and partly to accommodate such readers as did not procure the origi- nal copy , is here republished : - PROSPECTUS . To contend for ...
... called by a preliminary paper , which , partly to preserve entire the thread of the Editors ' doings , and partly to accommodate such readers as did not procure the origi- nal copy , is here republished : - PROSPECTUS . To contend for ...
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... called - was soon found , and pledged himself to let me have one of the best of his stud . This son of Crispin was a little active man - full of points - and resided in a house that made some fair promises , not only to shelter him in ...
... called - was soon found , and pledged himself to let me have one of the best of his stud . This son of Crispin was a little active man - full of points - and resided in a house that made some fair promises , not only to shelter him in ...
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... called the " Freemen's Well , " about four miles from the town , I was grateful to find , that out of scores of stumblings , there had not been above two fair falls and three quarters . On dismounting , I stretched and shook myself , in ...
... called the " Freemen's Well , " about four miles from the town , I was grateful to find , that out of scores of stumblings , there had not been above two fair falls and three quarters . On dismounting , I stretched and shook myself , in ...
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... called the " Freeman's Gap , " the young freemen , ex- ulting in their past success , and too often warm with the fumes of cogniac , set off at full speed , over rocks and steep declivities , at the im- minent risk of their lives , each ...
... called the " Freeman's Gap , " the young freemen , ex- ulting in their past success , and too often warm with the fumes of cogniac , set off at full speed , over rocks and steep declivities , at the im- minent risk of their lives , each ...
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... called the " Shepherd's House , " appeared - the only dwelling , with the excep tion of the toll - bar - house , visible in that quarter . Further on , were seen some of the decayed posts of the race - course , which , to the great ...
... called the " Shepherd's House , " appeared - the only dwelling , with the excep tion of the toll - bar - house , visible in that quarter . Further on , were seen some of the decayed posts of the race - course , which , to the great ...
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Page 299 - Full on this casement shone the wintry moon, And threw warm gules on Madeline's fair breast, As down she knelt for heaven's grace and boon; Rose-bloom fell on her hands, together prest, And on her silver cross soft amethyst, And on her hair a glory, like a saint: She seem'da splendid angel, newly drest, Save wings, for heaven: Porphyro grew faint: She knelt, so pure a thing, so free from mortal taint.
Page 50 - Ye stars ! which are the poetry of heaven, If in your bright leaves we would read the fate Of men and empires, — 'tis to be forgiven, That in our aspirations to be great, Our destinies o'erleap their mortal state, And claim a kindred with you ; for ye are A beauty, and a mystery, and create G In us such love and reverence from afar, That fortune, fame, power, life, have named themselves a star.
Page 51 - I am the daughter of Earth and Water, And the nursling of the Sky ; I pass through the pores of the ocean and shores, I change, but I cannot die.
Page 52 - Rather admire; or if they list to try Conjecture, he his fabric of the Heavens Hath left to their disputes, perhaps to move His laughter at their quaint opinions wide Hereafter, when they come to model Heaven And calculate the stars, how they will wield The mighty frame; how build, unbuild, contrive To save appearances; how gird the sphere With centric and eccentric scribbled o'er, Cycle and epicycle, orb in orb...
Page 159 - But never either found another To free the hollow heart from paining — They stood aloof, the scars remaining, Like cliffs which had been rent asunder; A dreary sea now flows between. But neither heat, nor frost, nor thunder, Shall wholly do away, I ween, The marks of that which once hath been.
Page 52 - To ask or search I blame thee not ; for Heaven Is as the Book of God before thee set, Wherein to read his wondrous works...
Page 299 - Of fruits, and flowers, and bunches of knot-grass, And diamonded with panes of quaint device, Innumerable of stains and splendid dyes, As are the tiger-moth's deep-damask'd wings; And in the midst, 'mong thousand heraldries, And twilight saints, and dim emblazonings, A shielded scutcheon blush'd with blood of queens and kings.
Page 62 - To make a government requires no great prudence. Settle the seat of power, teach obedience, and the work is done. To give freedom is still more easy. It is not necessary to guide ; it only requires to let go the rein. But to form a free government, that is, to temper together these opposite elements of liberty and restraint in one consistent work, requires much thought, deep reflection, a sagacious, powerful, and combining mind.
Page 50 - Then stirs the feeling infinite, so felt In solitude, where we are least alone; A truth, which through our being then doth melt, And purifies from self: it is a tone, The soul and source of music, which makes known Eternal harmony, and sheds a charm Like to the fabled...
Page 299 - Half-hidden, like a mermaid in sea-weed, Pensive awhile she dreams awake, and sees, In fancy, fair St. Agnes in her bed, But dares not look behind, or all the charm is fled.