Sketches from Life, Part 1Wiley & Putnam, 1846 - 126 pages |
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Page xviii - Day grown gray with age ; And in the west, like to a conqueror crowned, Is faint with too much glory. On the ground He flings his dazzling arms ; and, as a sage, Prepares him for a cloud-hung hermitage, Where Meditation meets him at the door ; And all around — on wall, and roof, and floor, Some pensive star unfolds its silver page Of truth, which God's own hand hath testified. Sweet Eve ! whom poets sing to as a bride, Queen of the quiet — Eden of Time's bright map — Thy look allures me from...
Page 143 - Familiar as his garter: that, when he speaks, The air, a charter'd libertine, is still, And the mute wonder lurketh in men's ears, To steal his sweet and honey'd sentences...
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Page 192 - This is a pleasantly written Journal of a cruise to the western coast of Africa, and embodies a good amount of valuable information. The author spent some time at Liberia, and gives quite a flattering account of the colony. We like the spirit of the work, and especially admire the simplicity and grace of its style.
Page i - We cannot refrain from saying that the author owes it to his own reputation, as well as to the gratification of the community, to publish the entire volume ['Tales of the Folio Club ']. These tales are eminently distinguished by a wild, vigorous, and poetical imagination, a rich style, a fertile invention, and varied and curious learning.
Page xxxviii - His thoughts were as a pyramid up-piled, On whose far top an angel stood and smiled — Yet, in his heart, was he a simple child.
Page 79 - The injunction carries obedience -with it; the smack of the whip is in the words the instant they become audible; and the person whose ear is tingled by them, instinctively feels horsewhipped. Let this be a settled point at once, or all the superstructure we may raise will fall to the ground. There is no rational doubt that the words have the whip in them.
Page 184 - In gentleness of heart; with gentle hand Touch — for there is a spirit in the woods.
Page 78 - tis clad with snow. Tis not the linen shows so fair ; Her skin shines through, and makes it bright : So clouds themselves like suns appear, When the sun pierces them with light : So, lilies in a glass enclose, The glass will seem as white as those.
Page 181 - Brobdignag ; had she desired me to show her the North Pole, or the meaning of a melodrama ; any or all of these I might have accomplished. But to request me to define my dinner ; to inquire into its latitude ; to compel me to fathom that sea of appetite which I now felt rushing...