Eclectic Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art, Volume 3John Holmes Agnew E. Littell, 1843 - American periodicals |
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... become the landmarks of a new epoch in polite literature in that of Germany and other countries . In this dis ... becomes shy , and his judgment mistrustful . Poetry , generally speaking , partakes of the fate of the plastic Arts . The ...
... become the landmarks of a new epoch in polite literature in that of Germany and other countries . In this dis ... becomes shy , and his judgment mistrustful . Poetry , generally speaking , partakes of the fate of the plastic Arts . The ...
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... become deteriora- forms , with the spirit of antiquity and of ted . Every fruit and blossom of true original the middle ages , the spirit of our own poetry which the world had yielded , had people and of their neighbors , as instamped ...
... become deteriora- forms , with the spirit of antiquity and of ted . Every fruit and blossom of true original the middle ages , the spirit of our own poetry which the world had yielded , had people and of their neighbors , as instamped ...
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... become entan- ment ; it adheres spontaneously to any one gled in inextricable confusion . Add to who lends himself to the influence of that this , that under a sense of inability to seize torrent of ideas which the press pours forth ...
... become entan- ment ; it adheres spontaneously to any one gled in inextricable confusion . Add to who lends himself to the influence of that this , that under a sense of inability to seize torrent of ideas which the press pours forth ...
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... become so completely flattened to in- diction , of no intrinsic worth whatever . sipidity by inordinate spread and common- ness , because it rests in its very nature on the basis of a handicraft , that is , on the skill acquired only by ...
... become so completely flattened to in- diction , of no intrinsic worth whatever . sipidity by inordinate spread and common- ness , because it rests in its very nature on the basis of a handicraft , that is , on the skill acquired only by ...
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... becomes to him a necessity . A half - educated person , In past centuries poetry had by degrees , who looks about him from his obscure and that chiefly through the agency of the station and seeks for light , is drawn by press , become ...
... becomes to him a necessity . A half - educated person , In past centuries poetry had by degrees , who looks about him from his obscure and that chiefly through the agency of the station and seeks for light , is drawn by press , become ...
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Page 113 - O'er bog or steep, through strait, rough, dense, or rare, With head, hands, wings, or feet, pursues his way, And swims, or sinks, or wades, or creeps, or flies.
Page 481 - And husband nature's riches from expense; They are the lords and owners of their faces, Others but stewards of their excellence. The summer's flower is to the summer sweet, Though to itself it only live and die...
Page 213 - Into thy hands I commend my spirit ; for thou hast redeemed me, O LORD, thou GOD of truth.
Page 151 - And at evening let them return; and let them make a noise like a dog, and go round about the city. 15 Let them wander up and down for meat, and grudge if they be not satisfied.
Page 237 - We have not the least doubt that, if Addison had written a novel, on an extensive plan, it would have been superior to any that we possess. As it is, he is entitled to be considered, not only as the greatest of the English essayists, but as the forerunner of the great English novelists.
Page 321 - The innumerable caravan that moves To that mysterious realm where each shall take His chamber in the silent halls of death, Thou go not like the quarry-slave at night, Scourged to his dungeon, but, sustained and soothed By an unfaltering trust, approach thy grave Like one who wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams.
Page 245 - ... mortals left behind, A task well suited to thy gentle mind? Oh ! if sometimes thy spotless form descend, To me thy aid, thou guardian genius, lend ! When rage misguides me, or when fear alarms, When pain distresses, or when pleasure charms, In silent whisperings purer thoughts impart, And turn from ill a frail and feeble heart ; Lead through the paths thy virtue trod before, Till bliss shall join, nor death can part us more.
Page 321 - To his domestic hum, and think I hear The sound of that advancing multitude Which soon shall fill these deserts. From the ground Comes up the laugh of children, the soft voice Of maidens, and the sweet and solemn hymn Of Sabbath worshippers. The low of herds Blends with the rustling of the heavy grain Over the dark-brown furrows. All at once A fresher wind sweeps by, and breaks my dream, And I am in the wilderness alone.
Page 216 - It is proper, however, to remark, that Miss Aikin has committed the error, very pardonable in a lady, of overrating Addison's classical attainments. In one department of learning, indeed, his proficiency was such as it is hardly possible to overrate. His knowledge of the Latin poets, from Lucretius and Catullus down to Claudian and Prudentius, was singularly exact and profound.