Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 85Henry Mills Alden, Frederick Lewis Allen, Lee Foster Hartman, Thomas Bucklin Wells Harper's Magazine Company, 1892 - Literature Important American periodical dating back to 1850. |
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... close of the fifth century , and even to the beginning of the fourth cen- tury B.C. When we have answered the question as to the meaning and destina- tion of this work , we shall see that there is no reason for placing the relief so ...
... close of the fifth century , and even to the beginning of the fourth cen- tury B.C. When we have answered the question as to the meaning and destina- tion of this work , we shall see that there is no reason for placing the relief so ...
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... close cluster . house - fly , and horse - fly made themselves promiscuous in every portion of the spray , and what with the rainbow - eyed and ruby- eyed flies , black and silver - banded flower- flies , and other tiny , restless ...
... close cluster . house - fly , and horse - fly made themselves promiscuous in every portion of the spray , and what with the rainbow - eyed and ruby- eyed flies , black and silver - banded flower- flies , and other tiny , restless ...
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... close by . But a big black paper - hornet has suddenly seen an attrac- tion hither also , and is soon creeping stealthily among the blossoms with a wild and hungry look . But the hornets seem- ed to waste their time on the flies . Seem ...
... close by . But a big black paper - hornet has suddenly seen an attrac- tion hither also , and is soon creeping stealthily among the blossoms with a wild and hungry look . But the hornets seem- ed to waste their time on the flies . Seem ...
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... close There came an angel shining suddenly That took me by the hand , and as I rose The chains grew soft and slipped away from me . The doors gave back and swung without a sound , Like petals of some magic flower unfurled . I followed ...
... close There came an angel shining suddenly That took me by the hand , and as I rose The chains grew soft and slipped away from me . The doors gave back and swung without a sound , Like petals of some magic flower unfurled . I followed ...
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... close of the fifteenth century , is the first modern piece of re- alism or naturalism , as it is called , with which I am acquainted . It is coarse , and most of the characters are low , but there are touches of nature in it , and the ...
... close of the fifteenth century , is the first modern piece of re- alism or naturalism , as it is called , with which I am acquainted . It is coarse , and most of the characters are low , but there are touches of nature in it , and the ...
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Page 14 - Now we are engaged in a great civil war testing whether that nation or any nation so conceived and so dedicated can long endure. We are met on a great battlefield of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting-place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live.
Page 150 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow • warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 80 - What things have we seen Done at the Mermaid! heard words that have been So nimble and so full of subtle flame, As if that every one from whence they came Had meant to put his whole wit in a jest And had resolved to live a fool the rest Of his dull life!
Page 417 - Call for the robin-red-breast and the wren, Since o'er shady groves they hover, And with leaves and flowers do cover The friendless bodies of unburied men. Call unto his funeral dole The ant, the field-mouse, and the mole To rear him hillocks that shall keep him warm And (when gay tombs are robbed) sustain no harm, But keep the wolf far thence that's foe to men, For with his nails he'll dig them up again.
Page 198 - The reluctant pangs of abdicating royalty in Edward furnished hints, which Shakspeare scarcely improved in his Richard the Second ; and the death-scene of Marlowe's king moves pity and terror beyond any scene, ancient or modern, with which I am acquainted.
Page 201 - I'll have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates; I'll have them read me strange philosophy And tell the secrets of all foreign kings...
Page 197 - Our souls, whose faculties can comprehend The wondrous architecture of the world, And measure every wandering planet's course, Still climbing after knowledge infinite, And always moving as the restless spheres, Will us to wear ourselves, and never rest, Until we reach the ripest fruit of all, That perfect bliss and sole felicity, The sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
Page 201 - Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will? I'll have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates...
Page 12 - It is true that we are called a democracy, for the administration is in the hands of the many and not of the few. But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit.
Page 197 - If all the pens that ever poets held Had fed the feeling of their masters' thoughts. And every sweetness that inspired their hearts. Their minds, and muses on admired themes; If all the heavenly quintessence they still From their immortal flowers of poesy, Wherein, as in a mirror, we perceive The highest reaches of a human wit; If these had made one poem's period, And all...