The Yale Literary Magazine, Volume 13Herrick & Noyes., 1848 |
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... Restoration commenced , he was violently torn from his labor of love , and soon after , like Luther in the Wartburg , secluded for years , that his noble mind might hold more intimate communion with itself 4 [ Nov. BUNYAN AND HIS TIMES .
... Restoration commenced , he was violently torn from his labor of love , and soon after , like Luther in the Wartburg , secluded for years , that his noble mind might hold more intimate communion with itself 4 [ Nov. BUNYAN AND HIS TIMES .
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... soon removed from the stage . But it is the crowning excellence of the Pilgrim's Progress , that it unites two qualities , indispensable indeed , but which most other writers of Allegory have found utterly incompatible ; universality of ...
... soon removed from the stage . But it is the crowning excellence of the Pilgrim's Progress , that it unites two qualities , indispensable indeed , but which most other writers of Allegory have found utterly incompatible ; universality of ...
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... soon wears out , which gives rise to in- numerable dynasties and interminable changes . In such a state , too , there is no security for the exercise of individual opinion ; but the Mob spirit binds down all to a slavish conformity to ...
... soon wears out , which gives rise to in- numerable dynasties and interminable changes . In such a state , too , there is no security for the exercise of individual opinion ; but the Mob spirit binds down all to a slavish conformity to ...
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... soon becoming the head of a tribe or clan , the patriarchal age commenced ; so that from the family to the community was but a single step . As the race continued to increase , the tribe soon rose into the nation , and the patriarch ...
... soon becoming the head of a tribe or clan , the patriarchal age commenced ; so that from the family to the community was but a single step . As the race continued to increase , the tribe soon rose into the nation , and the patriarch ...
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... of the Will ; and the little activity at the heart , though of the most morbid and unhealthy character , was the sole preservative from instant dissolution . But one fearful convulsion was soon to 22 22 [ Nov. THE MISSION OF ROME .
... of the Will ; and the little activity at the heart , though of the most morbid and unhealthy character , was the sole preservative from instant dissolution . But one fearful convulsion was soon to 22 22 [ Nov. THE MISSION OF ROME .
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Page 340 - Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea. The depths have covered them: They sank into the bottom as a stone.
Page 336 - THE measure is English heroic verse without rime, as that of Homer in Greek, and of Virgil in Latin, — rime being no necessary adjunct or true ornament of poem or good verse, in longer works especially, but the invention of a barbarous age, to set off wretched matter and lame metre...
Page 227 - Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea ; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free.
Page 122 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise; which not nice art In beds and curious knots, but nature boon Poured forth profuse on hill and dale and plain...
Page 154 - So spake the cherub; and his grave rebuke, Severe in youthful beauty, added grace Invincible: abash'd the devil stood, And felt how awful goodness is, and saw Virtue in her shape how lovely; saw, and pined His loss: but chiefly to find here observed His lustre visibly impair'd; yet seem'd Undaunted. If I must contend...
Page 349 - Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding. Who hath laid the measures thereof, if thou knowest? or who hath stretched the line upon it? Whereupon are the foundations thereof fastened? or who laid the corner stone thereof; When the morning stars sang together, and all the Sons of God shouted for joy?
Page 126 - O, for my sake do you with Fortune chide, The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds, That did not better for my life provide Than public means which public manners breeds. Thence comes it that my name receives a brand, And almost thence my nature is subdued To what it works in, like the dyer's hand...
Page 277 - Motionless torrents! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the Gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? GOD! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, GOD!
Page 270 - We do not, indeed, expect all men to be philosophers, or statesmen ; but we confidently trust, and our expectation of the duration of our system of government rests on that trust, that by the diffusion of general knowledge, and good and virtuous sentiments, the political fabric may be secure, as well against open violence and overthrow, as against the slow but sure undermining of licentiousness.
Page 338 - Awake, /Eolian lyre, awake, And give to rapture all thy trembling strings. From Helicon's harmonious springs A thousand rills their mazy progress take ; The laughing flowers, that round them blow, Drink life and fragrance as they flow. Now the rich stream of music winds along, Deep, majestic, smooth, and strong, Through verdant vales, and Ceres...