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... turning over the leaves of De Hum- boldt's Travels , I felt myself very pleasingly interested by his vigorous description of the catastrophe which befell the city of Caraccas . I shall read it to you . " AN EARTHQUAKE . " A great ...
... turning over the leaves of De Hum- boldt's Travels , I felt myself very pleasingly interested by his vigorous description of the catastrophe which befell the city of Caraccas . I shall read it to you . " AN EARTHQUAKE . " A great ...
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... turned , in whose opinion all acquiesce with alacrity , or are speedily brought over by his arguments , and who , in cases of more than common difficulty and importance , is always selected to act as the common representative ? Be ...
... turned , in whose opinion all acquiesce with alacrity , or are speedily brought over by his arguments , and who , in cases of more than common difficulty and importance , is always selected to act as the common representative ? Be ...
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... turned with a fixed aversion or a cold pity ; that , by the sentence of nature written on his forehead , he is cut off from the common privilege of the human face divine , endearing smiles and sympathetic expression ; and , amid the ...
... turned with a fixed aversion or a cold pity ; that , by the sentence of nature written on his forehead , he is cut off from the common privilege of the human face divine , endearing smiles and sympathetic expression ; and , amid the ...
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... turned over the papers , till she found the piece , and then began to read . A BALLAD ON OLD AGE . Come any gentle poet Who wants a mournful page , His theme I soon will show it ; Oh , sing the woes of age ! He sure must weep for pity ...
... turned over the papers , till she found the piece , and then began to read . A BALLAD ON OLD AGE . Come any gentle poet Who wants a mournful page , His theme I soon will show it ; Oh , sing the woes of age ! He sure must weep for pity ...
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... turning carefully over the leaves of several books which happened to be lying on the table , 66 seem to me to hold a place , in their habits , man- ners , and pursuits , between the Europeans and Asiatics . They have a great deal of the ...
... turning carefully over the leaves of several books which happened to be lying on the table , 66 seem to me to hold a place , in their habits , man- ners , and pursuits , between the Europeans and Asiatics . They have a great deal of the ...
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Page 85 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable, That dogs bark at me as I halt by them ; — VOL.
Page 324 - To-day, my lord of Amiens and myself Did steal behind him, as he lay along Under an oak, whose antique root peeps out Upon the brook that brawls along this wood...
Page 403 - He who ascends to mountain-tops, shall find The loftiest peaks most wrapt in clouds and snow ; He who surpasses or subdues mankind Must look down on the hate of those below. Though high above the sun of glory glow, And far beneath the earth and ocean spread, Round him are icy rocks, and loudly blow Contending tempests on his naked* head. And thus reward the toils which to those summits led.
Page 148 - Going to the Wars Tell me not, sweet, I am unkind, That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. 1 Imprisoned or caged. Yet this inconstancy is such As you too shall adore; I could not love thee, dear, so much, Loved I not honor more.
Page 399 - So cruel prison how could betide, alas, As proud Windsor? where I in lust and joy, With a King's son, my childish years did pass, In greater feast than Priam's sons of Troy.
Page 18 - ... compounding all the materials of fury, havoc, and desolation into one black cloud, he hung for a while on the declivities of the mountains.
Page 85 - Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, . Have no delight to pass away the time, Unless to spy my shadow in the sun And descant on mine own deformity: And therefore, since I cannot prove a lover, To entertain these fair well-spoken days, I am determined to prove a villain And hate the idle pleasures of these days.
Page 234 - Observe how parts with parts unite In one harmonious rule of right ; See countless wheels distinctly tend By various laws to one great end : While mighty Alfred's piercing soul Pervades and regulates the whole.
Page 400 - Wherewith, alas ! reviveth in my breast The sweet accord, such sleeps as yet delight ; The pleasant dreams, the quiet bed of rest ; The secret thoughts, imparted with such trust ; The wanton talk, the divers change of play ; The friendship sworn, each promise kept so just, Wherewith we past the winter night away.
Page 402 - But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane ; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire...