The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volumes 16-17Leavitt, Trow, & Company, 1849 |
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... respect , whether he was rich or poor . It was in consequence of meeting him one evening on the banks of the Elbe , lonely and pensive at the thoughts of his situation , that I wrote The Exile of Erin . " . " The song is to an Irish air ...
... respect , whether he was rich or poor . It was in consequence of meeting him one evening on the banks of the Elbe , lonely and pensive at the thoughts of his situation , that I wrote The Exile of Erin . " . " The song is to an Irish air ...
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... respect alone are we dissatisfied with Dr. Beattie's book . In every line of it there breathes the strongest affection towards the poet , and yet how , where , or when their intimacy commenced , the book gives us no information whatever ...
... respect alone are we dissatisfied with Dr. Beattie's book . In every line of it there breathes the strongest affection towards the poet , and yet how , where , or when their intimacy commenced , the book gives us no information whatever ...
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... respects , not to require his whole character to be We do not make these remarks complain- sketched , though it can be only in outline . ingly . Scientific men have , at present , a fair Many excellent biographies of him have ap- share ...
... respects , not to require his whole character to be We do not make these remarks complain- sketched , though it can be only in outline . ingly . Scientific men have , at present , a fair Many excellent biographies of him have ap- share ...
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... respects we shall have something to say of him , but it is of Boyle the philosopher we have chiefly to speak . The Honorable Robert Boyle was the sev- enth and youngest son of Richard Boyle , first Earl of Cork , known in his day as the ...
... respects we shall have something to say of him , but it is of Boyle the philosopher we have chiefly to speak . The Honorable Robert Boyle was the sev- enth and youngest son of Richard Boyle , first Earl of Cork , known in his day as the ...
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... respect there is an essential difference between a double - barrelled air- pump and a double - barrelled gun . In the latter , a double effect is gained only at the expense of a double expenditure of time and force . Two gun - barrels ...
... respect there is an essential difference between a double - barrelled air- pump and a double - barrelled gun . In the latter , a double effect is gained only at the expense of a double expenditure of time and force . Two gun - barrels ...
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Page 480 - ... sober livery all things clad; Silence accompanied; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale; She all night long her amorous descant sung; Silence was pleased: now...
Page 176 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy'd Greatly, have suffer'd greatly , both with those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when Thro...
Page 471 - And we fairies, that do run By the triple Hecate's team, From the presence of the sun, Following darkness like a dream...
Page 174 - My life is dreary, He cometh not,' she said; She said, 'I am aweary, aweary, I would that I were dead!
Page 23 - Can I forget the dismal night that gave My soul's best part for ever to the grave? How silent did his old companions tread, By midnight lamps, the mansions of the dead, Through breathing statues, then unheeded things, Through rows of warriors, and through walks of kings! What awe did the slow solemn knell inspire; The pealing organ, and the pausing choir; The duties by the lawn-robed prelate paid: And the last words that dust to dust conveyed!
Page 472 - Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back, at that short space Could see a glimpse of his bright face...
Page 21 - Whilst the wine-cup shines in light ! And yet, amidst that joy and uproar, Let us think of them that sleep, Full many a fathom deep, By thy wild and stormy steep, Elsinore ! Brave hearts ! to Britain's pride, Once so faithful and so true, On the deck of Fame that died With the gallant good Riou : Soft sigh the winds of heaven o'er their grave ! While the billow mournful rolls, And the mermaid's song condoles, Singing Glory to the souls Of the Brave ! THE MARINERS OF ENGLAND.
Page 176 - And taste, to him the gushing of the wave Far far away did seem to mourn and rave On alien shores...
Page 480 - Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Page 177 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...