Anglo-American Literature and MannersC. Scribner, 1852 - 312 pages |
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... look into things . Morris having never been obliged to fight against fortune , nourished more epicurean tastes , and resigned himself more easily to the brilliant and conversational idleness of great cities . He had also some good old ...
... look into things . Morris having never been obliged to fight against fortune , nourished more epicurean tastes , and resigned himself more easily to the brilliant and conversational idleness of great cities . He had also some good old ...
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... look how he describes the materials of the coming revolution . " The materials for a revolution in this country are very in- different . Everybody agrees that there is an utter prostra- tion of morals ; but this general position can ...
... look how he describes the materials of the coming revolution . " The materials for a revolution in this country are very in- different . Everybody agrees that there is an utter prostra- tion of morals ; but this general position can ...
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... look at the Memoires de Bachaumont , the Correspondence de Grimm , the Works of Laclos , the letters of Madame d'Epinay , that senti- mental rouée , the letters of Mademoiselle de Lespinasse , who loved with so naïvely - philosophic a ...
... look at the Memoires de Bachaumont , the Correspondence de Grimm , the Works of Laclos , the letters of Madame d'Epinay , that senti- mental rouée , the letters of Mademoiselle de Lespinasse , who loved with so naïvely - philosophic a ...
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... look with pleasure upon what- ever can restrain or break it ; they seek a republic , but how will they sustain it ? France does not yet know all the evils to which the exaggerated feebleness of the executive power necessarily exposes ...
... look with pleasure upon what- ever can restrain or break it ; they seek a republic , but how will they sustain it ? France does not yet know all the evils to which the exaggerated feebleness of the executive power necessarily exposes ...
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... look , which without being what Sir John Falstaff calls the “ leer of invitation , " amounts to the same thing . I answered affirmatively , and would have left the matter there ; but she tells me that Monsieur de Chastellux often spoke ...
... look , which without being what Sir John Falstaff calls the “ leer of invitation , " amounts to the same thing . I answered affirmatively , and would have left the matter there ; but she tells me that Monsieur de Chastellux often spoke ...
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Page 195 - The murmuring pines and the hemlocks, Bearded with moss, and in garments green, indistinct in the twilight, Stand like Druids of eld, with voices sad and prophetic, Stand like harpers hoar, with beards that rest on their bosoms.
Page 190 - Here the free spirit of mankind, at length, Throws its last fetters off; and who shall place A limit to the giant's unchained strength, Or curb his swiftness in the forward race...
Page 186 - Come when the rains Have glazed the snow, and clothed the trees with ice, While the slant sun of February pours Into the bowers a flood of light.
Page 80 - I turned, cocked my gun-locks silently, touched my faithful companion, and lay ready to start up and shoot the first who might attempt my life. The moment was fast approaching, and that night might have been my last in this world, had not Providence made preparations for my rescue. All was ready. The infernal hag was advancing slowly, probably contemplating the best way of despatching mo, whilst her sons should be engaged with the Indian.
Page 74 - I observed a yellowish oval spot, the appearance of which was quite new to me. Little time was left me for consideration, as the next moment a smart breeze began to agitate the taller trees.
Page 80 - The infernal hag was advancing slowly, probably contemplating the best way of dispatching me, whilst her sons should be engaged with the Indian. I was several times on the eve of rising, and shooting her' on the spot : — but she was not to be punished thus. The door was suddenly opened, and there entered two stout travellers, each with a long rifle on his shoulder. I bounded up on my feet, and making them most heartily welcome, told them how well it was for me that they should have arrived at that...
Page 189 - Indian hamlet, there the lake Spread its blue sheet that flashed with many an oar, Where the brown otter plunged him from the brake, And the deer drank : as the light gale flew o'er, The twinkling maize-field rustled on the shore ; And while that spot, so wild, and lone, and fair, A look of glad and guiltless beauty wore, And peace was on the earth and in the air, The warrior lit the pile, and bound his captive there.
Page 75 - The principal force of the hurricane was now over, although millions of twigs and small branches, that had been brought from a great distance, were seen following the blast, as if drawn onwards by some mysterious power. They even floated in the air for some hours after, as if supported by the thick mass of dust that rose high above the ground.
Page 190 - Look now abroad — another race has filled These populous borders — wide the wood recedes, And towns shoot up, and fertile realms are tilled : The land is full of harvests and green meads ; Streams numberless that many a fountain feeds.
Page 187 - The spacious cavern of some virgin mine, Deep in the womb of earth — where the gems grow, And diamonds put forth radiant rods and bud With amethyst and topaz — and the place Lit up, most royally, with the pure beam That dwells in them. Or haply the vast hall Of fairy palace, that outlasts the night, And fades not in the glory of the sun ; — Where crystal columns send forth slender shafts And crossing arches ; and fantastic aisles Wind from the sight in brightness, and are lost Among the crowded...