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possessed any scientific solidity , it must , stern necessity , which would not
permit of course , involve a continued advance of him to make the world in any
other way the globe through certain states , with pe- than the one Mr. Gosse has ...
possessed any scientific solidity , it must , stern necessity , which would not
permit of course , involve a continued advance of him to make the world in any
other way the globe through certain states , with pe- than the one Mr. Gosse has ...
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It is most healthful and " I have finished my course , " says the invigorating to
contemplate such possibil- gamester ; I have played my last deal ; I ities to
reflect on what may be done in have staked my last chance ; I have lost human
nature ...
It is most healthful and " I have finished my course , " says the invigorating to
contemplate such possibil- gamester ; I have played my last deal ; I ities to
reflect on what may be done in have staked my last chance ; I have lost human
nature ...
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The same high mettle that I would avoid , he says , in the course of would face ,
as a duty , all that is disquiet- an unhealthy list of regulations as to his ing ,
appears , though perhaps in a more inward self - government- " I would avoid
fanciful ...
The same high mettle that I would avoid , he says , in the course of would face ,
as a duty , all that is disquiet- an unhealthy list of regulations as to his ing ,
appears , though perhaps in a more inward self - government- " I would avoid
fanciful ...
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... in and the air and water - spouts of southern those remote seas which have
been comclimates , perpetually distract the mariner paratively little visited by
European or in his course , and demand from him all transatlantic communities .
... in and the air and water - spouts of southern those remote seas which have
been comclimates , perpetually distract the mariner paratively little visited by
European or in his course , and demand from him all transatlantic communities .
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The most celebrated ship - race views seem to have been generally adopted that
has ever been seen , came off upon by meteorologists , with the exception of this
course in the autumn of 1852 , when Professor Espy , who maintains that , in ...
The most celebrated ship - race views seem to have been generally adopted that
has ever been seen , came off upon by meteorologists , with the exception of this
course in the autumn of 1852 , when Professor Espy , who maintains that , in ...
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Page 410 - Then this ebony bird beguiling my sad fancy into smiling By the grave and stern decorum of the countenance it wore, "Though thy crest be shorn and shaven, thou," I said, "art sure no craven, Ghastly grim and ancient Raven wandering from the Nightly shore: Tell me what thy lordly name is on the Night's Plutonian shore!
Page 410 - December, And each separate dying ember wrought its ghost upon the floor. Eagerly I wished the morrow; vainly I had sought to borrow From my books surcease of sorrow sorrow for the lost Lenore, For the rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore: Nameless here for evermore.
Page 411 - thing of evil - prophet still, if bird or devil! By that Heaven that bends above us - by that God we both adore Tell this soul with sorrow laden if, within the distant Aidenn, It shall clasp a sainted maiden whom the angels name Lenore Clasp a rare and radiant maiden whom the angels name Lenore.
Page 410 - Then, methought, the air grew denser, perfumed from an unseen censer Swung by seraphim whose foot-falls tinkled on the tufted floor. "Wretch," I cried, "thy God hath lent thee by these angels he hath sent thee Respite respite and nepenthe from thy memories of Lenore! Quaff, oh quaff this kind nepenthe, and forget this lost Lenore!
Page 410 - But the Raven still beguiling all my sad soul into smiling, Straight I wheeled a cushioned seat in front of bird and bust and door; Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous bird of yore, What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore Meant in croaking "Nevermore.
Page 8 - Triumph, my Britain, thou hast one to show, To whom all Scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time...
Page 239 - Whose powers shed round him in the common strife, Or mild concerns of ordinary life, A constant influence, a peculiar grace ; But who, if he be called upon to face Some awful moment to which Heaven has joined Great issues, good or bad for human kind, Is happy as a Lover ; and attired With sudden brightness, like a Man inspired...
Page 123 - The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter ; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth : In his humiliation his judgment was taken away : and who shall declare his generation ? for his life is taken from the earth.
Page 8 - Sweet Swan of Avon! what a sight it were To see thee in our waters yet appear, And make those flights upon the banks of Thames That so did take Eliza and our James!
Page 470 - ... a terror to evil-doers, and a praise to them that do well.
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| Title | Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 44 |
| Editors | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell |
| Publisher | Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1858 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 6 Sep 2005 |
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