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Had we done so — had we attempted to point out in detail the various objects of interest with which the volume teems , we should , from the very abundance of our resources , have utterly despaired . Whatever be the character of our ...
Had we done so — had we attempted to point out in detail the various objects of interest with which the volume teems , we should , from the very abundance of our resources , have utterly despaired . Whatever be the character of our ...
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That he flattered egre- sation during his stay at Hawthornden . giously , is not a matter of much moment , Brief and desultory as they are , they are in times when flattery was a business , and full of interest . From them are derived ...
That he flattered egre- sation during his stay at Hawthornden . giously , is not a matter of much moment , Brief and desultory as they are , they are in times when flattery was a business , and full of interest . From them are derived ...
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... and makes which gives a labored and strained air tó fear of its injuring his own interests at us ever sensible of an artificial atmocourt ; a result , however , which he was not successful in warding off . His em- nent .
... and makes which gives a labored and strained air tó fear of its injuring his own interests at us ever sensible of an artificial atmocourt ; a result , however , which he was not successful in warding off . His em- nent .
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Celia graveyard , and a certain savor of corand Bonario inspire us with no interest , ruption and clank of dead bones mingles and Sir Politick Would - be and his wife in the orgie . are mere excrescences , who weary us with Subtle ...
Celia graveyard , and a certain savor of corand Bonario inspire us with no interest , ruption and clank of dead bones mingles and Sir Politick Would - be and his wife in the orgie . are mere excrescences , who weary us with Subtle ...
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... has found a young lady when she does , it is so low he has to in his interests , whom , with the confed- make her say every thing twice over . eracy of a friend and the silent barber , She refers all things to his superior wiswho is ...
... has found a young lady when she does , it is so low he has to in his interests , whom , with the confed- make her say every thing twice over . eracy of a friend and the silent barber , She refers all things to his superior wiswho is ...
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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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