Eclectic Magazine, and Monthly Edition of the Living Age, Volume 44John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1858 |
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... moral deformity , set forth under an appropriate title , in which , as in the body of the poem , he loves to show his wit . We have epigrams to " Sir An- nual Tilter , " to " Don Surly , " to " Sir Voluptuous Beast , " to " Fine Grand ...
... moral deformity , set forth under an appropriate title , in which , as in the body of the poem , he loves to show his wit . We have epigrams to " Sir An- nual Tilter , " to " Don Surly , " to " Sir Voluptuous Beast , " to " Fine Grand ...
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... moral darkness the natural offspring of intolerant hea- thenism and monstrous idolatry - indif- ference to which , has been so marked a feature in the narrow and mercantile spirit which has actuated the Company's policy from the very ...
... moral darkness the natural offspring of intolerant hea- thenism and monstrous idolatry - indif- ference to which , has been so marked a feature in the narrow and mercantile spirit which has actuated the Company's policy from the very ...
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... moral and religious sentiment which pervades it . The mar- vels of animal and animalcular life now disclosed by the microscope , stamp a high importance upon Zoology , and justify us in regarding it as the most progressive of the ...
... moral and religious sentiment which pervades it . The mar- vels of animal and animalcular life now disclosed by the microscope , stamp a high importance upon Zoology , and justify us in regarding it as the most progressive of the ...
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... moral and in- must be narrow and limited ; all that is- tellectual nature of man . The nuptials of sues from the mould is tinged , as it were , the universe and the human mind , pro- with its individuality . But there is a phesied by ...
... moral and in- must be narrow and limited ; all that is- tellectual nature of man . The nuptials of sues from the mould is tinged , as it were , the universe and the human mind , pro- with its individuality . But there is a phesied by ...
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... morality , of authorship . In evils were to be attributed ; and she re- order we suppose that his readers may be ceived ... moral con- tagion is likely to obtain any substantial information , are the chapters on " Epi- demic Monomania in ...
... morality , of authorship . In evils were to be attributed ; and she re- order we suppose that his readers may be ceived ... moral con- tagion is likely to obtain any substantial information , are the chapters on " Epi- demic Monomania 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.