The Living Age, Volume 19E. Littell & Company, 1848 |
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... nature of the climate , he yet seems to have been an enthusiast in the cause of the African Civilization Society . But his own narrative , notwithstanding his obvious leanings , shows that a wilder or more ill - founded scheme never was ...
... nature of the climate , he yet seems to have been an enthusiast in the cause of the African Civilization Society . But his own narrative , notwithstanding his obvious leanings , shows that a wilder or more ill - founded scheme never was ...
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... nature . This surely is a subject for deep consid- eration . The Africans collected here in such mul- titudes ought to furnish abundant and cheap labor ; and yet there is no cultivation on a grand scale , such as to create a staple in ...
... nature . This surely is a subject for deep consid- eration . The Africans collected here in such mul- titudes ought to furnish abundant and cheap labor ; and yet there is no cultivation on a grand scale , such as to create a staple in ...
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... Nature never favored so ; Still to each divinest spot Led by some auspicious star , Scattering flowers where flowers are not , Making lovelier those that are . Poets are a mournful race ! O'er the weary earth they go , Darkening many a ...
... Nature never favored so ; Still to each divinest spot Led by some auspicious star , Scattering flowers where flowers are not , Making lovelier those that are . Poets are a mournful race ! O'er the weary earth they go , Darkening many a ...
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... nature , history , or passion ; or real in the mind - as popular superstitions . Keats him- He But the assertion is ... natural and poetical , is weakened by prosaic expressions , obso- all the horrid secrets of modern civilization dis ...
... nature , history , or passion ; or real in the mind - as popular superstitions . Keats him- He But the assertion is ... natural and poetical , is weakened by prosaic expressions , obso- all the horrid secrets of modern civilization dis ...
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... nature found vent in weighty words or delicate delinea- tion , which is classicality all the world over . 66 less activity joined to an impatience of labor : he would neither keep back what he had written nor revise what he wrote . Both ...
... nature found vent in weighty words or delicate delinea- tion , which is classicality all the world over . 66 less activity joined to an impatience of labor : he would neither keep back what he had written nor revise what he wrote . Both ...
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Page 260 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 362 - Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday.
Page 50 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Page 250 - I made me great works ; I builded me houses ; I planted me vineyards : I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kind of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 52 - Then saith he to Thomas, Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord, and my God.
Page 359 - Come unto me, all ye that are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest !" He smiled and wept when he spoke these words.
Page 391 - And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies: is not this written in the book of Jasher ? so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day.
Page 152 - I hear that Goldsmith, who is a very great sloven, justifies his disregard of cleanliness and decency by quoting my practice; and I am desirous this night to show him a better example.
Page 396 - School, has been very kind to us, and we have no other friend ; but, thank God, I am very calm and composed, and able to do the best that remains to do. Write as religious a letter as possible, but no mention of what is gone and done with. With me "the former things are passed away," and I have something more to do than to feel.
Page 297 - I'll not shed her blood, Nor scar that whiter skin of hers than snow, « And smooth as monumental alabaster. Yet she must die, else she'll betray more men. Put out the light, and then put out the light : If I quench thee, thou flaming minister...