American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880A. and C. Black, 1882 - 472 Seiten |
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... leading thinkers and poets in a spirit of retaliation . Mr. Carlyle is a " cynic " given to " canting , " who , " since Sartor Resartus has done little but repeat himself with increasing emphasis and heightened shrillness , " who " goes ...
... leading thinkers and poets in a spirit of retaliation . Mr. Carlyle is a " cynic " given to " canting , " who , " since Sartor Resartus has done little but repeat himself with increasing emphasis and heightened shrillness , " who " goes ...
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... leading features of their character . It has become a platitude to say that the developments of History and of Literature run in parallel lines ; but much of our education consists in the unfolding of universally acknowledged principles ...
... leading features of their character . It has become a platitude to say that the developments of History and of Literature run in parallel lines ; but much of our education consists in the unfolding of universally acknowledged principles ...
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... leading authors of the New World . " I hate to hear people talking of American literature , " one of these recently remarked : " I find here no want of ability , but we have not had time to have a literature . ” The same authority has ...
... leading authors of the New World . " I hate to hear people talking of American literature , " one of these recently remarked : " I find here no want of ability , but we have not had time to have a literature . ” The same authority has ...
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... leading impulse ; nor is it perhaps to be regretted that much of their originality has been expended upon inventing machines instead of manufacturing verses , or that their religion itself has taken a practical turn . One of their own ...
... leading impulse ; nor is it perhaps to be regretted that much of their originality has been expended upon inventing machines instead of manufacturing verses , or that their religion itself has taken a practical turn . One of their own ...
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... leading incidents of his struggle with the Governor have been pre- served in the Burwell Papers , a fantastic but animated record , with which Mr. Tyler collates a set of anonymous D verses on Bacon's death , containing some trenchant , if.
... leading incidents of his struggle with the Governor have been pre- served in the Burwell Papers , a fantastic but animated record , with which Mr. Tyler collates a set of anonymous D verses on Bacon's death , containing some trenchant , if.
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Seite 222 - And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries the earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays; Whether we look, or whether we listen, We hear life murmur, or see it glisten; Every clod feels a stir of might, •An instinct within it that reaches and towers, And, groping blindly above it for light, Climbs to a soul in grass and flowers...
Seite 80 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord; but the Lord was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Seite 250 - ... CHAMBERED NAUTILUS. THIS is the ship of pearl, which, poets feign, Sails the unshadowed main, — The venturous bark that flings On the sweet summer wind its purpled wings In gulfs enchanted, where the siren sings, And coral reefs lie bare ; Where the cold sea-maids rise to sun their streaming hair. Its webs of living gauze no more unfurl, — Wrecked is the ship of pearl ! And every chambered cell, Where its dim dreaming life was wont to dwell...
Seite 239 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Seite 199 - Down the dark future, through long generations, The echoing sounds grow fainter and then cease; And like a bell, with solemn, sweet vibrations, I hear once more the voice of Christ say, "Peace !" Peace ! and no longer from its brazen portals The blast of War's great organ shakes the skies ! But beautiful as songs of the immortals, The holy melodies of love arise.
Seite 212 - O Captain ! my Captain ! rise up and hear the bells ; Rise up — for you the flag is flung — for you the bugle trills, For you bouquets and...
Seite 166 - ... rapidly widened — there came a fierce breath of the whirlwind — the entire orb of the satellite burst at once upon my sight— my brain reeled as I saw the mighty walls rushing asunder — there was a long tumultuous shouting sound like the voice of a thousand waters — and the deep and dank tarn at my feet closed sullenly and silently over the fragments of the "HOUSE OF USHER.
Seite 219 - IN THE greenest of our valleys, By good angels tenanted, Once a fair and stately palace — Radiant palace — reared its head. In the monarch Thought's dominion — It stood there! Never seraph spread a pinion Over fabric half so fair.
Seite 247 - And so beside the Silent Sea I wait the muffled oar ; No harm from Him can come to me On ocean or on shore. I know not where His islands lift Their fronded palms in air ; I only know I cannot drift Beyond His love and care.
Seite 198 - Were half the power that fills the world with terror, Were half the wealth bestowed on camps and courts, Given to redeem the human mind from error, There were no need of arsenals or forts: The warrior's name would be a name abhorred!