American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880A. and C. Black, 1882 - 472 Seiten |
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... land , or consumed in its party strifes . The task they have preter- mitted has consequently fallen into the hands of superficial observers and talkers , or been taken up by others more com- petent from isolated points of view , and ...
... land , or consumed in its party strifes . The task they have preter- mitted has consequently fallen into the hands of superficial observers and talkers , or been taken up by others more com- petent from isolated points of view , and ...
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... land " in some respects indeed like our own , but separated in others by differences which the distance of 3000 miles of ocean only half represents ; which , starting on another basis , has developed itself with energies hitherto ...
... land " in some respects indeed like our own , but separated in others by differences which the distance of 3000 miles of ocean only half represents ; which , starting on another basis , has developed itself with energies hitherto ...
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... land , " where almost every one has facilities elsewhere unknown for making his fortune , " it is not to be wondered at that the pursuit of wealth has been their leading impulse ; nor is it perhaps to be regretted that much of their ...
... land , " where almost every one has facilities elsewhere unknown for making his fortune , " it is not to be wondered at that the pursuit of wealth has been their leading impulse ; nor is it perhaps to be regretted that much of their ...
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... land like locusts , leaving heaps of stones behind them . Solid Scotch engineers inform us that a shaft which takes six weeks to turn on the banks of the Clyde is thrown out from the yards of New York in a fort- night ; that the boats ...
... land like locusts , leaving heaps of stones behind them . Solid Scotch engineers inform us that a shaft which takes six weeks to turn on the banks of the Clyde is thrown out from the yards of New York in a fort- night ; that the boats ...
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... land he everywhere remembers Scott , and his heroes , his conversations , and his mottoes disclose the latent imitation . The writers of the last thirty years have been making strenuous efforts towards nationality ; but they are still ...
... land he everywhere remembers Scott , and his heroes , his conversations , and his mottoes disclose the latent imitation . The writers of the last thirty years have been making strenuous efforts towards nationality ; but they are still ...
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Seite 188 - The hills Rock-ribbed and ancient as the sun, — the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between ; The venerable woods — rivers that move * In majesty, and the complaining brooks That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old Ocean's gray and melancholy waste, — Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man.
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 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 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 301 - They reckon ill who leave me out; When me they fly, I am the wings; I am the doubter and the doubt, And I the hymn the Brahmin sings.
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 213 - RECONCILIATION WORD over all, beautiful as the sky, Beautiful that war and all its deeds of carnage must in time be utterly lost, That the hands of the sisters Death and Night incessantly softly wash again, and ever again, this soil'd world; For my enemy is dead, a man divine as myself is dead, I look where he lies white-faced and still in the coffin — I draw near, Bend down and touch lightly with my lips the white face in the coffin.
Seite 224 - New occasions teach new duties ; Time makes ancient good uncouth ; They must upward still, and onward, who would keep abreast of Truth ; Lo, before us gleam her camp-fires ! we ourselves must Pilgrims be, Launch our Mayflower, and steer boldly through the desperate winter sea, Nor attempt the Future's portal with the Past's blood-rusted key.
Seite 250 - 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.