Littell's Living Age, 78. köideLiving Age Company Incorporated, 1863 |
From inside the book
Page 14
... fact , remi- niscence , and historical narration . Under such · a head , though not precisely so named , De Quincey ... facts relating to themselves are to be received with caution , or even , where they are very picturesque , are to be ...
... fact , remi- niscence , and historical narration . Under such · a head , though not precisely so named , De Quincey ... facts relating to themselves are to be received with caution , or even , where they are very picturesque , are to be ...
Page 15
... fact that De Quincey , as a critic of his own writings , was aware of the peculiarity of this portion of them . All in all , since Coleridge s death , we know of no English writer , speculative in the cast of his genius , without being ...
... fact that De Quincey , as a critic of his own writings , was aware of the peculiarity of this portion of them . All in all , since Coleridge s death , we know of no English writer , speculative in the cast of his genius , without being ...
Page 16
... fact is , that the times have changed , haustion , they reached the dingy , shabby and the habits of the people are changed , but little mansion where it is the fancy of English the ways of the court have remained the sovereigns to ...
... fact is , that the times have changed , haustion , they reached the dingy , shabby and the habits of the people are changed , but little mansion where it is the fancy of English the ways of the court have remained the sovereigns to ...
Page 18
... fact , his views of Southern to bestow any attention on an attempt to fore- cast the lineaments of the Great Civil War on a scale as petty as if it rather concerned the squabbles of two principalities than the destinies of two ...
... fact , his views of Southern to bestow any attention on an attempt to fore- cast the lineaments of the Great Civil War on a scale as petty as if it rather concerned the squabbles of two principalities than the destinies of two ...
Page 38
... fact of the rapid spread of republican principles , which I had already heard asserted eighteen months ago on the best authority as to the working classes , both of the provincial towns and of Paris , was confirmed to me from a wholly ...
... fact of the rapid spread of republican principles , which I had already heard asserted eighteen months ago on the best authority as to the working classes , both of the provincial towns and of Paris , was confirmed to me from a wholly ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Abomey Amazons Anne Vernon appears Aunt beautiful called Carlingford charm Christian Christmas Evans Cornhill Magazine court dear death Digby Stuart Dora earth emperor England English epigrams Eugénie de Guérin eyes face fact fear feeling feet forest France French friends give Government hand head heart hope Isabel king King of Dahomey labor Lady Mary land leaves less light live look Lord Mary Rivers ment mind ministers Miss Leonora mother nation nature Nero never night Nile once Ottilia Paris party passed peace perhaps Persigny Poland political poor present reader river Roebuck round Russia Saturday Review scarcely seems seen Sibyl Skelmersdale slave slavery soul South species spirit strange supposed Tacitus tell things thou thought tion trees true Wentworth whole wife wish woman women words writing young
Popular passages
Page 169 - Ecstasy ! My pulse as yours doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music. It is not madness That I have uttered : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word ; which madness Would gambol from.
Page 43 - The late-past frosts tributes of pleasure bring. Grief melts away Like snow in May, As if there were no such cold thing. Who would have thought my...
Page 159 - Thou shalt not deliver unto his master the servant which is escaped from his master unto thee: he shall dwell with thee, even among you, in that place which he shall choose in one of thy gates, where it liketh him best : thou shalt not oppress him.
Page 513 - There St John mingles with my friendly bowl The feast of reason and the flow of soul...
Page 168 - Doubt thou the stars are fire ; Doubt that the sun doth move ; Doubt truth to be a liar ; But never doubt I love.
Page 286 - I have been in the deep : in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren : in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 453 - This rambling propensity strengthened with my years. Books of voyages and travels became my passion, and in devouring their contents, I neglected the regular exercises of the school. How wistfully would I wander about the...
Page 457 - But a woman's whole life is a history of the affections. The heart is her world : it is there her ambition strives for empire ; it is there her avarice seeks for hidden treasures. She sends forth her sympathies on adventure : she embarks her whole soul in the traffic of affection ; and if shipwrecked, her case is hopeless — for it is a bankruptcy of the heart.
Page 69 - If Thou, LORD, wilt be extreme to mark what is done amiss : O LORD, who may abide it?
Page v - tis heard, Not a mere party shout ; They gave their spirits out, Trusted the end to God, And on the gory sod Rolled in triumphant blood. Glad to strike one free blow. Whether for weal or woe ; Glad to breathe one free breath, Though on the lips of death ; Praying, — alas ! in vain ! — That they might fall again, So they could once more see That burst to liberty ! This was what " freedom