The North American Review, 21. köideUniversity of Northern Iowa, 1825 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... contain one . To set off some leading idea , or to give force and splendor to an illustration , circumstance is heaped upon circumstance , and clause mounts over clause , till the breath of the stoutest reader gives way , and the dizzy ...
... contain one . To set off some leading idea , or to give force and splendor to an illustration , circumstance is heaped upon circumstance , and clause mounts over clause , till the breath of the stoutest reader gives way , and the dizzy ...
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... containing fourteen thousand persons , and others were soon afterwards built in other parts of Spain ; but still these am- phitheatres are everywhere called Plazas de Toros , as much as if the festival were still held in the public ...
... containing fourteen thousand persons , and others were soon afterwards built in other parts of Spain ; but still these am- phitheatres are everywhere called Plazas de Toros , as much as if the festival were still held in the public ...
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... contain- ing the victims , after which he rides slowly round the amphi- theatre , to drive out the multitude , stopping before each of its four entrances , which he causes to be closed and fastened , and going out at the last himself ...
... contain- ing the victims , after which he rides slowly round the amphi- theatre , to drive out the multitude , stopping before each of its four entrances , which he causes to be closed and fastened , and going out at the last himself ...
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... 1824 . 8 . Tales of an American Landlord ; containing Sketches of Life south of the Potomac . 2 vols . 12mo . New York , N. B. Gilley , 1825 . 9. O'Halloran , or the Insurgent Chief ; an Irish 78 [ July , Recent American Novels .
... 1824 . 8 . Tales of an American Landlord ; containing Sketches of Life south of the Potomac . 2 vols . 12mo . New York , N. B. Gilley , 1825 . 9. O'Halloran , or the Insurgent Chief ; an Irish 78 [ July , Recent American Novels .
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... contain a story of our own time , and our own metropolis . The author has chosen the most difficult of all subjects , that of describing and rendering picturesque , things that are com- The events of the story , so far as we know , are ...
... contain a story of our own time , and our own metropolis . The author has chosen the most difficult of all subjects , that of describing and rendering picturesque , things that are com- The events of the story , so far as we know , are ...
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Page 340 - The sky is changed ! — and such a change ! Oh night, And storm, and darkness, ye are wondrous strong, Yet lovely in your strength, as is the light Of a dark eye in woman ! Far along, From peak to peak, the rattling crags among Leaps the live thunder...
Page 332 - All heaven and earth are still — though not in sleep, But breathless, as we grow when feeling most ; And silent, as we stand in thoughts too deep...
Page 332 - Once more upon the waters! yet once more! And the waves bound beneath me as a steed That knows his rider.
Page 344 - Where the car climb'd the Capitol ; far and wide Temple and tower went down, nor left a site: — Chaos of ruins ! who shall trace the void, O'er the dim fragments cast a lunar light, And say, " here was, or is," where all is doubly night ? LXXXI.
Page 336 - The morn is up again, the dewy morn, With breath all incense, and with cheek all bloom, Laughing the clouds away with playful scorn, And living as if earth contained no tomb, — And glowing into day ; we may resume The march of our existence : and thus I, Still on thy shores, fair Leman ! may find room And food for meditation, nor pass by Much, that may give us pause, if pondered fittingly.
Page 343 - Come and see The cypress, hear the owl, and plod your way O'er steps of broken thrones and temples, Ye ! Whose agonies are evils of a day — A world is at our feet as fragile as our clay.
Page 336 - The moon is up, and yet it is not night — Sunset divides the sky with her — a sea Of glory streams along the Alpine height Of blue Friuli's mountains; heaven is free From clouds, but of all colours seems to be Melted to one vast Iris of the West, Where the day joins the past Eternity; While, on the other hand, meek Dian's crest Floats through the azure air — an island of the blest!
Page 372 - Of her bright face one glance will trace A picture on the brain, And of her voice in echoing hearts A sound must long remain; But memory, such as mine of her, So very much endears, When death is nigh my latest sigh Will not be life's, but hers.
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