The American Whig Review, 2. köideWiley and Putnam, 1845 |
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... soul is to the body . It should be that through which the nation thinks and wills , whilst no other public sentiment or pub- lic will is to be regarded as of any validi- ty or entitled to any respect . Its justice , at least so far as ...
... soul is to the body . It should be that through which the nation thinks and wills , whilst no other public sentiment or pub- lic will is to be regarded as of any validi- ty or entitled to any respect . Its justice , at least so far as ...
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... soul , while he be- gan confidently to give it form from the hard beam of ivory , that lay constantly be- fore him . It became to him a work of de- votion and sublime hope . If he could but make it superior to any other such repre ...
... soul , while he be- gan confidently to give it form from the hard beam of ivory , that lay constantly be- fore him . It became to him a work of de- votion and sublime hope . If he could but make it superior to any other such repre ...
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... soul falls back instinctively upon what is real and permanent . The code of practi- cal atheism , which condemns poetry as fantastical , strikes at the very root of morals and religion ; and those prudent wordlings who adopt it , must ...
... soul falls back instinctively upon what is real and permanent . The code of practi- cal atheism , which condemns poetry as fantastical , strikes at the very root of morals and religion ; and those prudent wordlings who adopt it , must ...
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... soul as by wind , Rush over it , as rivers over reeds , Which quaver in the current ; turn us cold And pale , and voiceless ; -leaving in the brain A rocking and a ringing ! " In these remarks we refer only to the general ...
... soul as by wind , Rush over it , as rivers over reeds , Which quaver in the current ; turn us cold And pale , and voiceless ; -leaving in the brain A rocking and a ringing ! " In these remarks we refer only to the general ...
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cution peculiar to the nineteenth century ; that which racks the soul and spares the body . Their self - consciousness was the result , in a great degree , of personal suf- fering or untoward circumstances . Much of their time was spent ...
cution peculiar to the nineteenth century ; that which racks the soul and spares the body . Their self - consciousness was the result , in a great degree , of personal suf- fering or untoward circumstances . Much of their time was spent ...
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Page 36 - There lies the port: the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners, Souls that have toil'd, and wrought, and thought with me — That ever with a frolic welcome took The thunder and the sunshine, and opposed Free hearts, free foreheads — you and I are old; Old age hath yet his...
Page 36 - In offices of tenderness, and pay Meet adoration to my household gods, When I am gone. He works his work, I mine. There lies the port; the vessel puffs her sail: There gloom the dark broad seas. My mariners...
Page 323 - Who made you glorious as the gates of Heaven Beneath the keen full moon? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet? God! — let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer! and let the ice-plains echo, God!
Page 36 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 35 - I am a part of all that I have met ; Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' Gleams that untravell'd world, whose margin fades For ever and for ever when I move.
Page 200 - In this situation of this assembly, groping as it were in the dark to find political truth, and scarce able to distinguish it when presented to us, how has it happened, sir, that we have not hitherto once thought of humbly applying to the Father of lights to illuminate our understandings?
Page 171 - But, look, the morn, in russet mantle clad, Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastern hill...
Page 35 - ULYSSES. IT little profits that an idle king, By this still hearth, among these barren crags, Match'd with an aged wife, I mete and dole Unequal laws unto a savage race, That hoard, and sleep, and feed, and know not me. I cannot rest from travel; I will drink Life to the lees: all times I have enjoy'd Greatly, have suffer'd greatly , both with those That loved me, and alone; on shore, and when Thro...
Page 323 - Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform, and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 378 - Come one, come all ! this rock shall fly From its firm base as soon as I.