The Prose Writers of America: With a Survey of the Intellectual History, Condition, and Prospects of the CountryParry and Macmillan, 1856 - 552 pages |
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... reason why poetry should not be cultivated here as suc- cessfully as in any country . The nature of humanity is the same in all the ages , and man is for ever the theme of the poet's noblest song . Paradise Lost , nor the Inferno , nor ...
... reason why poetry should not be cultivated here as suc- cessfully as in any country . The nature of humanity is the same in all the ages , and man is for ever the theme of the poet's noblest song . Paradise Lost , nor the Inferno , nor ...
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... reason and wisdom ; but , after all , do not depend too much upon your own industry , and frugality , and pru- dence , though excellent things ; for they may all be blasted , without the blessing of Heaven ; and , therefore , ask that ...
... reason and wisdom ; but , after all , do not depend too much upon your own industry , and frugality , and pru- dence , though excellent things ; for they may all be blasted , without the blessing of Heaven ; and , therefore , ask that ...
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... reason . If " Value not thyself , my friend , " said Belubel , " on that quality which thou callest reason . thou knewest its origin and its weakness , it would rather be matter of humiliation . " 66 66 " Tell me then , " said Albumazar ...
... reason . If " Value not thyself , my friend , " said Belubel , " on that quality which thou callest reason . thou knewest its origin and its weakness , it would rather be matter of humiliation . " 66 66 " Tell me then , " said Albumazar ...
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... reason , who seemed while in- terpreting the laws of man to utter the eternal ordinations of Justice , was worthy , with his friend , to be united , in purpose , principle , and action , to the Great Captain . Washington , Hamilton ...
... reason , who seemed while in- terpreting the laws of man to utter the eternal ordinations of Justice , was worthy , with his friend , to be united , in purpose , principle , and action , to the Great Captain . Washington , Hamilton ...
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... reason approve , and rendering truly delicious the inter- vals of those pursuits . PASSAGE OF THE POTOMAC THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE . FROM THE NOTES ON VIRGINIA . THE passage of the Potomac , through the Blue Ridge , is perhaps one of the ...
... reason approve , and rendering truly delicious the inter- vals of those pursuits . PASSAGE OF THE POTOMAC THROUGH THE BLUE RIDGE . FROM THE NOTES ON VIRGINIA . THE passage of the Potomac , through the Blue Ridge , is perhaps one of the ...
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Page 78 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
Page 186 - On this question of principle, while actual suffering was yet afar off, they raised their flag against a power, to which, for purposes of foreign conquest and subjugation, Rome, in the height of her glory, is not to be compared ; a power which has dotted over the surface of the whole globe with her possessions and military posts, whose morning drum-beat, following the sun, and keeping company with the hours, circles the earth with one continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England.
Page 63 - Friends," says he, and neighbours, "the taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our idleness, three times as much by our pride, and four times as much by our folly; and from these taxes the commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an abatement. However let us hearken to good advice, and something...
Page 45 - They live no longer in the faith of reason ! But still the heart doth need a language, still Doth the old instinct bring back the old names...
Page 214 - The name of the child, the air of the mother, the tone of her voice, all awakened a train of recollections in his mind. "What is your name, my good woman?
Page 214 - ... cocked hat made his way through the crowd, putting them to the right and left with his elbows as he passed, and planting himself before Van Winkle with one arm akimbo, the other resting on his cane, his keen eyes and sharp hat penetrating, as it were, into his very soul, demanded in an austere tone what brought him to the election with a gun on his shoulder and a mob at his heels, and whether he meant to breed a riot in the village. "Alas! gentlemen...
Page 214 - It was with great difficulty that the self-important man in the cocked hat restored order; and, having assumed a tenfold austerity of brow, demanded again of the unknown culprit, what he came there for and whom he was seeking. The poor man humbly assured him that he meant no harm, but merely came there in search of some of his neighbors who used to keep about the tavern. "Well, who are they? Name them.
Page 164 - It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds, and these invaluable means of communication are in the reach of all. In the best books great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.
Page 211 - He was after his favorite sport of squirrel shooting, and the still solitudes had echoed and reechoed with the reports of his gun. Panting and fatigued, he threw himself, late in the afternoon, on a green knoll, covered with mountain herbage, that crowned the brow of a precipice.
Page 52 - In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides and virtue rules, Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry of courts and schools: There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts.