American Literature ; an Historical Sketch, 1620-1880A. and C. Black, 1882 - 472 pagini |
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... tion are contending . The two nations of the civilised world who have most in common are the two whose acquaintance with each other is , in many respects , the most imperfect . Their separate poli- tical history is included within a ...
... tion are contending . The two nations of the civilised world who have most in common are the two whose acquaintance with each other is , in many respects , the most imperfect . Their separate poli- tical history is included within a ...
Pagina 8
... tion of the regions beyond the cataracts of the Nile , of un- known islands in the Yellow Sea , of the interior of India , or of any other tract which other travellers might be apt to picture out with the illusions of their fancies ...
... tion of the regions beyond the cataracts of the Nile , of un- known islands in the Yellow Sea , of the interior of India , or of any other tract which other travellers might be apt to picture out with the illusions of their fancies ...
Pagina 31
... tion of which partially realised the dreams of Raleigh , was originally settled by more motley crews , consisting , on the one hand , of adventurous gentlemen like himself ; on the other , by an attendant throng of dissolute retainers ...
... tion of which partially realised the dreams of Raleigh , was originally settled by more motley crews , consisting , on the one hand , of adventurous gentlemen like himself ; on the other , by an attendant throng of dissolute retainers ...
Pagina 37
... tion - how to persecute - they had learnt by heart ; and their only rivals ( within the domain of semi - civilisation ) , in the practice and precept of intolerance , are to be found among the Inquisitors of Spain or the Scottish ...
... tion - how to persecute - they had learnt by heart ; and their only rivals ( within the domain of semi - civilisation ) , in the practice and precept of intolerance , are to be found among the Inquisitors of Spain or the Scottish ...
Pagina 42
... tion of State is . . . to batter God out of His chair . . . . He that is willing to tolerate any unsound opinion , that his own may also be tolerated , though never so sound , will for a need hang God's Bible at the devil's girdle ...
... tion of State is . . . to batter God out of His chair . . . . He that is willing to tolerate any unsound opinion , that his own may also be tolerated , though never so sound , will for a need hang God's Bible at the devil's girdle ...
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.